Argentona

infobox catalan city
title=Argentona
arms=Escut d'Argentona.svg


image_skyline_size=180px
location_

province=Barcelona
comarca=Maresme
population=11,402
population_year=2007
area=25.40
population_density=448.9
elevation=88
demonym=Argentoní, argentonina
mayor=Josep Masó i Nogueras

Argentona is a municipality in the "comarca" of the Maresme in
Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the south-east side of the granite Litoral range, to the north-west of
Mataró. The town is both a tourist centre and a notable horticultural centre. A local road links the municipality with Cabrera de Mar and with the main N-II road at Vilassar de Mar.

The town centre has buildings in a wide range of styles. The late gothic church of Sant Julià has been recently restored by Josep Puig i Cadafalch. The same architect designed "Can Gari", a private residence adjoining the chapel of Sant Miquel del Cros, a work in the style of Antoni Gaudí by Lluís Bonet (1929). There are several buildings from the sixteenth to the seventeenth centuries, as well as the roman chapel of "La Mare de Déu del Viver" and the benedictine priory of Sant Pere de Clarà.

Demography

infobox catalan city demography
pop_1900=2014
pop_1930=2615
pop_1950=2889
pop_1970=4058
pop_1986=7183
pop_latest=11402
latest_year=2007

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.argentona.cat/ Official website] ca
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=1&cod=0800950006 Information - Generalitat de Catalunya] ca
* [http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&PDF=FALSE&V1=08009 Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya] ca
* [http://www.museucantir.org/ Museu del Càntir d'Argentona] ca en
* [http://www.poblesdecatalunya.cat/municipi.php?m=080095 Patrimoni monumental d'Argentona] ca