Igualada

Igualada

Location

General information

Province

Barcelona

Comarca

Anoia

Demonym

igualadí, igualadina

Land Area

8.12 km²

Altitude

313 m AMSL

Population

35,933 (2005)

Density

4425 hab./km²

Igualada is a town of the Province of Barcelona in Spain (region of Catalonia) on the left bank of the River Anoia, a right-hand tributary of the Llobregat, and at the northern terminus of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona railway. Igualada is the central market of a rich agricultural and wine-producing district. It consists of an old town with narrow and irregular streets and the remains of a fortress and ramparts, and a new town which possesses regular and spacious streets and many fine houses. The local industries, chiefly developed since 1880, include the manufacture of cotton, linen, wool, ribbons, cloth, chocolate, soap, brandies, leather, cards and nails. The famous mountain and convent of Montserrat is 12 miles east.

It has a union with Lecco (Italy), a community of Sahara, Nueva Esperanza (El Salvador) and some others.

[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).

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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