Masquefa

Masquefa municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Anoia
Coordinates	41 ° 30 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  E
Height :	257  msnm
Area :	17.12 km²
Residents :	9,211 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	538.03 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	08119
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Xavier Boquete i Sáez
Website :	www.masquefa.org

Masquefa is a Catalan city ​​in the province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain . It is in the comarca of Anoia .

location

Masquefa is located about 30 kilometers northwest of Barcelona at the foot of Montserrat .

history

The place was first mentioned when Miró I , who was Count of Barcelona together with his brother Borrell II , sold the Castrum Machicepfa on March 3, 963 . The Arabic origin of the place name is a rare testimony to the brief presence of the Moors in the Barcelona area during the 8th century.

politics

The 2007 local elections resulted in the following distribution of seats in the local council:

1. CiU : 6 seats
2. PSC-PM : 4 seats
3. EM- EPM : 1 seat
4. Esquerra-AM : 1 seat
5. PP : 1 seat

Economy and Transport

Around half of the communal area is used today for agriculture, mainly viticulture in the DO Penedès . In addition, the municipality of La Pedrosa has a larger industrial area, so that the industrial sector is still growing in importance today.

Masquefa has two stations on the R6 line from Barcelona to Igualada .

Web links

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

• Topographic map and data of the Generalitat at Masquefa

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).