El Manresà[1]is a neighbourhood ofBadalona,located next the sea in the north limit of city withMontgat.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 thecadastreand it comes from amasiaof the area called Cal Manresà, which was demolished in 1968 with the construction of theC-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 isDolors Sabater,[7]who was mayor of Badalona from 2015 to 2018.
References
edit- ^"Nomenclàtor municipal".Badalona City Council.2018. p. 11.
- ^abAbras, Margarida; Carreras, Montserrat; Nieto, M. Dolors (2003).Tots els carrers de Badalona(PDF).Badalona: Museu de Badalona. pp. 24, 159.ISBN84-88758-14-6.
- ^abcAbras, 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 fromthe originalon 18 December 2021.Retrieved28 August2020.
- ^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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