El Manresà

El Manresà[1] is a neighbourhood of Badalona, located next the sea in the north limit of city with Montgat. It belongs to district 1.

During the 19th century appeared a small slum in the outskirts of Badalona by the sea and near to the municipality limit with Montgat.[2] In fact, the name is first documented in 1827 in the cadastre and it comes from a masia of the area called Cal Manresà, which was demolished in 1968 with the construction of the C-31 highway.[3][2]

The neighbourhood has a low population. In 2015 it had 339 inhabitants.[4] The growth is related with the near neighbourhood of Les Mallorquines of Montgat, however new inhabitants arrived in the 1950s as a result of an immigration process.[3] Since the 1970s the neighborhood suffered a process of depopulation because of the establishment of and industrial area, and the neighbors organised themselves and created an association in aim to preserve the neighborhood.[5] Today the area is dedicated to industry and households at a time, which has produced some conflicts between the neighbours and the industries. [3]

Its beach is named Barca Maria,[6] it has a length of 660 metres, between the stream of Vallmajor and the passage of Cussó.

A notable neighbour is Dolors Sabater,[7] who was mayor of Badalona from 2015 to 2018.