Premià de Mar
Municipality in the Maresme county, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Premià de Mar (Catalan pronunciation: [pɾəmiˈa ðə ˈmaɾ]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme in Catalonia. It is situated on the coast between El Masnou and Vilassar de Mar, to the north-east of Barcelona. The town is both a tourist centre and a dormitory town for Barcelona.
Like almost all municipalities of Maresme, Premià de Mar has been historically very well connected with the rest of the comarca and with Barcelona thanks to old Camí Ral (Royal Way) (actual N-II main road) and railroad (Barcelona-Mataró railroad route (1848) was the first to be constructed in all the Iberian Peninsula). Communications have been enhanced in recent years with the construction (1969) of the C-32's Barcelona-Mataró section, also the first autopista (highway) to be constructed in all the Iberian Peninsula.
The town centre has buildings in a wide range of styles: neoclassical, modernista, noucentista
and simply eclectic. The church of Sant Cristòfol has a baroque doorway with maritime motifs.
Demography
Education
Source:
Primary schools
Public schools
Escola Sant Cristòfol
Escola El Dofí
Escola La Lió
Escola Mar Nova
Escola Montserrat
Private schools
Escola Assís
Escola Verge del Pilar
Escola La Salle
High schools
Institut Premia de Mar (public)
References
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).
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