Vilassar_de_Mar Knowpia

Vilassar de Mar
Vilassar de Mar
Municipality
	View of Vilassar de Mar
	Coat of arms
	Vilassar de Mar Location in Catalonia Vilassar de Mar Vilassar de Mar (Spain)
	Coordinates: 41°30′22″N 2°23′28″E / 41.506°N 2.391°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Maresme
Government
• Mayor	Damià Del Clot Trias (2015)
Area
• Total	4.0 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	20,764
• Density	5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Vilassarenc, vilassarenca
Website	www.vilassardemar.cat

Vilassar de Mar (Catalan pronunciation: [biləˈsa ðə ˈmaɾ]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Premià de Mar and Cabrera de Mar, to the north-east of Barcelona. The town is both a tourist centre and a dormitory town for Barcelona, and is also known for its horticulture. The main N-II road and a RENFE railway line run through the town, while a local road connects the municipality with the C-32 autopista at Vilassar de Dalt and Mataró and Barcelona. The famous canned food company DANI is based in Vilassar de Mar coming from a Vilassar family.

Demography edit

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2007
2953	7045	n/a	n/a	n/a	19,052

Education^[4] edit

Primary schools edit

Escola del Mar
Escola els Alocs
Escola Pérez Sala
Escola Vaixell Burriac
Franciscanes Vilassar de Mar (private school)

High schools edit

Institut Pere Ribot
Institut Vilatzara

Notable people edit

Àlex Casademunt, singer
Bad Gyal, singer
Ona Batlle, footballer
Wyke van Weelden [nl], singer
Rita Payés, jazz musician
David Solans, actor

References edit

^ "Ajuntament de Vilassar de Mar". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
^ "El municipi en xifres: Vilassar de Mar". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "Primary Schools and High Schools in Vilassar de Mar".

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).