Santa Perpètua de Gaià

The tax registers of the years 1365–70 record 37 families for Santa Perpètua and Guillem Ramon de Cervelló as lord. At the end of the 15th century the Cervelló, barons of La Llacuna, are documented, and according to the 1496 tax register the population experienced a sharp decline: only ten families are counted in the place.^[2]

In the modern era, in 1599, the lord is documented as the Count of Savallà, Bernat de Boixadors. In the late 18th century and until the end of the seigneuries it belonged to the Marquesses of Aitona; it was then, in the mid-19th century, when Santa Perpètua reached its maximum demographic peak, since the municipality as a whole had 1,030 inhabitants, about 400 of whom lived in the village.^[2]

In 1933, the municipality, until then known as Santa Perpètua, was renamed Santa Perpètua de Gaià.^[3]