La Pobla de Claramunt

La Pobla de Claramunt
Municipality

Avinguda Catalunya

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La Pobla de Claramunt
La Pobla de Claramunt

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 41°33′16″N 1°40′47″E / 41.55444°N 1.67972°E / 41.55444; 1.67972Coordinates: 41°33′16″N 1°40′47″E / 41.55444°N 1.67972°E / 41.55444; 1.67972
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Anoia
Government
  Mayor Santiago Broch Miquel (2015)[1]
Area[2]
  Total 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
  Total 2,186
  Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Pobletà, pobletana
Website www.lapobladeclaramunt.cat

La Pobla de Claramunt 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):

References

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La Pobla de Claramunt Igualada


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