El Manresà
El Manresà[1] is a neighbourhood of Badalona, located next the sea in the north limit of city with Montgat. It belongs to district 1.
During the 19th century appeared a small slum in the outskirts of Badalona by the sea and near to the municipality limit with Montgat.[2] In fact, the name is first documented in 1827 in the cadastre and it comes from a masia of the area called Cal Manresà, which was demolished in 1968 with the construction of the C-31 highway.[3][2]
The neighbourhood has a low population. In 2015 it had 339 inhabitants.[4] The growth is related with the near neighbourhood of Les Mallorquines of Montgat, however new inhabitants arrived in the 1950s as a result of an immigration process.[3] Since the 1970s the neighborhood suffered a process of depopulation because of the establishment of and industrial area, and the neighbors organised themselves and created an association in aim to preserve the neighborhood.[5] Today the area is dedicated to industry and households at a time, which has produced some conflicts between the neighbours and the industries.[3]
Its beach is named Barca Maria,[6] it has a length of 660 metres, between the stream of Vallmajor and the passage of Cussó.
A notable neighbour is Dolors Sabater,[7] who was mayor of Badalona from 2015 to 2018.
References[edit]
- ^ "Nomenclàtor municipal". Badalona City Council. 2018. p. 11.
- ^ a b Abras, Margarida; Carreras, Montserrat; Nieto, M. Dolors (2003). Tots els carrers de Badalona (PDF). Badalona: Museu de Badalona. pp. 24, 159. ISBN 84-88758-14-6.
- ^ a b c Abras, Margarida; Carreras, Montserrat; Nieto, M. Dolors (2000). "Badalona, segle XX: els barris". Carrer dels Arbres: revista anuari del Museu de Badalona (in Catalan). 3 (11). Museu de Badalona: 80–81 – via RACO.
- ^ "Població per barris i gènere". Badalona City Council. 2015. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ Sabater, Frederic (2006). Història del barri del Manresà de Badalona. Badalona: AV Manresà.
- ^ "Platja de la Barca Maria". Badalona City Council.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Muñoz, Sara (20 April 2015). "Dolors Sabater: "Aspirem a fer il·lusionar la gent de Badalona"". L'Econòmic.
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