Marganell | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.64°N 1.794°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Barcelona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Bages |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Anna Garcia Ventura (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 13.5 |
Elevation M: | 291 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Marganellès, marganellesa |
Marganell is a municipality in the comarca of the Bages in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the northern slopes of Montserrat, and is also known as Santa Cecília de Montserrat in reference to the Benedictine monasteries (See Santa Cecília de Montserrat and Montserrat monastery). The agriculture in the municipality is mostly of cereals, and the majority of the active population works elsewhere (until recently, in the cotton mills of Castellbell i el Vilar).
Pop 1497: | 8 |
Pop 1515: | 9 |
Pop 1553: | 11 |
Pop 1717: | 61 |
Pop 1787: | 114 |
Pop 1857: | 330 |
Pop 1877: | 329 |
Pop 1887: | 308 |
Pop 1900: | 233 |
Pop 1910: | 261 |
Pop 1920: | 253 |
Pop 1930: | 267 |
Pop 1940: | 280 |
Pop 1950: | 275 |
Pop 1960: | 307 |
Pop 1970: | 240 |
Pop 1981: | 280 |
Pop 1986: | 217 |
Pop 1990: | 208 |
Pop 1992: | 226 |
Pop 1994: | 221 |
Pop 1996: | 215 |
Pop 1998: | 213 |
Pop 2000: | 243 |
Pop 2002: | 238 |
Pop 2004: | 243 |
Pop 2006: | 288 |
Pop 2007: | 298 |
Pop 2008: | 301 |
Pop 2010: | 317 |
Pop 2012: | 308 |
Pop Latest: | 297 |
Latest Year: | 2014 |