Piera

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Piera
Piera (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°31′20″N1°44′58″E / 41.52222°N 1.74944°E / 41.52222; 1.74944
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Anoia
Government
   Mayor Jordi Madrid Roca (2015) [1]
Area
[2]
  Total57.2 km2 (22.1 sq mi)
Elevation
324 m (1,063 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total15,362
  Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Pierenc, pierenca
Website www.viladepiera.cat

Piera (Catalan pronunciation: [piˈeɾə] ) is a municipality that covers a large portion of the southeastern corner of the comarca of Anoia in Catalonia, Spain, on the left bank of the Anoia river. The agricultural land, mostly non-irrigated, is used for the cultivation of cereals, grapes, olives and almonds. The town itself hosts a number of light industries: textiles, plastics and construction materials. Tourism during the summer months is also relatively important for the local economy.

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The FGC railway line R6 from Martorell and Barcelona to Igualada runs through the town, while local roads lead to Capellades and Sant Sadurní d'Anoia.

Notable monuments include the castle of Fontanet. The castle which was restored in 1916 by Ramon de Viala d'Aiguavives, Baron of Almenar is documented in 955 a.c. and now used for private functions.

The sister of the Baron of Almenar, Isabel de Viala d'Aiguavives also financed and patroned the modernist church of Ca n'Aguilera which was donated to Barcelona's Bishop by Zaragoza de Viala family in 1921. The architect of Ca N'Aguilera modernist church is Francesc Berenguer i Mestres, who was Antoni Gaudi's disciple and personal friend.

Another Piera relevant monument is the church of Santa Maria, with both Gothic and Roman elements.

Subdivisions

The municipality of Piera includes several outlying villages (barris): these are usually distinguished into the older, traditional settlements (barris antics) and the newer urbanisations which have been developed to cope with the expansion of the municipality (barris nous). Populations are given for 1999, from the Ajuntament de Piera and cited in Història de Piera: the town of Piera (nucli urbà) had a population of 5,036 at that date, whereas the total population of the municipality was 8,551.

Traditional barris

Newer barris

Demography

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Twin towns

Piera is twinned with:

Transportation

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

Independence declaration

On 30 October 2012, Piera proclaimed itself as a Free Catalan Territory.

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de Piera". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Piera". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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