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.