Sarrià, Barcelona
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Sarrià is a neighborhood in the ''
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Sarrià-Sant Gervasi is one of the biggest districts of Barcelona. It's the district with the highest per capita income, the largest proportion of university degrees and the lowest unemployment rate. Situated on the north-west of the city, surr ...
'' district of
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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. It's the district with the highest per capita income, the largest proportion of university degrees and the lowest unemployment rate. Situated on the north-west of the city, surr ...
, 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 Sarriá in the 1890. The neighborhood of
Pedralbes Pedralbes (, Old Catalan for ''white stones'') is a neighborhood in '' Les Corts'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Before the administrative division of 1984, the neighborhood was part of Sarrià and the former municipality of Sant Vice ...
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 Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
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.Home
" 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/. Setantí, 10-12 (Sarrià) Barcellona - Spagna"


References

Neighbourhoods of Barcelona Sarrià-Sant Gervasi {{Barcelona-geo-stub