Summary
La Pobla de Claramunt is a municipality in the comarca of the Anoia in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the edge of the Òdena Basin at the entrance to the Capellades Gorge. The town is dominated by Claramunt castle, on a hilltop some 150 m above the modern settlement: the castle was, with Castellbell castle, one of the main points of control of access to the Llobregat valley and hence to Barcelona. With neighbouring Capellades, La Pobla de Claramunt is an important centre for paper manufacture. It is served by a station on the FGC railway line R6 from Barcelona and Martorell to Igualada and by the C-244 road from Igualada to Vilafranca del Penedès.
La Pobla de Claramunt | |
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 Avinguda Catalunya | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  La Pobla de Claramunt Location in Catalonia  La Pobla de Claramunt La Pobla de Claramunt (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 41°33′16″N 1°40′47″E / 41.55444°N 1.67972°E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Anoia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Santiago Broch Miquel (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 246 m (807 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
| • Total | 2,177 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Pobletà, pobletana |
| Website | www |
Demography edit
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1074 | 1121 | 1049 | 1518 | 1685 | 2193 |
Subdivisions edit
Five outlying villages are included in the municipality of La Pobla de Claramunt (Populations as of 2005):
- Els Vivencs (45)
- Barri de l'Estació (629)
- Les Garrigues (116)
- Els Masets (4)
- La Rata (50)
- El Xaró (155)
- Les Cases Noves
- Les Figueres
Transportation edit
Train line connecting Igualada with Barcelona has a stop for boarding on both ways of the line.
References edit
- ^ "Ajuntament de la Pobla de Claramunt". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: La Pobla de Claramunt". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links edit
- Official website (in Catalan)
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
| Autoritat del Transport Metropolità Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya | ||||
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| Line R6 | ||||
| Barcelona (Plaça d'Espanya) |
↔ | La Pobla de Claramunt | ↔ | Igualada |