Monistrol de Montserrat

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Monistrol de Montserrat

Location

General information

Province

Barcelona

Comarca

Bages

Demonym

Monistrolenc, monistrolenca

Land Area

11.77 km²

Altitude

161 m AMSL

Population

2,903 (2007)

Density

246.64 hab./km²

Mayor

Joan Miquel i Rodríguez

Monistrol de Montserrat is a municipality in the comarca of the Bages in Catalonia, Spain. The municipality includes the southern two-thirds of the massif of Montserrat and the famous Benedictine monastery of the same name. The town, known as Montserrat-Vila, is situated on the eastern flank of the massif above the valley of the Llobregat river: it is connected with the monastery (higher up) and with the railway station in the valley (FGC line R5) by a rack railway (Cremallera de Montserrat). The C-1411 road links the town with Martorell and Manresa. The bridge over the Llobregat river dates from the fourteenth century.

[edit] Demography

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2007
2332	3323	2999	3002	2625	2903

[edit] References

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).

[edit] External links

Official website (Catalan)
Information - Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan)
Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan)
Cremallera de Montserrat (English) (Catalan)
Interactive Map of Monistrol de Montserrat (Catalan)

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