La Garriga

La Garriga
Municipality
Coat of arms
La Garriga Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: ES 41°41′N 2°17′E / 41.683°N 2.283°ECoordinates: ES 41°41′N 2°17′E / 41.683°N 2.283°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Vallès Oriental
Government
• Mayor	Meritxell Budó Pla (2015)[1]
Area[2]
• Total	18.8 km^2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	15,762
• Density	840/km^2 (2,200/sq mi)
Website	www.lagarriga.cat

La Garriga is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 18.8 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 15236 people.^[3]

Notable natives and residents

• The Catalan writer and teacher, Núria Albó, was mayor here in 1979 and she was born here in 1930.^[4]
• The Catalan missionary priest in Cameroon Jordi Mas Castells was born here in 1930 and he died here in 2010.^[5] In 2008, the town council in La Garriga honoured him as Illustrious Citizen.^[6]

References

1. "Ajuntament de la Garriga". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: La Garriga". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. "Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo:Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de 2011". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
4. "Biografia". Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
5. Lapuerta 2009, pp. 66–81
6. "Jordi Mas i Castells, Illustrious Citizen of La Garriga" (in Catalan). Ajuntament de la Garriga. 3 December 2008.

Bibliography

• (Catalan) Lapuerta, Montserrat (2009). Retrats de Garriguencs Il·lustres (in Catalan). El Garbell. ISBN 978-84-613-6776-4.

External links

• Official website