La Garriga
La Garriga | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province | .svg){kind=small} Barcelona |
| Comarca | Vallès Oriental |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Meritxell Budó Pla (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 15,762 |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
La Garriga is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 18.8 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 15236 people.[3]
Notable natives and residents
- The Catalan writer and teacher, Núria Albó, was mayor here in 1979 and she was born here in 1930.[4]
- The Catalan missionary priest in Cameroon Jordi Mas Castells was born here in 1930 and he died here in 2010.[5] In 2008, the town council in La Garriga honoured him as Illustrious Citizen.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Ajuntament de la Garriga". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: La Garriga". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo:Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de 2011". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Biografia". Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Lapuerta 2009, pp. 66–81
- ^ "Jordi Mas i Castells, Illustrious Citizen of La Garriga" (in Catalan). Ajuntament de la Garriga. 3 December 2008.
Bibliography
- c. Lapuerta, Montserrat (2009). Retrats de Garriguencs Il·lustres (in Catalan). El Garbell. ISBN 978-84-613-6776-4.
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