Premià de Mar
Premià de Mar (Catalan pronunciation: [pɾəmiˈa ðə ˈmaɾ]) 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.
Premià de Mar | |
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Coat of arms | |
Premià de Mar Location in Catalonia Premià de Mar Premià de Mar (Spain) | |
Coordinates: 41°29′31″N 2°21′43″E | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Barcelona |
Comarca | Maresme |
Government | |
• Mayor | Miquel Buch Moya (2015)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 28,071 |
• Density | 13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Premianenc, premianenca |
Website | premiademar |
Like almost all municipalities of Maresme, Premià 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, noucentista and simply eclectic. The church of Sant Cristòfol has a baroque doorway with maritime motifs.
Demography
1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
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2,239 | 3,380 | 3,947 | 11,284 | 20,069 | 27,590 |
References
- "Ajuntament de Premià de Mar". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- "El municipi en xifres: Premià de Mar". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- "Education in Premia de Mar". (Catalan translation).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Premià de Mar. |
- Official website (in Catalan)
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
- Historic-artistic heritage