Santa Margarida de Montbui
Santa Maragarida de Montbui is a municipality in the comarca o the Anoia in Catalonie, Spain. It is situatit in the Òdena Basin, immediately tae the wast o Igualada o which it effectively forms a suburb. The ajuntament (toun haw) is in Sant Maure. Ither neebourheids in Montbui are the Auld Toun, el Saió-Coll del Guix an La Mallola.
Santa Margarida de Montbui | |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
  Santa Margarida de Montbui Location in Catalonie | |
| Coordinates: 41°34′32″N 1°36′33″E / 41.57556°N 1.60917°ECoordinates: 41°34′32″N 1°36′33″E / 41.57556°N 1.60917°E | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Commonty |  Catalonie |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Anoia |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Teodoro Romero i Hernández |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.82 km2 (10.74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 316 m (1,037 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 9,778 |
| • Density | 356.23/km2 (922.6/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Montbuienc, montbuienca |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Demografie Eedit
Montbui haes receivit a huge immigration in the late fifties.
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 531 | 961 | 790 | 5229 | 9088 | 9825 |
Geografie Eedit
The maist famous muntain in Santa Margarida de Montbui is cried La Tossa. It haes a altitude o 650 m. La Tossa muntain belangs tae the serra de Miralles-Queralt range.In this muntain thare is a Romanesque chapel devotit tae Virgin Mary an datin back tae the 11t century.
The Anoia river borders Santa Margarida de Montbui tae the sooth an separates this municipality frae Igualada.
Eddication an Cultur Eedit
In Montbui thare are three primar eddication schuils (Montbou, García Lorca Archived 2016-04-16 at the Wayback Machine and Antoni Gaudí Archived 2012-04-23 at the Wayback Machine) and a secondary schuil (Institut Montbui)
Some o the cultural centres in Montbui are La Vinícola (Sant Maure) an the Ateneu Cultural i Recreatiu (Auld toun).
References Eedit
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
Freemit airtins Eedit
- Offeecial wabsteid (in Catalan)
- Information - Generalitat de Catalunya Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
- Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (in Catalan)
- Blog wi local historical information (in Catalan)