Premià de Mar

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Premià de Mar
Location
General information
Province Barcelona
Comarca Maresme
Demonym Premianenc, premianenca
Land Area 1.97 km²
Altitude 8 m AMSL
Population 27,590 (2007)
Density 14,005.08 hab./km²
Mayor Miquel Buch i Moya
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Ceramycs telling the history of Premià, at the square.
Ceramycs telling the history of Premià, at the square.
Riera de Premià
Riera de Premià
Patronat Social, building from 1888.
Patronat Social, building from 1888.
Old Gas Factory.
Old Gas Factory.
Church of Sant Cristòfol
Church of Sant Cristòfol

Premià de Mar is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between El Masnou and Vilassar de Mar, to the north-east of Barcelona. The town is both a tourist centre and a dormitory town for Barcelona.

Like almost all municipalities of Maresme, Cabrera de Mar has been historically very well connected with the rest of the comarca and with Barcelona thanks to old Camí Ral (Royal Way) (actual N-II main road) and railroad (Barcelona-Mataró railroad route (1848) was the first to be constructed in all the Iberian Peninsula). Communications have been enhanced in recent years with the construction (1969) of the C-32's Barcelona-Mataró section, also the first autopista (highway) to be constructed in all the Iberian Peninsula.

The town centre has buildings in a wide range of styles: neoclassical, modernista, noucentrista and simply eclectic. The church of Sant Cristòfol has a baroque doorway with maritime motifs.

[edit] Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
2239 3380 3947 11,284 20,069 27,590

[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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Coordinates: 41°29′N, 2°21′E