Santa Coloma de Gramenet

infobox catalan municipio
province=Barcelona
comarca=Barcelonès
population=116,012
population_year=2001
area=7.05
population_density=16,456
elevation=56
demonym=colomins/colomines

Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, is a city. It is situated on the south-east side of the Litoral range, with the Puig Castellar (299 m) as its highest point, on the left bank of the Besòs river: the municipalities of Sant Adrià de Besòs and Badalona separate it from the coast. It is essentially a banlieue of Barcelona. The area has been inhabited since at least the Iberic period, and the remains of an Iberic village have been found on Puig Castellar. The artefacts are housed in a museum in "La Torre Balldovina", a building dating from the eighteenth century.Other notable buildings include the renaissance palace of "La Torre Pallaresa" and the "noucentista""Clínica Mental".

Demography

infobox catalan municipio demography
pop_1900=1510
pop_1930=12,930
pop_1950=15,281
pop_1970=106,711
pop_1986=135,258
pop_latest=116,012
latest_year=2001

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).

External links

* [http://www.grame.net/ Official web site of Santa Coloma de Gramenet]
* [http://www.santako.com/ santako.com - Web site for people living in Santa Coloma de Gramenet (News, Events, Forums...)]