The Costa del Maresme is an approximately 60 km long stretch of coast in the Spanish region Catalonia.
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Map of the Comarca of Maresme
Regions
The Costa del Maresme lies in the Barcelona Province. It extends from Barcelona to the mouth of the river Tordera near Blaneswhere to go to the Costa Brava borders. In the southwest the Costa del Maresme merges into the Costa del Garraf, These two stretches of coast were popular in the past Costa Daurada(Costa Dorada) counted.
The name has its origin in the Catalan word Marismes, it means Swamps. This name has also carried over to the Comarca (Administrative unit) that stretches along the relatively narrow coastal strip.
places
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Map of Costa del Maresme
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Mataro_playa.jpg/300px-Mataro_playa.jpg)
Beach at Mataró
- 1 Malgrat de Mar
here the train station is right on the beach.
- 2 Santa Susanna
- 3 Pineda de Mar
- 4 Calella
- 5 Arenys de Mar
- 6 Caldes d'Estrac
- 7 Mataró
- 8 Cabrera de Mar
- 9 Premià de Mar
- 10 El Masnou
- 11 Montgat
- 12 Badalona
Industrial site of oil refineries and steel mills.