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
Municipality
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
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaMaresme
Government
 • MayorMiquel Buch Moya (2015)[1]
Area
 • Total2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total28,071
 • Density13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Premianenc, premianenca
Websitepremiademar.cat
Riera de Premià

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
2,239 3,380 3,947 11,284 20,069 27,590

Education[4]

Primary Schools

Public Schools

Private Schools

High Schools

Institut Premia de Mar (public)

References
  1. "Ajuntament de Premià de Mar". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Premià de Mar". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. "Education in Premia de Mar". (Catalan translation).
  • 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).
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