Maresme

Maresme
Maresme
	Comarca
	Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Capital	Mataró
Municipalities	List 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	398.6 km2 (153.9 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	437,919
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Demonyms	maresmenc (m.); maresmenca (f.)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality	Mataró

Montcabrer, comarca of the Maresme

Maresme (Catalan pronunciation: [məˈɾɛzmə]) is a comarca (county) located along the Catalan Mediterranean coast in Spain, 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[edit]

Maresme's territory 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 water streams, which cross the comarca transversally almost every hundred meters, produce powerful and dangerous floods when it rains.

Canet des de els Tarongers

Maresme has been historically very well connected with the rest of the comarca as well as with Barcelona thanks to old Camí Ral (Royal Way) (actual 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[edit]

Municipality	Population (2014)^[1]	Area km²^[1]
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