Mataró

Sister cities

• Créteil
• Corsico
• The Bronx
• Cehegín
• Fort Lauderdale
• Dürnau
• Gammelshausen

History

Mataró dates back to Roman times when it was a village known as "Iluro" or "Illuro". The ruins of a first-century BC Roman bath house (known locally as the Torre Llauder) were discovered and can be visited. The coastal follows the same path as the original Roman road, Via Augusta. Mataró was declared a city by royal decree, even though at the time (the nineteenth century) the population fell short of the requirement for city status. The first railway in peninsular Spain was the Mataró – Barcelona line which opened on 28 October 1848 by the Catalan businessman and Mataró native Miquel Biada. This line now forms part of the Renfe/Rodalies de Catalunya R1 suburban service between L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Maçanet-Massanes. Mataró is also connected with Barcelona and Girona by the (freeway) and with Granollers by the . During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Mataró was the starting point for the marathon events.

Most-observed species

• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,457
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,219
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,043
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,480
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,401
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  5,354
• European Serin

  Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,331
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,285

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2015-10-29
  8 km ENE of l'Escala, Spain
• M 4.1 — 2010-12-19
  4 km W of Llagostera, Spain
• M 3.8 — 2008-08-16
  Spain
• M 2.6 — 2008-08-07
  3 km E of Susqueda, Spain
• M 2.8 — 2008-07-23
  6 km W of Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-23
  6 km W of Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain