Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, is a country. It is situated on the south-east side of the Litoral range, with the Puig Castellar (299 m) as its highest point, on the left bank of the Besós river: the municipalities of Sant Adrià de Besós and Badalona separate it from the coast. It is essentially a suburb of Barcelona. Image File history File links Sin_bandera. ... Image File history File links Sin_escudo. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Barcelonès is the most populous and economically important comarca (county) of Catalonia. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Image File history File links Sin_bandera. ... Barcelonès is the most populous and economically important comarca (county) of Catalonia. ... Sant Adrià de Besòs is a municipality in the comarca of the Barcelonès in Catalonia, Spain. ... Badalona (Baetulo in Roman times) is a city in Catalunya, in the comarca of el Barcelonès near the city of Barcelona, on the left bank of the small river Besòs, and on the Mediterranean Sea. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (Catalan) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ...

The area has been inhabited since at least the Iberic period, and the remains of an Iberic village have been found on Puig Castellar. The artefacts are housed in a museum in La Torre Balldovina, a building dating from the eighteenth century. nOther notable buildings include the renaissance palace of La Torre Pallaresa and the novecentista Clínica Mental. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Lady of Baza, made by Iberians The Iberians were an ancient, Pre-Indo-European people who inhabited the east and southeast of the Iberian Peninsula in prehistoric and historic times. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ...

Demography

West Santa Coloma

Main church

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 299 pixelsFull resolution (2274 × 849 pixel, file size: 280 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Descripción: Santa Coloma de Gramanet, provincia de Barcelona. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 299 pixelsFull resolution (2274 × 849 pixel, file size: 280 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Descripción: Santa Coloma de Gramanet, provincia de Barcelona. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1684 × 2176 pixel, file size: 423 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Església Major de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, construïda entre 1912 i 1915, projectada per Miquel Pascual i Tintorer. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1684 × 2176 pixel, file size: 423 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Església Major de Santa Coloma de Gramenet, construïda entre 1912 i 1915, projectada per Miquel Pascual i Tintorer. ...

Reference

• 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).

External links

• Official web site of Santa Coloma de Gramenet
• santako.com - Web site for people living in Santa Coloma de Gramenet (News, Events, Forums...)

Coordinates: 41°28′N, 2°13′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...