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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Osona is a
comarca situated in central Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Vic. Its
population (as of 2001[update]) is 129,543. Osona covers roughly the
same area as the historic Catalan county of Osona. The name Osona comes
from Ausetans, a group of Iberian people that had their capital in Ausa
(today Vic); the Romans called the area Ausone or Ausona. While most of
the comarca is within the province of Barcelona, the municipalities of
Espinelves, Vidrà and Viladrau form part of the province of Girona. Long
famous for its sausages (especially fuet) and other pork derivatives, in
recent years the area has become somewhat infamous for the pollution of
its waterways due to the factory farming of pigs.
