La Garriga
| La Garriga | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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  La Garriga  La Garriga Location in Catalonia | ||
| Coordinates: ES 41°41′N 2°17′E / 41.683°N 2.283°ECoordinates: ES 41°41′N 2°17′E / 41.683°N 2.283°E | ||
| Country |
 Spain | |
| Community |
 Catalonia | |
| Province |
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| Comarca | Vallès Oriental | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Meritxell Budó Pla (2015)[1] | |
| Area[2] | ||
| • Total | 18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)[1] | ||
| • Total | 15,762 | |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) | |
| Website |
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La Garriga is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 18.8 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 15236 people.[3]
Notable natives and residents
- The Catalan writer and teacher, Núria Albó, was mayor here in 1979 and she was born here in 1930.[4]
- The Catalan missionary priest in Cameroon Jordi Mas Castells was born here in 1930 and he died here in 2010.[5] In 2008, the town council in La Garriga honoured him as Illustrious Citizen.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Ajuntament de la Garriga". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ↑ "El municipi en xifres: La Garriga". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ "Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo:Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero de 2011". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ↑ "Biografia". Associació d'Escriptors en Llengua Catalana. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ Lapuerta 2009, pp. 66–81
- ↑ "Jordi Mas i Castells, Illustrious Citizen of La Garriga" (in Catalan). Ajuntament de la Garriga. 3 December 2008.
Bibliography
- (Catalan) Lapuerta, Montserrat (2009). Retrats de Garriguencs Il·lustres (in Catalan). El Garbell. ISBN 978-84-613-6776-4.
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