Abrera | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.5167°N 55°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Barcelona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Baix Llobregat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jesus Naharro Rodríguez (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 19.98 |
Population As Of: | November 1, 2011 |
Population Total: | 11,815 |
Population Density Km2: | 591.3 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 08630 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 080018 |
Abrera (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /əˈβɾeɾə/) is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Llobregat river, to the south-east of Montserrat, on the main A2 road between Barcelona and Lleida. The municipality is served by the FGC railway line from Martorell to Manresa: the S4 and R5 services stop at the station.
Abrera is home to The SEAT Sport factory.
According to Spanish census data,[3] this is the population of Abrera in recent years.
The remains of protohistoric ceramics found in the Barcelones estate and the vestiges of a field of silos from the Iberian era in the Torrent Gran, constitute the first indications of the existence of habitat in the municipality.[4]
Traces of a Roman villa were found in Sant Hilari.[5]
From the 15th-16th century onwards, the town grew with buildings and population, even during times of epidemics.[6]