Mercabarna
Sign in to saveMercabarna is a food-trading estate that concentrates wholesale markets (fruit and vegetables, fish and flowers) and Barcelona's abattoir, as well as a large area of complementary activities (ZAC), boasting some 450 fresh-food preparation, commercial, distribution, importing and exporting businesses. A total of 700 businesses are located within its 90-hectare site. It supplies over ten million people and is a benchmark market worldwide.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- wholesale market
- Named after
- Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Zona Franca de Barcelona
- Owned by
- Barcelona City Council
- Legal form
- joint-stock company
- Official website
- www.mercabarna.es
- Image
- Centro directivo de Mercabarna.jpg
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- inception
- 1967-00-00
- location of formation
- Barcelona
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- Markets
- The Complementary Activities Zone (ZAC)
- See also
- References
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Mercabarna is a food-trading estate that concentrates wholesale markets (fruit and vegetables, fish and flowers) and Barcelona's abattoir, as well as a large area of complementary activities (ZAC), boasting some 450 fresh-food preparation, commercial, distribution, importing and exporting businesses. A total of 700 businesses are located within its 90-hectare site. It supplies over ten million people and is a benchmark market worldwide.
Mercabarna, as public limited company, was founded in 1967 in Barcelona.
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