IGUALADA

'Igualada' is a town of the Province of Barcelona in Catalonia (North-Eastern Spain) on the left bank of the River Anoia, a right-hand tributary of the Llobregat, and at the northern terminus of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona railway. Igualada is the central market of a rich agricultural and wine-producing district. It consists of an old town with narrow and irregular streets and the remains of a fortress and ramparts, and a new town which possesses regular and spacious streets and many fine houses. The local industries, chiefly developed since 1880, include the manufacture of cotton, linen, wool, ribbons, cloth, chocolate, soap, brandies, leather, cards and nails. The famous mountain and convent of Montserrat is 12 miles east.

★ Population : about 40.000
It has a union with Lecco (Italy), a community of Sahara, Nueva Esperanza (El Salvador) and some others.

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Architecture

Demography

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Architecture

Igualada is noted for being the location of the award winning Igualada Cemetery design by the Catalan architects Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós. It was constructed between 1985 and 1994.

Demography

Reference

★ 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).

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External links

★ Official site

★ Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya