Premià de Mar

Premià de Mar
Municipality
Coat of arms
Premià de Mar Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°29′31″N 2°21′43″E / 41.49194°N 2.36194°ECoordinates: 41°29′31″N 2°21′43″E / 41.49194°N 2.36194°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Maresme
Government
• Mayor	Miquel Buch Moya (2015)[1]
Area[2]
• Total	2.1 km^2 (0.8 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	28,163
• Density	13,000/km^2 (35,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Premianenc, premianenca
Website	premiademar.cat

Riera de Premià

Premià de Mar (Catalan pronunciation: [pɾəmiˈa ðə ˈmar]) 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.

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
2239	3380	3947	11,284	20,069	27,590

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.

• 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

• Official website (Catalan)
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Historic-artistic heritage