Abrera

Municipality in Catalonia, Spain

41°31′N 1°54′E / 41.517°N 1.900°E / 41.517; 1.900Country SpainCommunity CataloniaProvinceBarcelonaComarcaBaix LlobregatGovernment • MayorJesus Naharro Rodríguez (2015)^[1]Area • Total19.98 km² (7.71 sq mi)Population • Total11,815 • Density591.3/km² (1,531/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)Postal codeArea code080018WebsiteOfficial website

Abrera (Catalan pronunciation: [əˈβɾeɾə]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Llobregat river, to the south-east of Montserrat, on the main A2 road between Barcelona and Lleida. The municipality is served by the FGC railway line from Martorell to Manresa: the S4 and R5 services stop at the station.

Abrera is home to The SEAT Sport factory.

According to Spanish census data,^[3] this is the population of Abrera in recent years.

1981	1991	2001	2011
4,221	5,464	8,624	11,815

The remains of protohistoric ceramics found in the Barcelones estate and the vestiges of a field of silos from the Iberian era in the Torrent Gran, constitute the first indications of the existence of habitat in the municipality.^[4]

Traces of a Roman villa were found in Sant Hilari.^[5]

From the 15th-16th century onwards, the town grew with buildings and population, even during times of epidemics.^[6]

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

• Abrera's Town Hall
• Government data pages (in Catalan)