Sarrià () is a neighborhood in the ''
Sarrià -Sant Gervasi
Sarrià -Sant Gervasi () is one of the biggest districts of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the district with the highest per capita income, the largest proportion of university degrees and the lowest unemployment rate. Situated on the north-we ...
'' district of
Barcelona
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,
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,
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. Its main street is
Major de Sarrià .
Former municipality
Today what was the old municipality is divided into various neighborhoods and districts. Most are in the district of
Sarrià -Sant Gervasi
Sarrià -Sant Gervasi () is one of the biggest districts of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the district with the highest per capita income, the largest proportion of university degrees and the lowest unemployment rate. Situated on the north-we ...
, the neighborhoods of Sarrià and
les Tres Torres, two small areas in the neighborhoods of
Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova and
Sant Gervasi - Galvany.
Vallvidrera independent town but was added to Sarrià in the 1890. The neighborhood of
Pedralbes was also part of the old town before local boundaries were redrawn in 1984, but is currently included in the district of
les Corts.
Communications
In 1858 Sarrià was connected to
Barcelona
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by a railway line, which today forms a part of the
conurbation's urban metro system, part of the
Catalonia Railway company.
Education
The preschool through lower secondary campus of
Istituto Italiano Statale Comprensivo di Barcellona, an Italian international school, is in Sarrià .
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" Istituto Italiano Statale Comprensivo di Barcellona. Retrieved on October 19, 2015. "Sede e Liceo: Pasaje Méndez Vigo, 8 - 08009 Barcellona - Spagna" and "Scuola secondaria di 1º grado, Scuola primaria, Scuola dell'infanzia: C/. SetantÃ, 10-12 (Sarrià ) Barcellona - Spagna"
References
Neighbourhoods of Barcelona
Sarrià -Sant Gervasi
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