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Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
La Pobla de Claramunt
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°33′16″N 1°40′47″E / 41.55444°N 1.67972°E / 41.55444; 1.67972
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaAnoia
Government
 • MayorSantiago Broch Miquel (2015)
Area
 • Total18.5 km (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation246 m (807 ft)
Population
 • Total2,177
 • Density120/km (300/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Pobletà, pobletana
Websitewww.lapobladeclaramunt.cat

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
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

  1. "Ajuntament de la Pobla de Claramunt". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: La Pobla de Claramunt". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. 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).

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Places adjacent to La Pobla de Claramunt
Òdena Castellolí
Vilanova del Camí La Pobla de Claramunt Piera
Carme La Torre de Claramunt Vallbona d'Anoia
Autoritat del Transport Metropolità
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Line R6
Barcelona
(Plaça d'Espanya) 		↔ La Pobla de Claramunt ↔ Igualada
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