

The municipality includes a small exclave to the north between Palau-solità i Plegamans and Mollet del Vallès. Take a look at this LIVE view from Santa Cruz. The following areas make up the urban tissue of Montcada: Can Cuiàs, Can Pomada, Can Sant Joan (Bifurcació), Carrerada (Montcada Nova), Font Pudenta, La Ribera (Valentine), Mas Duran, Mas Rampinyo, Montcada Centre, Pla d'en Coll, Terra Nostra (Santa Maria de Montcada) i Vallençana-Reixac. Depending upon the time of year, Santa Cruz beaches have much to offer in terms of entertainment to visitors of all types and ages, making the beach one of the most fun and affordable places to escape to, even if just for an afternoon. It had 33,656 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.

It is situated at the confluence of the Ripoll river and the Besós river, and very close to the northernmost neighbourhoods of the city of Barcelona and is therefore a part of the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Montcada i Reixac ( Catalan pronunciation: ), often referred to as simply Montcada, is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain.
