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MANRESAAN ATTEMPT OF A CITY PROFILE
WHERE IS MANRESA?
IF WE TRAVEL BY CAR... HOW DO WE GET THERE?
WELL, MANRESA IS A CROSSROADS
THE TRADITIONAL WAY TO VIEW AND IMAGINE IT, FROM THE SOUTH
THE NEW PERSPECTIVE (FROM THE NORTH)
WHAT DOES MANRESA WANT TO BE, WHEN IT GETS OLD? THIS?
OR MAYBE JUST THAT?
Influence area: 173.236 inhabitants
Location: in Bages county
in Central Catalonia region
50 km north west from Barcelona
1.030 km south from Brussels
Population: 72.328 inhabitants
Surface: around 4.000 Ha
THE HIGHLIGHTS TO REMEMBER...
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Manresa’s Population Evolution
Period 1975-1999: 3% population
Period 2000-2003: 1.000 inhab./ year
Period 2004 -2005: 1.900 inhab./ year
A VERY VERY OLD CITY HAS BECOME A BIT YOUNGER, RECENTLY
Manresa’s population growth. Causes:
Increase of births
People coming from the metropolitan area of
Barcelona
People coming from outside the EU
Born outside the EU2003: 9%2004: 11%2005: 13%
Economic structure of Bages
Agriculture2%
Industry30%
Building12%
Services56%
Services (56%)
3,1%
4,0%
4,8%
5,0%
5,6%
10,8%
14,8%
21,5%
30,3%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
Transport
Financial business
Hotel business
Public adm.
Education
Other
Health
Company services
Trade
Industry (30%)
Low presence in Manresa Expansion in Bages
Food
Redefinition processSpecialized in tapes and health fabricsTextile
Car industry High level of specialization
Metal
People from Manresa Immigrant people People from Barcelona area
High demand
30% price m2. 2.343 EUR
Sector with maximum activity
Lack of specialized workers
Restoration, by FORUM
Building (12%)
Agriculture (2%)
Very low in Manresa, but more important in Bages county, specially cattle raising (pork and chicken), cereals and quality wine production
It employs always less and less people, but it still covers a big territory
It’s foreseen a period of changes, due to the imminent end of European grants
Labour market
By others (26.436)
Self-empl. (5.213)
Aged 15-64
(47.545)
Aged 0-15 and more than 64 (24.783)
Actives (34.288)
Inactives (13.257)
Employed (31.649)
Unemployed (2.639)
Men (1.121)
Women (1.518)
Population
(72.328)
MANRESAAN ATTEMPT OF A CITY PROFILE