Igualada

Igualada municipality
Igualada Town Hall
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Anoia
Coordinates	41 ° 35 ′  N , 1 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′  N , 1 ° 37 ′  E
Height :	313  msnm
Area :	8.12 km²
Residents :	39,967 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4,922.04 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	08102
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Jordi Aymamí i Roca
Website :	www.igualada.cat

Igualada ( cat . [ Iɣwəɫaðə ]) is a city about 60 km northwest of Barcelona with 39,967 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia in northeastern Spain .

Most of the southern boundary of the city is the Anoia , a tributary of the Llobregat , the eastern part is the Riera d'Òdena , a stream flowing into the Anoia in the southeast of Igualada. To the north, just outside the city limits, is the Autovía A-2 , which runs from Madrid to Barcelona and has two connections to the city.

Igualada, capital of the Comarca Anoia , is the center of a rich cultural and wine landscape and has notable industries in the fields of cotton and fabrics, soap, leather and nails.

Culture and sights

Igualada is known for its old town with narrow, winding streets and the remains of an old fortress , while the "new town" is much more modern. To the south is the Museu de la Pell d'Igualada , the only museum in Spain dedicated to leather, its manufacture and processing.

Part of the city along the Anoia River

Town twinning

• Sister cities of Igualada are Lecco in the Italian region of Lombardy , Guimarães in the Portuguese region of Norte and Aksakowo in the Bulgarian Oblast of Varna .

Sons and daughters

• Pere (Pedro) Vives Vich (1858–1938), engineer officer and first in command of the Ejército del Aire, and politician
• Gaspar Camps i Junyent (1874-1942), painter, illustrator and poster artist
• Josep Muset i Ferrer (1889–1957), organist, composer and priest
• Jaume Padrós i Montoriol (1926–2007), Catalan pianist and composer
• Jordi Savall i Bernadet (* 1941), musicologist, gambist and director of musical ensembles
• Sita Murt (1946–2014), fashion designer and entrepreneur
• Ramon Enrich (* 1968), painter and sculptor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

Web links

Commons : Igualada  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Topographic map and data of the Generalitat of Igualada