Caldes d'Estrac (ˈkaɫdəz ðəsˈtɾak, also known as Caldetes) is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the comarca

Comarques of Catalonia

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 of the Maresme

Maresme

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 in
Catalonia

Catalonia

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, Spain

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. It is situated on the coast between Sant Vicenç de Montalt

Sant Vicenç de Montalt

Sant Vicenç de Montalt is a municipality in the comarca of the Maresme inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Sant Andreu de Llavaneres and Arenys de Mar, below...

 and Arenys de Mar

Arenys de Mar

Arenys de Mar , and de mar for by the sea as opposed to Arenys de Munt town inland) is one of the main municipalities of the comarca of Maresme, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Sant Vicenç de Montalt and Canet de Mar...

.
It is served by the main N-II road along the coast and by a station on the RENFE

RENFE

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 railway line.

Caldes d'Estrac was a fashionable Spa town for the Barcelona

Barcelona

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 bourgeoisie between 1875 and the 1920s for its thermal bath

Thermal bath

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s and beachside atmosphere. The massive flyover road built in the 1960s and the building of suburbial residences in the 1990s did away with much of the quiet of the town.

Sources

• 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).

External links

• Official website
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya
• Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya