La Pobla de Claramunt | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.5544°N 1.6797°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Barcelona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Anoia |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Santiago Broch Miquel (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 18.5 |
Elevation M: | 246 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Pobletà, pobletana |
La Pobla de Claramunt (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /lə ˈpob.blə ðə kləɾəˈmun/) 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.
Pop 1900: | 1074 |
Pop 1930: | 1121 |
Pop 1950: | 1049 |
Pop 1970: | 1518 |
Pop 1986: | 1685 |
Pop Latest: | 2193 |
Latest Year: | 2007 |
Five outlying villages are included in the municipality of La Pobla de Claramunt (Populations as of 2005):
Train line connecting Igualada with Barcelona has a stop for boarding on both ways of the line.