Anoia () is a comarca (county) in central

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, with its capital at

Igualada Igualada () is a municipality and capital of Anoia county in Penedès, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on the left bank of the Anoia River and at the western end of the Igualada-Martorell-Barcelona Railway. Igualada is the capital and central ...

. It is mainly located in the

Penedès Penedès () is a natural region, natural and historical region of Catalonia. It is located in the south of the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain between the pre-coastal mountain range (''Serralada Pre-litoral'') and the Mediterranean Sea. ...

region, with its northern section being in Central Catalonia. The comarca of Anoia is irrigated by the

Anoia River The Anoia () is a river in Catalonia, Spain, a tributary of the Llobregat. Most of its course lies within the ''comarca'' of the same name. Its has four sources, in the municipalities of Calaf, Sant Martí Sesgueioles, Montmaneu, and Argençol ...

; the leading industry is the making of

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. To the north are

Solsonès Solsonès (, ) is a comarca (county) in the central region of Catalonia (Spain). It is part of historic county of Urgell The County of Urgell (, ; ) is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of County of Pallars, ...

and

Bages Bages () is a comarca (county) in the central region of Catalonia, Spain. The capital is the city of Manresa. Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Car ...

, to the west,

Baix Llobregat Baix Llobregat () is a comarca (county) on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the Barcelona region and its capital is Sant Feliu de Llobregat. Municipalities Proposed changes It has long been proposed to split the northern part of ...

to the south Baix Penedès and

Alt Camp Alt Camp () is a comarca (county) located in the region of Camp de Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The capital is the city of Valls. Geography To the north of the county lies Conca de Barberà, to the northeast lies Anoia, to the east and sout ...

, and to the east

Conca de Barberà Conca de Barberà () is a comarca (county) in the region of Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Its total area is , and its capital is Montblanc. At its creation in 1936, it contained 23 municipalities, but in 1990, several of these were amal ...

and

Segarra Segarra () is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county) in Ponent, Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Catalonia (Spain), situated on a high plain. Historically, the name referred to a larger area than the current comarca. It has a continental cl ...

Municipalities

References

External links

Official web site of the Consell Comarcal de l'Anoia (in Catalan)
{{Coord, 41, 36, 47, N, 1, 36, 21, E, region:ES-CT_type:adm2nd_source:cawiki, display=title Comarques of the Province of Barcelona