Els Ostalets de Pierola ( Cat. Els Hostalets de Pierola ) - a municipality in Spain , part of the province of Barcelona as part of the autonomous community of Catalonia . The municipality is part of the Anoya district (mosquito). It covers an area of 33.5 km². The population is 2,743 people (as of 2010 ).
| Municipality | |
| Els Ostalets de Pierola | |
|---|---|
| Els hostalets de pierola | |
| A country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community | Catalonia |
| Provinces | Barcelona |
| Area | Anoya |
| Chapter | |
| History and Geography | |
| Square | 33.5 km² |
| Height | 474 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | 2743 people ( 2010 ) |
| Density | 56.1 people / km² |
| Katoykonim | pierolencs |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postal codes | 08781 |
| Car code | |
| elshostaletsdepierola.cat (Spanish) | |
The ancestor of the giant panda species Kretzoiarctos beatrix (subfamily Ailuropodinae ), who lived 11.6 million years ago ( Miocene ), was discovered in the vicinity of the town of Els Ostalets de Pierola in 2012 [1] [2] .