Maresme
[Image:Catalonia-Montcabrer-Mountain.jpg|thumb|Montcabrer, comarca of the Maresme]
Maresme is a comarca in the Barcelona region in Catalonia, located along the Mediterranean coast, between the comarques of Barcelonès and Selva, and also bordering with Vallès Oriental.
Its capital and largest city is Mataró.
Geography
Maresme occupies a long and narrow area between the Mediterranean Sea and the hills of Serralada Litoral, and specifically Montnegre's and 's hills in the northern half and Sant Mateu's hills in the southern half. This particular shape has conditioned both the geography and the history of this comarca. Probably the main distinct elements of its geography are the characteristic rieres. These short, intermittent streams, which cross the comarca transversally about every hundred meters, produce powerful and dangerous floods when it rains.Maresme has been historically very well connected with the rest of the comarca as well as with Barcelona by the old Camí Ral and railroad. Communications were enhanced in recent years with the construction of the C-32's Barcelona–Mataró section, which was the first autopista ever in Spain, and its subsequent enlargement, the Mataró-Palafolls's section.