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La Garriga
La
Garriga
is a municipality in the
province
of
Barcelona
and
autonomous community
of
Catalonia, Spain
. The municipality covers an
area
of and the population in 2014 was 15,762.
Notable natives and residents
The
Catalan
writer
and
teacher
,
Núria Albó
, was
mayor
here in
1979
and she was
born
here in
1930
.
The Catalan missionary
priest
in
Cameroon
Jordi Mas Castells
was born here in 1930 and he
died
here in
2010
. In 2008,
the town
council
in La Garriga honoured him as Illustrious Citizen.
The New York-based
sculptor
,
Ester Partegàs
, was born here in 1972.
