Argentona

Argentona
Municipality
Coat airms
Argentona Location in Catalonie
Coordinates: 41°33′N 2°24′E
Kintra	Spain
Commonty	Catalonie
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Maresme
Govrenment
• Mayor	Ferran Armengol (CiU)
Area
• Total	25.40 km2 (9.81 sq mi)
Elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Population  (2007)
• Total	11,402
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Argentoní, argentonina
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Argentona is a municipality in the comarca o the Maresme in Catalonie, Spain. It is situatit on the sooth-east side o the granite Litoral range, tae the north-wast o Mataró. The toun is bith a tourist centre an a notable horticultural centre. A local road links the municipality wi Cabrera de Mar an wi the main N-II road at Vilassar de Mar.

The toun centre haes biggins in a wide range o styles. The late gothic kirk o Sant Julià wis restored bi Josep Puig i Cadafalch. The same airchitect designed Casa Gari, a private residence adjynin the chapel o Sant Miquel del Cros, a wirk in the style o Antoni Gaudí bi Lluís Bonet (1929). Thare are several biggins frae the 16t tae the 17t hunderyears, as well as the Roman chapel o La Mare de Déu del Viver an the benedictine priory o Sant Pere de Clarà. Thare is an interestin museum dedicatit tae watter jugs, the Argentona Water Jug Museum, in which thare are exhibitit mair nor 700 pieces, includin fower ceramic wirks bi Pablo Picasso.

Demografie

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2010
2014	2615	2889	4058	7183	11.718

References

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid (in Catalan)
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
• Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (in Catalan)
• Patrimoni monumental d'Argentona (in Catalan)