Gavà

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Gavà
Location
General information
Province Barcelona
Comarca Baix Llobregat
Demonym n/a
Land Area 30.90 km²
Altitude 9 m AMSL
Population 44,678 (2007)
Density 1446 hab./km²

Gavà is a municipality in Barcelona Province (Catalonia, Spain); not to get confused with the village of Gava (or Gávavencsellő) in the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Gavà has a beach and two population centers:

  • Gavà: the city proper
  • Gavà Mar (Gavà Sea): an urbanisation by the beachside

Gavà's mayor is of the Socialist Party of Catalonia.

[edit] Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
1825 5054 6860 24,213 32,351 44,678

[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).

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