Badia del Vallès is a town and municipality in the

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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 north ...

, Spain.

History

The township has its beginnings in the 1960s by a government plan aimed at creating a residential area on the outskirts of the towns of

Barberà del Vallès Barberà del Vallès is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental Vallès Occidental () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. Sabadell and Terrassa are the comarcal capitals. Along with Vallès Oriental it forms the gra ...

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Cerdanyola del Vallès Cerdanyola del Vallès () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the north side of the Collserola ridge. The town is served by the A-7 and C-58 motorways, the N-150 road and the Renf ...

made up of 11,054 homes and all services relating thereto. In 1970 the first phase began with the construction of the first 4,156 homes, 98 premises and internal development. Before the start of the construction of Phase 2, the Ministry of Public Works completed the construction of the Barcelona-Terrassa motorway and the third belt, occupying three quarters of the land prescribed for the second phase, on which only 1,216 new homes and 38 premises could be built. The works were finished in 1973 but the city was not inaugurated, under the then Prince Juan Carlos, until 1975. On April 14, 1994, the municipality of Badia del Vallès was established for the first time, separated from Barberà del Vallès and

and the Commonwealth of these two populations became extinct.

Population

The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 13,553. Badia del Vallès consists of a single nucleus or body population.

Symbols

Badia del Vallès is a young city (incorporated in 1994 with land segregated from Barberà del Vallès and Cerdanyola del Vallès) formed in the 1970s mostly with people who emigrated south of the Iberian Peninsula. Thus the swallow was chosen as the symbol of migration, while the colors of each partition represent the two original municipalities (gold for Barberà and sinople for Cerdanyola).

Flag

Badia del Vallès uses an

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which follows the same pattern as its shield, and is defined as an "Oblong flag of proportions two high by three long, two-tone yellow and green vertical stripes, with the black swallow with the white chest of the shield, height 5/7 of the cloth, centered in the middle of the partition."Was published in the DOGC on November 6, 1998

References

External links

Government data pages
{{authority control Municipalities in Vallès Occidental 1960s establishments in Catalonia