La Garriga is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 18.8 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 15,762.[2]

La Garriga
Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 41°41′N 2°17′E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Vallès Oriental
Government
• Mayor	Dolors Castellà (2019)(ERC)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	16,227
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Website	www.lagarriga.cat

Notable natives and residents

• The Catalan missionary priest in Cameroon Jordi Mas Castells was born here in 1930 and he died here in 2010.[4] In 2008, the town council in La Garriga honoured him as Illustrious Citizen.[5]
• The New York-based sculptor, Ester Partegàs, was born here in 1972.

References

Bibliography

• (in Catalan) Lapuerta, Montserrat (2009). Retrats de Garriguencs Il·lustres (in Catalan). El Garbell. ISBN 978-84-613-6776-4.

External links

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