Alpens is a municipality placed in the north area of the Lluçanès, inside the Osona region, in the province of Barcelona. His municipal term takes border as the west with the Berguedà and as the north with the Ripollés (Gerona). Alpens is distant 105 km from the Catalan capital and one finds 35 km from the capital of the region of Osona, which is Vic.

The nonm, escrit in antics documents Pinnos Pintos i Pens, sembla derivat of pennao penya, concretament of the Sorrow rock, propera to the població.

Tot the terme pertanyia to the demarcació of the castell of the Guard of Ripoll, prop of the Saint's santuari Margarida de Vinyoles, dins the terme of them Llosses, i was format per they parròquies of Santa Maria d'Alpens i of Sant Pere of Serrallonga. The notícia més antiga és of 1074, any that the nobleman Folc llegà to the Ripoll monestir more situat to Sancta Maria of Spotted.

És one I populated farmer i ramader amb aspecte of poble of muntanya, situat to the peu of the Saint's serra Margarida de Vinyoles, tot just the capçalera of the Riera Gavarresa.

In the locality there exist the ruins of a fortified house that dates of the year 1109; the strong House of Freixenet. This fortified house is catalogued like Spanish Artistic Patrimony.

Parochial L'església of Santa Maria és an edifici barroc-neoclàssic, molt modificat. Rebuilt in 1708, cremated durant the first war Carlina (1833-40) i restored in 1840-45, XVI keeps l'altar major i some side altar of the segle, i the capella Small restaurant or of the Santíssim és of 1846. The campanar és dels segles XV - XVI i hom in renovà the balustrada to the segle XVIII.

In his municipal term there is the church of the Xth century of Sant Pere of Serrallonga. Building prerromanico of the IXth century, it shows a square plant and a very reduced arch. He has suffered numerous reforms and keeps two marvelous baroque images of San Pedro and Santa Maria of the year 1724

The poble disposa d'un Casino or Municipal Country house, which tea salts d'actes, i d'una series d'associacions of tipus socially, com són l'Associació de Jubilats i Pensionistes i l'Associació Juvenil, which he publishes, amb subconquered policeman, the magazine "Between tots", i d'altres relacionades amb they tradicions populars com Grup de Diables Rocadepena, creat in 1983, i Comissió de Festes, dependent of l'ajuntament

The Rocadepena és a natural espectacle that is troba to them rodalies d’Alpens. Placed Originàriament enmig of the bosc, avui to the costat of the camí, the composició of pedres forms a natural paret amb a fort contingut màgic. The popular culture ens there is llegat a llegenda on Rock of Sorrow. It is diu that the rock tea uns guardians, els Encantats (ftes and photos to see links)