El Besòs i el Maresme

El Besòs i el Maresme
El Besòs i el Maresme, with Rambla de Prim at the centre
Country Spain
Autonomous CommunityCatalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBarcelonès
MunicipalityBarcelona
DistrictSant Martí
Area
  Total
1.274 km2 (0.492 sq mi)
Population
  Total
27,892
  Density22,000/km2 (57,000/sq mi)

El Besòs i el Maresme is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Originally the land had been irrigated by the irrigation of the burrow and the Verneda, remains of an old arm of the river Besòs that empties into the Camp de la Bóta. The neighborhood stretches along the Rambla de Prim.

In the neighborhood there is part of the Parc del Fòrum, built for the event of 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and there will be built the campus Diagonal-Besòs and Zoo Marine.