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Vilassar De Mar
Vilassar de Mar () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Premià de Mar and Cabrera de Mar, to the north-east of Barcelona. The town is both a tourist centre and a dormitory town for Barcelona, and is also known for its horticulture. The main N-II road and a RENFE railway line run through the town, while a local road connects the municipality with the C-32 ''autopista'' at Vilassar de Dalt and Mataró and Barcelona. The famous canned food company DANI is based in Vilassar de Mar coming from a Vilassar family. Demography Education Primary schools Escola del Mar Escola els AlocsEscola Pérez SalaEscola Vaixell BurriacFranciscanes Vilassar de Mar(private school) High schools Institut Pere RibotInstitut Vilatzara Notable people * Àlex Casademunt, singer * Bad Gyal Alba Farelo Solé (born 7 March 1997), known professionally as Bad Gyal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Bad Gyal has developed a stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Catalonia
Catalonia is (as of 2018) divided into 947 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Each municipality typically represents one significant urban settlement, of any size from village to city, with its surrounding land. This is not always the case, though. Many municipalities have merged as a result of rural depopulation or simply for greater efficiency. Some large urban areas, for example Barcelona, consist of more than one municipality, each of which previously held a separate settlement. The Catalan government encourages mergers of very small municipalities; its "Report on the revision of Catalonia's territorial organisation model" (the ""), published in 2000 but not yet implemented, recommends many such mergers. Larger municipalities may sometimes grant the status of ''minor local entity, decentralised municipal entity'' (, ) to one or more of its settlements, for more effective provision of services or to substitute for its previous status as a separate municipality. Each m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RENFE
Renfe (, ), officially Renfe-Operadora, is Spain's national state-owned railway company. It was created in 2005 upon the split of the former Spanish National Railway Network (RENFE) into the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), which inherited the infrastructure, and Renfe-Operadora, which inherited the railway service. History The name "Renfe" (acronym of '' Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles'') is derived from that of the former Spanish National Railway Network created on 24 January 1941 with the nationalisation of Spain's railways. As per EU Directive 91/440, Renfe was divided into Renfe Operadora (operations) and ADIF (infrastructure) on 1 January 2005. At the same time, the existing Renfe logo (nicknamed the "galleta", Spanish for biscuit), first introduced in 1971, was replaced by a dark purple lower-case wordmark designed by Interbrand. Separate logos used by the other sectors were also replaced, but the old Renfe logo remains in use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balearic Sea
The Balearic Sea ( endotoponym: ''Mar Balear'' in Catalan and Spanish) also known as Iberian Sea, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic Islands and mainland Spain. The Ebro River flows into this small sea. Islands and archipelagoes The Balearic islands are divided into two groups: Gimnesias in the northeast, and Pitiusas in the southwest. Gimnesias * Menorca * Mallorca * Cabrera Pitiusas * Ibiza * Formentera Extent The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Balearic Sea as follows: Between the Islas Baleares and the coast of Spain, bounded: ''On the Southwest.'' A line from Cape Sant Antoni, Valencian Community () to Cape Berberia, the Southwest extreme of Formentera (Balearic Islands). ''On the Southeast.'' The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Cabrera, Balearic Islands () and to Illa de l'Aire, off the Southern extreme of Menorca. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabrils
Cabrils () is a city and municipality in the comarca of Maresme in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It is situated between the municipalities of Vilassar de Mar, Vilassar de Dalt, Òrrius, Argentona and Cabrera de Mar, about ten kilometres from Mataró, the comarca capital. Cabrils is surrounded by the hills of Cirers and Montcabrer, among abundant forests of pines and holm oaks and is largely dominated by housing developments. History Cabrils came into history after it was first mentioned in 1037, as a part of the jurisdiction of the neighboring castle of Vilassar de Dalt. It was under the jurisdiction of the castle until 1820, when Cabrils achieved the right to be an independent town with its own administration. Climate The climate of Cabrils is not unlike other Mediterranean climates, with soft temperatures in winter and a warm summer. It has an irregular regime of precipitation, with a period of drought in the months of July and Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Solans
David Solans Cortés (born 3 August 1996) is a Spanish film and television actor. Biography Solans' film debut was with Jesús Monllaó, who gave him the opportunity to participate in the film '' Son of Cain'', where he played Nico, a psychopathic boy obsessed with chess. In the following years, he played the protagonist in the web series directed by Marc and Oriol Puig, ''La caida de Apolo'', and in the feature film '' El dulce sabor de limón'' by David Aymerich. His first appearance on the small screen was in the series ''Bajo sospecha'' of Antena 3, where he played Oscar in the first season of the series. In 2015, he starred in the TV series '' MerlÃ'' from TV3, where he plays Bruno Bergeron, a student who finds it difficult to accept himself how he is, and whose father becomes his new philosophy teacher. Due to the grand acclaim the series received in the Catalan public, La Sexta decided to dub the series in Castilian for the whole country. In 2016, the second seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Payés
