Artés (Catalan pronunciation: [əɾˈtes]) is a Spanish town in the province of Barcelona, Bages comarca (county), in Catalonia.

The name of Artés is believed to derive from the Latin word Artium , which means "fortified hill".

This is based on the evidence of the existence of a 6th-century fortified church on the top of the hill of Artés, where the first settlers began to expand the village into the valley.

However, a document from the year 938 indicates the presence of three dolmens; and abundant samples of Iberian pottery have been found in the valley of Salabernada.

[citation needed] In 1973 the Industrial Zone of Santa Maria d'Artés was opened and in 1991 an important enlargement of it was made, even though it is now[when?]