La Pobla de Claramunt

infobox catalan city
arms=Escut de la Pobla de Claramunt.svg
title=La Pobla de Claramunt
location_

province=Barcelona
comarca=Anoia
population=2,193
population_year=2007
area=18.53
population_density=118.34
elevation=246
demonym=Pobletà, pobletana
mayor=Santiago Broch i Miquel

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

infobox catalan city demography
pop_1900=1074
pop_1930=1121
pop_1950=1049
pop_1970=1518
pop_1986=1685
pop_latest=2193
latest_year=2007

Subdivisions

Five outlying villages are included in the municipality of La Pobla de Claramunt (Populations as of 2005):
*Els Vivencs (45)
*Barri de l'Estació (629)
*Les Garrigues (116)
*Els Masets (4)
*La Rata (50)
*El Xaró (155)

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.lapobladeclaramunt.cat/ Official website] ca
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=0&cod=0816530008 Information - Generalitat de Catalunya] ca
* [http://www.idescat.cat/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&V1=08165 Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya] ca