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La Pobla de Claramunt

La Pobla de Claramunt
Municipality
Avinguda Catalunya
Avinguda Catalunya
Flag of La Pobla de Claramunt
Flag
Coat of arms of La Pobla de Claramunt
Coat of arms
La Pobla de Claramunt is located in Province of Barcelona
La Pobla de Claramunt
La Pobla de Claramunt
La Pobla de Claramunt is located in Spain
La Pobla de Claramunt
La Pobla de Claramunt
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°33′16″N 1°40′47″E / 41.55444°N 1.67972°E / 41.55444; 1.67972Coordinates: 41°33′16″N 1°40′47″E / 41.55444°N 1.67972°E / 41.55444; 1.67972
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Anoia
Government
 • Mayor Santiago Broch Miquel (2015)
Area
 • Total 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation 246 m (807 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 2,186
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Pobletà, pobletana
Website www.lapobladeclaramunt.cat

La Pobla de Claramunt is a municipality in the comarca of the Anoia in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the edge of the Òdena Basin at the entrance to the Capellades Gorge. The town is dominated by Claramunt castle, on a hilltop some 150 m above the modern settlement: the castle was, with Castellbell castle, one of the main points of control of access to the Llobregat valley and hence to Barcelona. With neighbouring Capellades, La Pobla de Claramunt is an important centre for paper manufacture. It is served by a station on the FGC railway line R6 from Barcelona and Martorell to Igualada and by the C-244 road from Igualada to Vilafranca del Penedès.

Five outlying villages are included in the municipality of La Pobla de Claramunt (Populations as of 2005):




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