Rita Payés Roma (born 1999) is a Spanish jazz and bossa nova trombonist, singer and songwriter. Early life Payés was born in Vilassar de Mar to a musical family. Her mother, Elisabeth Roma, is a classical guitarist, and her father and brother are trumpeters. She graduated in jazz trombone at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. Career At the age of thirteen Payés joined the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, directed by Joan Chamorro where she began singing alongside Andrea Motis, Magalà Datzira, Alba Armengou and Eva Fernandez. At fifteen, she released her first album. In September 2017, Payés, joined by the ''Motis Chamorro Quintet'', played at the 17th Tanjazz festival in Tangier, Morocco. In 2019, Payés released ''Imagina'', in collaboration with her mother. The two went on tour to promote the album in Europe. In alliance with Italian pianist , Payés in 2019 recorded two albums in New York: ''My Ideal'' starring Scott Hamilton, and ''In New York''. On 16 Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ona Batlle
Ona Batlle Pascual ( ; born 10 June 1999) is a Spanish professional women's association football, footballer from Catalonia who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back for Liga F club FC Barcelona FemenÃ, Barcelona and the Spain women's national football team, Spain national team. Club career Youth career Ona Batlle Pascual was born on 10 June 1999 in Vilassar de Mar, a town in the province of Barcelona, and started to play football with Vilassar de Mar. In 2011, she was scouted by FC Barcelona during a match with the Catalonia women's national football team, Catalonia under-12 team. She joined FC Barcelona's youth program La Masia and progressed through the ranks, earning promotion to FC Barcelona Femenà B, Barcelona B, Barcelona's highest-level youth team which played in the Segunda División Pro (women), Segunda División, in 2014. On 9 November 2016, Batlle was called up to the first team and was an unused substitute in Barcelona's 2016–17 UEFA W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mushkaa
Irma Farelo i Solé (born 2004), known professionally as Mushkaa, is a Catalan urban singer. Early life and education Irma Farelo i Solé is the daughter of television personality and manager Eva Solé, and was born in Barcelona's Vilassar de Mar in 2004. She has four siblings: Greta Farelo, her twin sister, who helps her sing and performs with the group in live concerts; Paula and Bruno; and the well-known singer Alba Farelo Solé, better known as Bad Gyal. Since Mushkaa was little, she was noted to have a love for music. She spent ten years studying trumpet. She later started attending the Music Workshop in Barcelona in 2023, but was forced to quit since she could not balance it with her artistic profession. Mushkaa has discussed homosexuality, saying, "I always sing about girls when I do a more personal subject, but just because I like girls." It is unavoidable. If you were the in-revet, it would be weird." She said, "In my generation, whoever is homophobic is the idiot o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Gyal
Alba Farelo Solé (born 7 March 1997), known professionally as Bad Gyal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Bad Gyal has developed a strong cult following ever since her musical career began in 2016, with an interpretation of Rihanna's "Work (Rihanna song), Work" in the Catalan language. She continued to make music as an independent artist, releasing records like "Jacaranda" and "Fiebre". Bad Gyal later released two mixtapes: ''Slow Wine Mixtape, Slow Wine'' (2016) and ''Worldwide Angel'' (2018), which established her as an emerging artist within the Spanish urban scene. Bad Gyal signed with Interscope Records and Aftercluv in 2019 and saw mainstream acclaim with songs like "Santa MarÃa", "Zorra (Bad Gyal song), Zorra" and "Alocao", the latter becoming the List of number-one singles of 2019 (Spain), number-one song in Spain for 2019. 2021 saw the release of her first project as a signed artist ''Warm Up (EP), Warm Up'', and ''Sound System: The Final Releases''. Her debut album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Àlex Casademunt
Alejandro "Àlex" Casademunt González (30 June 1981 – 2 March 2021) was a Spanish pop singer, actor, and TV presenter. He entered the music industry after finishing in tenth place in the musical contest ''Operación Triunfo (series 1), Operación Triunfo 2001''. Biography 2001–2005: ''Operación Triunfo 2001'', ''Fórmula abierta'' and ''Inquietudes'' While Casademunt was working as appliance technician, in 2001 he saw an advertisement and decided to attend the casting for the new music contest ''Operación Triunfo (series 1), Operación Triunfo'', broadcast by Televisión Española, and was accepted. He was eliminated and but then returned and finished tenth in the competition. After the competition, Casademunt formed the musical group "Fórmula Abierta" along with , and , all of them also former contestants on the program. Together they recorded the album ''Aún hay más'' published on 7 June 2002, which included the song "Te quiero más", the biggest hit of the group. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private School
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for Tuition payments, tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be eligible for a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities (e.g., sports scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), need for financial aid, or Scholarship Tax Credit, tax credit scholarships that might be available. Roughly one in 10 U.S. families have chosen to enroll their childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mataró
Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the Maresme county in Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the Costa del Maresme, Maresme coast, to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, north-east of Barcelona. , it had a population of 129,749. History Mataró dates back to Roman Republic, Roman times when it was a village known as "Iluro" or "Illuro". The ruins of a first-century BC Roman Thermae, bath house (known locally as the ''Torre Llauder'') were recently discovered and can be visited. The coastal follows the same path as the original Roman road, Via Augusta. Mataró was declared a city by royal decree, even though at the time (nineteenth century) the population fell short of the requirement for city status. The first railway in peninsular Spain was the Mataró – Barcelona line which opened on 28 October 1848 by the Catalonia, Catalan businessman and Mataró native Miquel Biada. This line now forms part of the Renfe/Rodalies de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
