El Bruc

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| name = El Bruc

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_caption = "The Drummer" monument, el Bruc

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| pushpin_map = Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Catalonia

| coordinates = {{coord|41|34|57|N|1|46|52|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Community

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Catalonia}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Barcelona

| subdivision_type3 = Comarca

| subdivision_name3 = Anoia

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Enric Canela Vallès (2015){{cite web|url=http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=0802530008|title=Ajuntament del Bruc|publisher=Generalitat of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-13}}

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/?lang=en&id=080253|title=El municipi en xifres: El Bruc|publisher=Statistical Institute of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-23}}

| area_total_km2 = 47.2

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| elevation_m = 489

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = Bruquetà, bruquetana

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| website = {{URL|www.bruc.cat}}

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El Bruc ({{IPA|ca|əl ˈβɾuk}}; {{langx|es|Bruch}}) is a municipality in the comarca of the Anoia in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the side of Montserrat, of which the north-western third is within the municipality. A local road connects the village with the main N-II road from Barcelona to Lleida, and to

Monistrol de Montserrat via the monastery.

It was the site of the Battles of the Bruch between France and Spain in 1808.

Demography

class="wikitable"
width="15%" | 1900

! width="15%" | 1930

! width="15%" | 1950

! width="15%" | 1970

! width="15%" | 1986

! width="15%" | 2007

align="center" | 1186

| align="center" | 1053

| align="center" | 798

| align="center" | 774

| align="center" | 707

| align="center" | 1743

References

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  • 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).