El Masnou

infobox catalan city
title=El Masnou

image_skyline_size=180px
location_

province=Barcelona
comarca=Maresme
population=21,935
population_year=2007
area=3.44
population_density=6,376.45
elevation=27
demonym=Masnoví, masnovina
mayor=Eduard Gisbert i Amat

El Masnou is a town in
Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Montgat and Premià de Mar, to the north-east of the city of
Barcelona, in the "comarca" (county) of el Maresme. The town is both a tourist centre and a (somewhat exclusive) dormitory town for Barcelona.

The main N-II road and a RENFE railway line run through the town, while a local road links it with the A-19 "autopista" at
Alella.

The town center has buildings in a wide range of styles: neoclassical, "modernista", "noucentista" and simply eclectic. The municipal museum has collections of archeology and of Catalan ceramics, and there is also a private museum of pharmacy and medicine. A Roman village called "Cal Ros de les Cabres" was one of the first settlements located on the site of the currenttown.

Famous Spanish Cellist Pablo Casals lived in El Masnou.

Demography

infobox catalan city demography
pop_1900=3396
pop_1930=4604
pop_1950=5098
pop_1970=10,410
pop_1986=15,169
pop_latest=21,935
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.elmasnou.cat/ Official website] ca
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=0&cod=0811890004&err=0 Information - Generalitat de Catalunya] ca
* [http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&V1=08118 IStatistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya] ca
* [http://www.poblesdecatalunya.cat/municipi.php?m=081189 Historic-artistic heritage] ca
* [http://www.elmasnou.com/ Portal Social] ca
* [http://www.elmasnou.net/ARXIUS/proecon/English_enjoy_El_Masnou.pdf Enjoy El Masnou (tourist brochure in PDF)] en