Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, is a city. 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 Besòs river: the municipalities of Sant Adrià de Besòs and Badalona separate it from the coast. It is essentially a banlieue of Barcelona.
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. Other notable buildings include the renaissance palace of La Torre Pallaresa and the noucentistaClínica Mental.
Demography
West Santa Coloma
Main church
1900
1930
1950
1970
1986
2001
1510
12,930
15,281
106,711
135,258
116,012
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).
