Capellades
Municipality
Capelló gardens
Capelló gardens
Coat of arms of Capellades
Coat of arms
Capellades is located in Province of Barcelona
Capellades
Capellades
Location in Catalonia
Capellades is located in Spain
Capellades
Capellades
Capellades (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°31′55″N 1°41′12″E / 41.53194°N 1.68667°E / 41.53194; 1.68667
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaAnoia
Government
 • mayorAleix Auber Alvarez (2015)[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation
317 m (1,040 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total5,211
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Capelladí ; Capelladina
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
08786
Websitewww.capellades.cat

Capellades (Catalan pronunciation: [kəpəˈʎaðəs]) is a town in Catalonia, Spain, located in the south of the comarca of Anoia, some sixty metres above the Anoia river where it cuts through the Catalan Coastal Range. The C-15 trunk road from Vilafranca del Penedès and the FGC railway line R6 from Martorell and Barcelona run along the river valley below the town on their way to Igualada. It is about one hour from Barcelona by car, bus or train.

Capellades is known for the manufacture of paper since the seventeenth century. A paper manufacturer in Capellades (established in 1714) specialised today in producing security paper is the oldest company in Spain.[4] In the town there is also a Museum of Paper (Molí-Museu Paperer) housed in a converted papermill.

There is a small amount of agriculture, both irrigated (market gardening) and non-irrigated (cereals, grapes, almonds), although the territory of the municipality is small. Textile and ceramic manufacture and tourism during the summer also contribute to the local economy. Munich (sport shoes) has its headquarters in Capellades.

The site has been inhabited since the middle Paleolithic era (50000 years BP), and an archeological site just below the modern town, known locally as the Abric Romaní, is open to the public.

Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2005
2629 2275 2306 3910 4917 5302

Transportation

Train line connecting Igualada with Barcelona has a stop for boarding on both ways of the line.

References

  1. ↑ "Ajuntament de Capellades". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Capellades". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. ↑ Blanchar, Clara (19 July 2014). "La empresa más antigua de España". El País.

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).

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