title: El Bruc
text: # El Bruc
  
  El Bruc (Catalan pronunciation:; Spanish: Bruch) is a municipality in the comarca of the Anoia in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the side of Montserrat, of which the north-western third is within the municipality. A local road connects the village with the main N-II road from Barcelona to Lleida, and to Monistrol de Montserrat via the monastery.
  
  It was the site of the Battles of the Bruch between France and Spain in 1808.
  
  ## Demography
  
  | 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1186 | 1053 | 798 | 774 | 707 | 1743 |
  