Cabrera de Mar () is a

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of the ''comarca'' of Maresme in

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, Spain. It is located on the coast of the

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, between the municipalities of Vilassar de Mar and

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 Barcel ...

, although the urban centre is at about inland, in a small valley between the hills of Burriac (where the remains of the Sant Vicenç de Burriac castle are located) and Montcabrer. It also borders with the municipalities of Cabrils and Argentona. The population is scattered in several nucleus of different origins. The ''casc antic'' (main centre), Agell (also known as Santa Elena d'Agell), Sant Joan de Munt and Mas Terrillo are located inland, whereas Pla de l'Avellà, Costamar and Bonamar are located on the coast. The town centre has buildings in a wide range of styles: neoclassical, ''modernista'', ''noucentista'' and simply eclectic. Like almost all municipalities of Maresme, Cabrera de Mar has been historically very well connected with the rest of the ''comarca'' and with

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thanks to the old ''Camí Ral'' (Royal Way) (actual N-II main road) and

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(Barcelona-Mataró railroad route (1848) was the first to be constructed in all the

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). 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.

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Official website

Government data pages

Patrimoni històric i artístic de Cabrera de Mar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrera De Mar Municipalities in Maresme Populated places in Maresme

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