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Revision as of 17:59, 15 September 2012
Maresme | |
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Country | ![]() |
Autonomous community | ![]() |
Province | Barcelona |
Capital | Mataró |
Municipalities | List
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Area | |
• Total | 396.9 km2 (153.2 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 414,081 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | maresmenc (m.) maresmenca (f.) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Largest municipality | Mataró |
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Maresme (Catalan pronunciation: [məˈɾɛzmə]) is a comarca (county) located along the Catalan Mediterranean coast in Spain, between the comarques of Barcelonès (at the Southwest) and Selva (at the Northeast), and also bordering with Vallès Oriental (at the west).
Its capital and largest city is Mataró (pop. 119,035 in 2007).
Geography
Maresme's territory occupies a long and narrow area between the Mediterranean Sea and the hills of Serralada Litoral (Catalonia's coastal mountains), and specifically Montnegre's and Corredor's hills in the northern half and Sant Mateu's hills in the southern half. This particular shape has conditioned both the geography and the history of this comarca. Probably the main distinct elements of its geography are the characteristic rieres (torrents). These short, intermittent water streams, which cross the comarca transversally almost every hundred meters, produce powerful and dangerous floods when it rains.
Maresme has been historically very well connected with the rest of the comarca as well as with Barcelona thanks to old Camí Ral (Royal Way) (actual N-II main road) and railroad (The Barcelona–Mataró railroad route, finished in 1848, was the first ever in all the Iberian Peninsula). Communications were enhanced in recent years with the construction of the C-32's Barcelona–Mataró section (1969), which was the first autopista (highway) ever in Spain, and its subsequent enlargement, the Mataró-Palafolls's section (1995).
Municipalities
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Municipis_del_Maresme.svg/350px-Municipis_del_Maresme.svg.png)
Total Maresme's population in 2007 was 414,081.[1] Populations of municipalities as of 2006 are listed in the table below:
Municipality | Population (2006) |
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Alella | 8,998 |
Arenys de Mar | 14,164 |
Arenys de Munt | 7,807 |
Argentona | 11,402 |
Cabrera de Mar | 4,269 |
Cabrils | 6,698 |
Caldes d'Estrac | 2,672 |
Calella | 18,034 |
Canet de Mar | 13,181 |
Dosrius | 4,658 |
Malgrat de Mar | 17,822 |
El Masnou | 21,935 |
Mataró | 119,035 |
Montgat | 9,778 |
Òrrius | 487 |
Palafolls | 8,061 |
Pineda de Mar | 25,568 |
Premià de Dalt | 9,788 |
Premià de Mar | 27,590 |
Sant Andreu de Llavaneres | 9,745 |
Sant Cebrià de Vallalta | 3,075 |
Sant Iscle de Vallalta | 1,193 |
Sant Pol de Mar | 4,904 |
Sant Vicenç de Montalt | 5,267 |
Santa Susanna | 3,019 |
Teià | 5,969 |
Tiana | 7,417 |
Tordera | 14,017 |
Vilassar de Dalt | 8,476 |
Vilassar de Mar | 19,052 |
References
- ^ Populations are from 2007's Spanish INE.
External links
- Official comarcal web site
- IDESCAT: statistical information about Maresme (in Catalan)
- Local TV of Maresme at Tecnocampus
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