Amer () is a municipality in the comarca of la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
From 1895, Amer was linked to Girona by the narrow gauge Olot–Girona railway, which was extended to Les Planes d'Hostoles in 1900, Sant Feliu de Pallerols in 1902 and Olot in 1911. The line closed in 1969 and has since been converted into a greenway.
History The first documentary news about the municipality regards the battle that took place between Charlemagne's army and the Moors in the year 785 in the Indret de Sant Corneli in the town of Sant Climent d'Amer.Fuentes Buxó, Alex; Fuentes Buxó, Raimon «Carlemany i els Cartellà, Sant Climent d'Amer i la capella de Sant Corneli; de l'any 823 al 1626.». Amera, la revista d'Amer, 27, 2022, pàg. 33-42.Amer: Orígens i Història. Fuentes Buxó, Raimon & Fuentes Buxó, Alex. 2017. Amer: Orígens i Història. 472 pàgines., 2017, pàg. 417
Villages Amer 1.897 Costa de Santa Brígida, la 53 Grup Solivent, 206 Lloret Salvatge, 3 Palou, 24 Sant Climent d'Amer, 35 Sant Genís, 0 Veïnat de la Jonquera, 21 Veïnat del Colomer, 7 Veïnat del Mont, 12
Notable people
Carles Puigdemont, President of the Government of Catalonia who led the creation of a referendum on Catalan independence in 2017, was born in Amer in 1962. Pere Buxó Domènech, musician, composer and pianist. (Amer, 13 November 1916 - Amer, 30 December 1998).
Traditions La Sardana de l'alcalde. Esclafar burros. World competition of snail whistle, on the first Sunday of February at the hermitage of Santa Brígida.
References
Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).
External links
Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament* Government data pages