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Maresme

Field	Value
name	Maresme
native_name_lang	ca
settlement_type	Comarca
image_shield	Escut del Maresme.svg
image_map	Maresme a Catalunya.svg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Autonomous community
subdivision_name1	Catalonia
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	[[File:Flag of Barcelona (province).svg	23px	border]] Barcelona
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona
seat_type	Capital
seat	Mataró
leader_title1	Body
leader_name1	Maresme Comarcal Council
leader_title2	President
leader_name2	Francesc Alemany (ERC)
parts_type	Municipalities
parts_style	list
p1	Alella, Arenys de Mar, Arenys de Munt, Argentona, Cabrera de Mar, Cabrils, Caldes d'Estrac, Calella, Canet de Mar, Dosrius, Malgrat de Mar, El Masnou, Mataró, Montgat, Òrrius, Palafolls, Pineda de Mar, Premià de Dalt, Premià de Mar, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Sant Cebrià de Vallalta, Sant Iscle de Vallalta, Sant Pol de Mar, Sant Vicenç de Montalt, Santa Susanna, Catalonia, Teià, Tiana, Tordera, Vilassar de Dalt, Vilassar de Mar
area_total_km2	398.6
population_total	437,919
population_as_of	2014
population_density_km2	auto
population_demonyms	maresmenc (m.)
maresmenca (f.)
blank_name_sec1	Largest municipality
blank_info_sec1	Mataró
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
area_code_type	Dialing code

maresmenca (f.)

Maresme () is a comarca (county) in the Barcelona region in Catalonia, located along the Mediterranean coast, between the comarques of Barcelonès (at the Southwest) and Selva (at the Northeast), and also bordering with Vallès Oriental (at the west).

Its capital and largest city is Mataró (pop. 119,035 in 2007).

Geography

Maresme occupies a long and narrow area between the Mediterranean Sea and the hills of Serralada Litoral (Catalonia's coastal mountains), and specifically Montnegre's and Corredor's hills in the northern half and Sant Mateu's hills in the southern half. This particular shape has conditioned both the geography and the history of this comarca. Probably the main distinct elements of its geography are the characteristic rieres (torrents). These short, intermittent streams, which cross the comarca transversally about every hundred meters, produce powerful and dangerous floods when it rains.

Maresme has been historically very well connected with the rest of the comarca as well as with Barcelona by the old Camí Ral (Royal Way) (current N-II main road) and railroad (The Barcelona–Mataró railroad route, finished in 1848, was the first ever in all the Iberian Peninsula). Communications were enhanced in recent years with the construction of the C-32's Barcelona–Mataró section (1969), which was the first autopista (highway) ever in Spain, and its subsequent enlargement, the Mataró-Palafolls's section (1995).

Municipalities

Municipality	url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/	title=El municipi en xifres
Alella	9,651	9.6
Arenys de Mar	15,307	6.8
Arenys de Munt	8,654	21.3
Argentona	11,963	25.4
Cabrera de Mar	4,525	9.0
Cabrils	7,197	7.0
Caldes d'Estrac	2,738	0.9
Calella	18,307	8.0
Canet de Mar	14,123	5.6
Dosrius	5,137	40.7
Malgrat de Mar	18,417	8.8
El Masnou	22,742	3.4
Mataró	124,280	22.5
Montgat	11,315	2.9
Òrrius	690	5.7
Palafolls	9,065	16.6
Pineda de Mar	25,948	10.7
Premià de Dalt	10,311	6.6
Premià de Mar	28,163	2.1
Sant Andreu de Llavaneres	10,590	11.8
Sant Cebrià de Vallalta	3,328	15.7
Sant Iscle de Vallalta	1,304	17.8
Sant Pol de Mar	4,997	7.5
Sant Vicenç de Montalt	6,007	8.0
Santa Susanna	3,293	12.6
Teià	6,141	6.6
Tiana	8,314	8.0
Tordera	16,345	84.1
Vilassar de Dalt	8,882	8.9
Vilassar de Mar	20,185	4.0
• Total: 30	437,919	398.6

| [[File:Municipis del Maresme.svg|thumb|upright=2|Map]] |}

References

"El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya.

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