La Pobla De Claramunt
La Pobla de Claramunt (Catalan pronunciation: [lə ˈpob.blə ðə kləɾəˈmun]) 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.
Demography
1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
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1074 | 1121 | 1049 | 1518 | 1685 | 2193 |
Subdivisions
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
Train line connecting Igualada with Barcelona has a stop for boarding on both ways of the line.
References
- ^ "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.
- 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).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Pobla de Claramunt.
- 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 |