Maresme
title: "Maresme" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["maresme", "comarques-of-the-province-of-barcelona"] topic_path: "general/maresme" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maresme" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Maresme |
| native_name_lang | ca |
| settlement_type | Comarca |
| image_shield | Escut del Maresme.svg |
| image_map | Maresme a Catalunya.svg |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Spain |
| subdivision_type1 | Autonomous community |
| subdivision_name1 | Catalonia |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | [[File:Flag of Barcelona (province).svg |
| subdivision_type3 | Region |
| subdivision_name3 | Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona |
| seat_type | Capital |
| seat | Mataró |
| leader_title1 | Body |
| leader_name1 | Maresme Comarcal Council |
| leader_title2 | President |
| leader_name2 | Francesc Alemany (ERC) |
| parts_type | Municipalities |
| parts_style | list |
| p1 | Alella, Arenys de Mar, Arenys de Munt, Argentona, Cabrera de Mar, Cabrils, Caldes d'Estrac, Calella, Canet de Mar, Dosrius, Malgrat de Mar, El Masnou, Mataró, Montgat, Òrrius, Palafolls, Pineda de Mar, Premià de Dalt, Premià de Mar, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Sant Cebrià de Vallalta, Sant Iscle de Vallalta, Sant Pol de Mar, Sant Vicenç de Montalt, Santa Susanna, Catalonia, Teià, Tiana, Tordera, Vilassar de Dalt, Vilassar de Mar |
| area_total_km2 | 398.6 |
| population_total | 437,919 |
| population_as_of | 2014 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_demonyms | maresmenc (m.) |
| maresmenca (f.) | |
| blank_name_sec1 | Largest municipality |
| blank_info_sec1 | Mataró |
| timezone1 | CET |
| utc_offset1 | +1 |
| timezone1_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| area_code_type | Dialing code |
| :: |
| name = Maresme | native_name = | native_name_lang = ca | settlement_type = Comarca | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = Escut del Maresme.svg | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Maresme a Catalunya.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Spain | subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community | subdivision_name1 = Catalonia | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = [[File:Flag of Barcelona (province).svg|23px|border]] Barcelona | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona | seat_type = Capital | seat = Mataró | leader_title1 = Body | leader_name1 = Maresme Comarcal Council | leader_title2 = President | leader_name2 = Francesc Alemany (ERC) | parts_type = Municipalities | parts_style = list | p1 = Alella, Arenys de Mar, Arenys de Munt, Argentona, Cabrera de Mar, Cabrils, Caldes d'Estrac, Calella, Canet de Mar, Dosrius, Malgrat de Mar, El Masnou, Mataró, Montgat, Òrrius, Palafolls, Pineda de Mar, Premià de Dalt, Premià de Mar, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, Sant Cebrià de Vallalta, Sant Iscle de Vallalta, Sant Pol de Mar, Sant Vicenç de Montalt, Santa Susanna, Catalonia, Teià, Tiana, Tordera, Vilassar de Dalt, Vilassar de Mar | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 398.6 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 437,919 | population_as_of = 2014 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonyms = maresmenc (m.) maresmenca (f.) | population_note = | blank_name_sec1 = Largest municipality | blank_info_sec1 = Mataró | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = | website = | footnotes = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Catalonia-Montcabrer-Mountain.jpg" caption="Montcabrer, comarca of the Maresme"] ::
Maresme () is a comarca (county) in the Barcelona region in Catalonia, located along the Mediterranean coast, between the comarques of Barcelonès (at the Southwest) and Selva (at the Northeast), and also bordering with Vallès Oriental (at the west).
Its capital and largest city is Mataró (pop. 119,035 in 2007).
Geography
Maresme occupies a long and narrow area between the Mediterranean Sea and the hills of Serralada Litoral (Catalonia's coastal mountains), and specifically Montnegre's and Corredor's hills in the northern half and Sant Mateu's hills in the southern half. This particular shape has conditioned both the geography and the history of this comarca. Probably the main distinct elements of its geography are the characteristic rieres (torrents). These short, intermittent streams, which cross the comarca transversally about every hundred meters, produce powerful and dangerous floods when it rains.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Tarongers_Canet.JPG" caption="Canet des de els Tarongers"] ::
Maresme has been historically very well connected with the rest of the comarca as well as with Barcelona by the old Camí Ral (Royal Way) (current N-II main road) and railroad (The Barcelona–Mataró railroad route, finished in 1848, was the first ever in all the Iberian Peninsula). Communications were enhanced in recent years with the construction of the C-32's Barcelona–Mataró section (1969), which was the first autopista (highway) ever in Spain, and its subsequent enlargement, the Mataró-Palafolls's section (1995).
Municipalities
::data[format=table] | Municipality | url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/|title=El municipi en xifres|publisher=Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|access-date=2015-05-25}} | Areakm | |---|---|---| | Alella | 9,651 | 9.6 | | Arenys de Mar | 15,307 | 6.8 | | Arenys de Munt | 8,654 | 21.3 | | Argentona | 11,963 | 25.4 | | Cabrera de Mar | 4,525 | 9.0 | | Cabrils | 7,197 | 7.0 | | Caldes d'Estrac | 2,738 | 0.9 | | Calella | 18,307 | 8.0 | | Canet de Mar | 14,123 | 5.6 | | Dosrius | 5,137 | 40.7 | | Malgrat de Mar | 18,417 | 8.8 | | El Masnou | 22,742 | 3.4 | | Mataró | 124,280 | 22.5 | | Montgat | 11,315 | 2.9 | | Òrrius | 690 | 5.7 | | Palafolls | 9,065 | 16.6 | | Pineda de Mar | 25,948 | 10.7 | | Premià de Dalt | 10,311 | 6.6 | | Premià de Mar | 28,163 | 2.1 | | Sant Andreu de Llavaneres | 10,590 | 11.8 | | Sant Cebrià de Vallalta | 3,328 | 15.7 | | Sant Iscle de Vallalta | 1,304 | 17.8 | | Sant Pol de Mar | 4,997 | 7.5 | | Sant Vicenç de Montalt | 6,007 | 8.0 | | Santa Susanna | 3,293 | 12.6 | | Teià | 6,141 | 6.6 | | Tiana | 8,314 | 8.0 | | Tordera | 16,345 | 84.1 | | Vilassar de Dalt | 8,882 | 8.9 | | Vilassar de Mar | 20,185 | 4.0 | | • Total: 30 | 437,919 | 398.6 | ::
| [[File:Municipis del Maresme.svg|thumb|upright=2|Map]] |}
References
References
- "El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya.
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