Santa Coloma de Gramenet
| Parish of Santa Coloma de Gramenet | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Catalonia | ||
| Province : | Barcelona | ||
| Comarca : | Barcelonès | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 27 ' N , 2 ° 13' E | ||
| Height : | 56 msnm | ||
| Area : | 6.99 km² | ||
| Residents : | 119.215 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 17,055.08 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 08245 | ||
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| Official language : | Castilian , Catalan | ||
| Mayoress : | Núria Parlon ( PSC ) | ||
| Website : | www.grame.net | ||
Santa Coloma de Gramenet ( Catalan. [ ˌSantə kuˌɫomə ðə ɣɾəməˈnɛt ]) or Santa Coloma de Gramanet ( Spanish. [ ˌSanta koˌloma ðe ɣɾamaˈnet ]) is a city in the greater Barcelona area in Spain and belongs to the metropolitan area Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona . The city has 119,215 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and an area of 6.57 km².
location
Santa Coloma de Gramanet is located north of Barcelona (from which it is separated by the Besòs River ) and borders the towns of Badalona , Sant Adrià de Besòs and Montcada i Reixac . The highest point is the 303 m high Puig Castellar, which was inhabited as early as the Iberian era.
history
In the place, whose district since 3500 BC The patron saint, Saint Coloma, who was executed in Gaul by the Romans in 274, is venerated. In the early Middle Ages there was a church that was destroyed by the Saracens under Almansor in 985. A Romanesque successor church has been attested since 1019. On the Puig Castellar you can visit one of the best preserved Iberian villages in the Barcelona area. Due to industrialization, the population increased sharply. Santa Coloma grew from 2,728 inhabitants in 1920 to 12,930 in 1930. Until then, the city expanded across the Besos River. After the civil war, the Cases Barates settlements there fell to Barcelona in 1945.
economy
In the city's economic life, the tertiary sector dominates with 78.12%. More than a quarter of economic activity can be traced back to trade and catering. 27% of jobs are in retail and 9.85% in restaurants. The city has 1,899 companies in total. The city's best-known company is "Cacaolat", which produces milk chocolate drinks. There are also a large number of small craft businesses and wholesalers and retailers, for example Ferrolan (largest building materials wholesaler in Catalonia). Most of the residents of Santa Coloma work in the Barcelona area. Santa Coloma has the lowest per capita income in Catalonia (9,909 euros), almost half the per capita income of Sant Cugat del Vallès (19,591 euros). Since 2017, Santa Coloma has had its own local currency, the grama. A grama is worth one euro. This is how public spending is supposed to stay in the city. So far 700,000 gramas have been paid out, of which 86.85% have stayed in the city
politics
mayor
Nuria Parlón has been mayor since 2015. After the election on May 26, 2019, she was elected for a further term by the local councils.
Municipal council
Distribution of seats in the municipal council after the municipal elections on May 26, 2019.
| Political party | voting share |
Seats |
|---|---|---|
| PSC | 50.94% | 17th |
| COMUNS | 10.83% | 3 |
| ERC | 9.92% | 3 |
| CIUTADANS | 4.12% | 4th |
| total | 27 |
Demographics
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Santa Coloma had only a few thousand inhabitants. With the World Exhibition of Barcelona in 1929, many residents of the area around Montjic were relocated here. From then on the population grew steadily. In 1970, the hundred thousand mark was reached and Santa Coloma was officially recognized as a city. Today the city is the ninth largest in Catalonia. Of those who moved, 8.5% come from Andalusia, most of them from Córdoba and Jaeén. Most of the foreigners are Chinese, there are also many North Africans and Pakistanis.
traffic
The city is connected to Barcelona by three bridges and the L1 and L9 metro lines .
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Town twinning
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Alès in the Gard department , ( France ) since June 6, 1981 -
Kilmarnock , ( Scotland , United Kingdom ) -
Huelma ( Jaén ), Spain
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Cogoleto , Italy
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Cabra ( Cordoba ), Spain
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Villa El Salvador , Peru
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Edchera , Western Sahara
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Habana del Este , Cuba
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Jalapa (Nicaragua)
Personalities
- Raúl Tamudo (* 1977), Spanish football player
- Daniel Sánchez (* 1974), Spanish carom player
- Samuel Aranda (* 1979), Spanish photojournalist
Web links
- Attractions in Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Catalan)
- History of Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Catalan)
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).
- ↑ Bulletin de l'Ajuntament de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Numero 1593, Any XL, page 1, November 2019
- ↑ Article "Estas son las ciudades más ricas y más pobres de Cataluña" by CARLOS R. CÓZAR from May 28, 2020 published in Cronica Global https://cronicaglobal.elespanol.com/business/estas-son-ciudades-mas-ricas -pobres-cataluna_352017_102.html? a_aid = sbi & fbclid = IwAR2s1rPt6DQZuiPPQLaBxJ5hHlpBpI97FNy14QwCWsMU3LTbrLUszGKvRP0 , quoted from data from the Instituto Nacional de
- ↑ L'Ajuntament informa, no 5, June 2020 page 1
- ↑ Elmirall.net - Mensual de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, no 178, page 3
- ↑ Bulletin de l'Ajuntament de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Numero 1600, Any XL, page 3, December 2019
- ↑ Elmirall.net - Mensual de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, no 178, page 11
