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in the province of Barcelona,

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. It is situated on the coast between

Montgat Montgat () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Badalona (Barcelonès) and El Masnou, to the north-east of Barcelona. The town is both a tourist centre and a (somewhat ex ...

and

Premià de Mar Premià de Mar () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia. It is situated on the coast between El Masnou and Vilassar de Mar, to the north-east of Barcelona. The town is b ...

, to the north-east of the city of

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, in the ''comarca'' (

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) of el Maresme. The town is both a tourist centre and a dormitory town in the

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. The main N-II road and a

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railway line run through the town, while a local road links it with the A-19 ''autopista'' at

Alella Alella () is a village in the ''comarca'' of Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast on the southwest side of the granite Catalan Coastal Range. The town is known for its wines, cava and perfumes, but is also a commuter town ...

. The town center has buildings in a wide range of styles: neoclassical, ''modernista'', ''noucentista'' and simply eclectic. The municipal museum has collections of

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and of Catalan ceramics, and there is also a private museum of pharmacy and medicine. A

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village called ''Cal Ros de les Cabres'' was one of the first settlements located on the site of the current town. The agriculture of El Masnou is mainly of flowers, especially carnations, and the industry has a predominance of

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, with several industries about ceramics, glass and pharmaceutical products.

Demography

Historical and interesting buildings

* Casa de la Vila. Neoclassical style town hall of the

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. * Museu Cusí de Farmàcia.

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which is the exponent of the historical and museological

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of a

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, Joaquim Cusí and Furtunet. * El Masnou Municipal Nautical Museum. Museum which permanent exhibition is organised around the relationship between the town of El Masnou and the sea. * Casa del Marquès del Masnou. This building belonged to Romà Fabra i Puig, who received the title of

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of El Masnou in

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Notable people

Current

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star

Ricky Rubio Ricard Rubio Vives (born 21 October 1990) is an inactive Spanish professional basketball player. He became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish Liga ACB on 15 October 2005, at age 14. Rubio made his EuroLeague debut on 24 October 2006 ...

was born in El Masnou. Also Bruno Saltor Grau, a professional football coach and former player who is currently a coach for

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. Other famous people who were born in El Masnou are: *

(1990), First round draft pick of the NBA. * Fèlix Oliver (1856 – 1932), a pioneer of cinema in

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. * Lluís Millet i Pagès (1867–1941),

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, founder of the Catalan choir

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. * Rosa Sensat (1873 – 1961), teacher who contributed to the development of the Catalan public schools during the first third of the 20th century. * Jordi Pericot i Canaleta (1931), plastic artist and designer. * Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje (1932-2017), contemporary figurative painter, cousin of the renowned classical music composer Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols.

References

* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).

External links

Official website

Government data pages

Historic-artistic heritage
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