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Vic is the capital of the comarca of Osona[?], in the province of Barcelona, [[Catalonia]. It is located at 484 metres above the sea. Population 30,397 (1996).

Famous producer of sausages and other pork derivatives. Local specialty is fuet, a thin cured sausage, which is delicious with Pa amb tomaquet.

The city was the first focus of the rebellion against the centralist policy of Felip V, king of Spain, in the XVIII century. The conflict became a succession war and the end of the freedom for Catalonia as a nation.


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