Molins de Rei
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Catalonia | ||
| Province : | Barcelona | ||
| Comarca : | Baix Llobregat | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 25 ′ N , 2 ° 1 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 37 msnm | ||
| Area : | 15.85 km² | ||
| Residents : | 25,868 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 1,632.05 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 08750 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 08123 | ||
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| Official language : | Castilian , Catalan | ||
| Mayor : | Joan Ramon Casals | ||
| Website : | www.molinsderei.net/ajuntament | ||
Molins de Rei is a Catalan city in the province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain . It is located in the Comarca Baix Llobregat and belongs to the metropolitan area Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona . The city has 25,868 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of 15.85 square kilometers, a large part of which is in the Collserola Nature Park.
Geography & location
Molins de Rei is located about 15 kilometers southwest of the center of the Catalan capital Barcelona, between the left bank of the Llobregat river and the Serra de Collserola mountain range . Adjacent cities and municipalities are in the north El Papiol and Sant Cugat del Vallès , which is already in the district of Vallès Occidental , in the northeast Barcelona, in the south Sant Feliu de Llobregat and in the west Sant Vicenç dels Horts and Pallejà . Apart from Sant Cugat del Vallès, it forms a densely built-up unit with all the other neighboring communities in the agglomeration of Barcelona.
traffic
The Molins de Rei train station is on lines 1 (the starting and ending point is here) and 4 of Rodalies Barcelona . Trains to downtown Barcelona run approximately every 10 minutes.
sons and daughters of the town
- Margarita Xirgu (1888–1969), actress
- Ildefons Civil i Castellví (1889–1936), church musician, Benedictine monk from the Montserrat monastery, martyr of the civil war
Town twinning
Web links
- Comprehensive portal of public and official institutions
- Official website of the city administration
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Statistics Catalonia
Abrera | Begues | Castelldefels | Castellví de Rosanes | Cervelló | Collbató | Corbera de Llobregat | Cornellà de Llobregat | Esparreguera | Esplugues de Llobregat | Gavà | Martorell | Molins de Rei | Olesa de Montserrat | Pallejà | La Palma de Cervelló | El Papiol | El Prat de Llobregat | Sant Andreu de la Barca | Sant Boi de Llobregat | Sant Climent de Llobregat | Sant Esteve Sesrovires | Sant Feliu de Llobregat | Sant Joan Despí | Sant Just Desvern | Sant Vicenç dels Horts | Santa Coloma de Cervelló | Torrelles de Llobregat | Vallirana | Viladecans