Capellades
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| Coordinates : Time zone : CET (GMT +1) |
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| Native name | Capellades (Catalan) | ||||
| Spanish name | Capellades | ||||
| Demonym | Capelladí, capelladina | ||||
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| Country | Spain | ||||
| Autonomous Community | Catalonia | ||||
| Province | Barcelona | ||||
| Comarca | Anoia | ||||
| Geography | |||||
| Land Area | 2.95 km² | ||||
| Altitude | 317 m AMSL | ||||
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| Population | 5302 (2005) | ||||
| Density | 1797 hab./km² (2005) | ||||
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Capellades is a town in Catalonia, located in the south of the comarca of Anoia, some sixty metres above the Anoia river where it cuts through the Serrelada Pre-litoral, or precoastal range, in the Capellades Gorge. The C-244 trunk road from Vilafranca del Penedès and the FGC railway line R6 from Martorell and Barcelona run along the river valley below the town on their way to Igualada. It is about one hour from Barcelona by car, bus or train.
Capellades is known for the manufacture of paper since the seventeenth century. There is a small amount of agriculture, both irrigated (market gardening) and non-irrigated (cereals, grapes, almonds), although the territory of the municipality is small. Textile and ceramic manufacture and tourism during the summer also contribute to the local economy. The town's industrial activities are also important given that Capellades lies within the basin of the river Llobregat - a main source of drinking water for Barcelona. Three points along the Llobregat basin show significant levels of heavy metal pollution. One of these is Capellades, where chromium is the chief heavy metal contaminant (source). Discharges into the river Anoia (a tributary of the river Llobregat) from the metal plating and paper industries sited on the Carme industrial estate are mainly responsible (source).
The site has been inhabited since the middle Paleolithic era (50000 years BP), and an archeological site just below the modern town, confusingly known locally as the Abric romaní, is open to the public. There is also a Museum of Paper (Museo del Papel) and an archaeological museum, both housed in a converted papermill.
[edit] Demography
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2005 |
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| 2629 | 2275 | 2306 | 3910 | 4917 | 5302 |
[edit] References
Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). "Guia de Catalunya", Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
[edit] External links
- Official site (in Catalan)
- Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
- Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (in Catalan)
- Information from the Diputació de Barcelona (in Catalan)
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