title: Santa Maria de Besora
text: # Santa Maria de Besora
  
  Santa Maria de Besora is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the north side of the Bellmunt range in the north of the comarca. It is linked to Sant Quirze de Besora and to Vidrà by a local road. Besora castle has an eleventh-century Romanesque church: there is also a pre-roman chapel at Sant Moí. Santa Maria de Besora became part of Osona in the comarcal revision of 1990: previously it formed part of the Ripollès.
  
  ## Demography
  
  | 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 467 | 449 | 364 | 259 | 200 | 183 |
  