Montcada i Reixac

Montcada i Reixac municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Vallès Occidental
Coordinates	41 ° 29 ′  N , 2 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 29 ′  N , 2 ° 11 ′  E
Height :	36  msnm
Area :	23.34 km²
Residents :	36,239 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	1,552.66 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	08125
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayoress :	Laura Campos Ferrer (ICV-EUiA-E)
Website :	www.montcada.org

Montcada i Reixac is a Catalan city ​​in the province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain . It is located in the Comarca Vallès Occidental and belongs to the metropolitan area Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona .

geography

Geographical location

Montcada i Reixac is located in the province of Barcelona in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia at the confluence of the Ripoll and Besòs rivers .

Neighboring communities

The neighboring municipalities are Barcelona , Cerdanyola del Vallès , Santa Coloma de Gramenet , Badalona , Ripollet , Sant Fost de Campsentelles , Mollet del Vallès and La Llagosta .

Local division

In addition to Montcada Center , there are Can Cuiàs , Can Sant Joan , Masrampinyo and Terra Nostra .

Place name

The place was ancestral seat of the noble family Montcada . In the time of Franquism the city was called Moncada y Reixach or Montcada y Reixach .

economy

Montcada i Reixac is a body shop of Nissan Motor Ibérica with 74,486 m total area and 266 employees.

Town twinning

• Mourenx in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department , ( France )

Personalities

• Miguel Poblet (1928–2013), racing cyclist

Web links

Commons : Montcada i Reixac  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ajuntament de Montcada i Reixac in Catalan

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).
2. ↑ Nissan production locations in Spain (as of 2010) ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.