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Vacarisses Torreblanca
Vacarisses is a village in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 6,218. The village is home to korfball team CK Vacarisses Club Korfbal Vacarisses is a Catalan korfball team located in Vacarisses (Catalonia). The team was founded on 2003 and they play in white shirts and red shorts/skirts. They are the current Catalan national champions. Honours :2004 - 2005 - Catalo .... References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Occidental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Catalonia
Catalonia is (as of 2018) divided into 947 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Each municipality typically represents one significant urban settlement, of any size from village to city, with its surrounding land. This is not always the case, though. Many municipalities have merged as a result of rural depopulation or simply for greater efficiency. Some large urban areas, for example Barcelona, consist of more than one municipality, each of which previously held a separate settlement. The Catalan government encourages mergers of very small municipalities; its "Report on the revision of Catalonia's territorial organisation model" (the ""), published in 2000 but not yet implemented, recommends many such mergers. Larger municipalities may sometimes grant the status of ''minor local entity, decentralised municipal entity'' ( ca, EMD, es, EATIM) to one or more of its settlements, for more effective provision of services or to substitute for its previous status as a separate mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city, Barcelona is the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas – Demographia, April 2018 Current day Catalonia comprises most of the medieval and early modern Principality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monistrol De Montserrat
Monistrol de Montserrat () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Bages in Catalonia, Spain. The municipality includes the southern two-thirds of the massif of Montserrat and the famous Benedictine monastery of the same name. The town, known as ''Montserrat-Vila'', is situated on the eastern flank of the massif above the valley of the Llobregat river: it is connected with the monastery (higher up) and with the railway station in the valley ( FGC line R5) by the Montserrat Rack Railway (''Cremallera de Montserrat''). The C-1411 road links the town with Martorell Martorell () is a municipality that forms part of the Baix Llobregat comarca, in Catalonia, Spain, primarily known for its medieval Devil's bridge. It lies at the confluence of the Llobregat and Anoia rivers. It has three railway stations - on ... and Manresa. The bridge over the Llobregat river dates from the fourteenth century. The municipality includes a small exclave to the north-west. Demography Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esparreguera
Esparreguera (; es, Esparraguera) is a municipality in Catalonia, in the province of Barcelona, Spain. It is situated in the comarca of el Baix Llobregat. Esparreguera is famous in Catalonia for staging a grand version of the play ''Life and Passion of Jesus Christ'' every year in March and April, on the Sundays before and after Easter. The play is popularly known as ''La Passió d'Esparreguera The Esparreguera Passion Play (Catalan: ''Passió d'Esparreguera'') is a performance of the Passion Play in Esparreguera, Catalonia, Spain. The play has over three hundred actors and live music, and is performed in twelve performances, staged e ...''. Over 300 actors, 50 technicians and 100 musicians participate in the play during five acts, twenty scenographic settings and more than five hours of drama, from the election of the apostles until the resurrection of Jesus. The grand scale of the show is achieved with the volunteer contribution of the citizens of the town, in a tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olesa De Montserrat
Olesa de Montserrat is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the comarca of Baix Llobregat, in Catalonia, Spain. Olesa de Montserrat is well known around the nearby places because of its olive oil and textile production, but especially because of its Passion play ('':ca:La Passió d'Olesa de Montserrat, La Passió d'Olesa''), first documented in 1538. It achieved a world record in 1996, with 726 people acting onstage at the same time. Main sights * ''Torre del Relotge'' * Monastery of ''Sant Pere Sacama'' * Rural chapel of ''Sant Salvador de les Espases'' Twin towns * Nonantola, Italy * Weingarten, Baden, Weingarten, Germany References * Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan). External links Official siteGovernment data pages Municipalities in Baix Llobregat {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viladecavalls
Viladecavalls is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, north-western Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... References *Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan). External linksOfficial website Government data pages {{Authority control Municipalities in Vallès Occidental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrassa
Terrassa (, es, Tarrasa) is a city in the east central region of Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Barcelona, ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, of which it is the co-capital along with Sabadell. The name ''Terrassa'' derives from Latin ''Terracia'', either from earlier ''Terracium castellum'' (“earthen castle”), or meaning "terrace", "area of flat land". It is the site of Roman Egara, a former Visigothic bishopric, which became a Latin Catholic titular see. Since 2004, it is again the see of a bishopric. The city is located in the Catalan Prelitoral depression (Depressió Prelitoral), at the feet of the Prelitoral mountain range (Natural reserve of Sant Llorenç del Munt) and the average altitude of the city is 277 meters above sea level. It is 20 and 18 kilometres from Barcelona and Montserrat respectively. Terrassa is the third largest city in the province of Barcelona, after Barcelona and L’Hospitalet. History The remains that have been found indicate that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mura, Barcelona
Mura is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ..., Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 211. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Bages {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rellinars
Rellinars is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the nort ..., Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 726. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Occidental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CK Vacarisses
Club Korfbal Vacarisses is a Catalan korfball team located in Vacarisses (Catalonia). The team was founded on 2003 and they play in white shirts and red shorts/skirts. They are the current Catalan national champions. Honours :2004 - 2005 - Catalonia national champions - Catalonia cup champions :2005 - 2006 - Catalonia national champions - Catalonia cup champions :2006 - 2007 - Catalonia national champions :2007 - 2008 - Catalonia national champions - Catalonia cup champions :2008 - 2009 - Catalonia national champions - Catalonia cup champions :2009 - 2010 - Catalonia national champions Team {, , valign="top", * 1 Rosendo García Bernedo * 2 Jordi Díaz Gómez * 3 Montse Cortés Luceño * 4 Raquel Varela Alonso , width="50", , valign="top", * 5 Marta Flores Cuadrat * 6 Lidia Soriano Ruiz * 7 Oscar Hernandez Salvador * 8 Albert Camprubí Rovira , width="50", , valign="top", * Head coach Antonio Vargas Guijarro External links Info about CK Vaca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korfball
Korfball ( nl, korfbal) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless basket that is mounted on a high pole. The sport was invented by Dutch school teacher Nico Broekhuysen in 1902. In the Netherlands there are approximately 500 clubs and more than 90,000 people playing korfball. The sport is also played in Belgium and Taiwan, and in nearly 70 other countries. History In 1902 Nico Broekhuysen, a Dutch school teacher from Amsterdam, was sent to Nääs, a town in Sweden, to follow an educational course about teaching gymnastics to children. This is where he was introduced to the Swedish game "ringboll". In ringboll one could score points by throwing the ball through a ring that was attached to a 3 m pole. Men and women played together, and the field was divided into three zones. Players could not leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autonomous Community
eu, autonomia erkidegoa ca, comunitat autònoma gl, comunidade autónoma oc, comunautat autonòma an, comunidat autonoma ast, comunidá autónoma , alt_name = , map = , category = Autonomous administrative division , territory = , upper_unit = , start_date = 1979–1983 , legislation_begin = Spanish Constitution of 1978 , legislation_end = , end_date = , current_number = 17 autonomous communities 2 autonomous cities , number_date = , type = , status = , exofficio = , population_range = Autonomous communities:319,914 (La Rioja) – 8,464,411 (Andalusia)Autonomous cities:84,202 (Ceuta) – 87,076 (Melilla) , area_range = Autonomous communities:4,992 km2 ( Balearic Islands) – 94,223 km2 (Castile and León)Autonomous cities:12.3 km2 (Melilla) – 18.5 km2 (Ceuta) , government = Autonomous government , subdivision = Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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