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Monistrol de Montserrat
Municipality

Flag Coat of arms
Location in Bages county
Monistrol de Montserrat Monistrol de Montserrat
Coordinates: 41°36′32″N 1°50′31″E / 41.60889°N 1.84194°E
Sovereign state	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Region	Centre
County	Bages
Province	Barcelona
Government
• Mayor	Núria Carreras (2023) (PP)
Area ^[1]
• Total	11.8 km² (4.6 sq mi)
Elevation	161 m (528 ft)
Population (2018)^[2]
• Total	2,955
• Density	250/km² (650/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Monistrolenc, monistrolenca
Website	monistroldemontserrat.cat

Monistrol de Montserrat (Catalan pronunciation: [munisˈtɾɔl də munsəˈrat]) is a municipality in Bages county in Catalonia, Spain.

The municipality includes the southern two-thirds of the massif of Montserrat and the famous Benedictine monastery of the same name. The town, known as Montserrat-Vila, is situated on the eastern flank of the massif above the valley of the Llobregat river: it is connected with the monastery (higher up) and with the railway station in the valley (FGC line R5) by the Montserrat Rack Railway (Cremallera de Montserrat). The C-1411 road links the town with Martorell and Manresa. The bridge over the Llobregat river dates from the fourteenth century. The municipality includes a small exclave to the north-west.

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2007
2332	3323	2999	3002	2625	2903

^ "El municipi en xifres: Monistrol de Montserrat". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

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).