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Vallès Oriental
Vallès Oriental () is a comarca (county) in the Barcelona region in Catalonia (Spain). Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vallès Occidental it forms the historical Vallès region. In May 2015, Vallès Oriental lost four municipalities - Castellcir, Castellterçol, Granera, Sant Quirze Safaja - to the new comarca of Moianès. Municipalities Vegetation The natural vegetation of Vallès Oriental is typically Mediterranean, with a predominance of Holm oak, cork oak, and Aleppo pine ''Pinus halepensis'', commonly known as the Aleppo pine, also known as the Jerusalem pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region. It was officially named by the botanist Philip Miller in his 1768 book ''The Gardener's Dictionary''; he pro .... There are some oaks (in the narrow sense of the word) at Montnegre and Montseny. The latter also features European beech and silver fir woods. Politics and government Comarcal council References External links * Inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comarques Of Catalonia
The comarques of Catalonia (singular ''comarca'', , ), often referred to in English as counties, are an Subdivisions of Catalonia, administrative division of Catalonia. Each comarca comprises a number of municipalities of Catalonia, municipalities, roughly equivalent to a Counties of the United States, county in the United States. Currently, Catalonia is divided into 42 comarques and Val d'Aran, Aran, considered a "unique territorial entity" and not a comarca. Each comarca has a representative comarcal council, county council (), except for Barcelonès, which abolished it in 2019, and Aran, which instead has the Conselh Generau d'Aran. Comarques form the second-level administrative division within Catalonia, being a subdivision of Vegueries of Catalonia, vegueries (or Provinces of Spain, provinces at state level). Comarques of Catalonia Overview Although today the comarques are officially defined under a Catalan parliamentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canovelles
Canovelles () is a municipality situated in the ''comarca'' of Vallès Oriental, in the province of Barcelona (province), Barcelona, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. It is located about from the local capital of Granollers, with which it forms a conurbation. Demographics Population by district Population distribution The vast majority of the immigrants of the last decade and their descendants live in the ''Barriada Nova'' (''New Quarters''). However, the members of the immigrant wave in the 1960s and 1970s are gradually moving further into the peripheral districts. Public housing shortages and the high price of private housing are driving young people out of the area, and into municipalities in the same region. Demographic evolution Economy During the 1950s and 1960s, Canovelles saw a dramatic increase and immigration from other parts of Spain – namely from the nearby region of Barcelona. Because of this explosion in population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollet Del Vallès
Mollet del Vallès () is a municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Besòs (river), Besòs river, and is an important communications hub from Barcelona towards the north: the Autopista AP-7, AP-7 Motorway passes through the municipality, as do the Renfe railway lines to Vic, Spain, Vic and Puigcerdà and to Girona and Portbou. The town is also served by the C-17 highway (Spain), C-17 highway (formerly N-152). Mollet del Vallès has a number of buildings in the Modernisme, ''modernista'' and Noucentisme, ''noucentista'' styles. The studio-museum of the painter Abelló displays modern Catalan art. Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics was carried out in Mollet del Vallès; the range has been reused for the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships. Tha flag is a horizontal tricolour, in the proportion 2:1:1, of white, red, and white, and has a red Mullus barbatus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martorelles
Martorelles () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ..., Spain. It covers . Its population in 2014 was 4,783. It was in Martorelles that motorcycle ace Ricardo Tormo crashed and shattered his leg in 1984 during practice for a race, ending his career. A car entered the unrestricted area in a closed-off industrial estate where his Derbi team was practising, and Tormo ran into it. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llinars Del Vallès
Llinars del Vallès () is a village and a municipality in the comarca of Vallès Oriental, in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. That village forms part of the county of Baix Montseny. Its municipal term goes by the mountain of the Massís del Montseny to the Serralada Litoral. The dry agriculture is more abundant than the wet, that only predomines in the Mogent river. The forests are mediterranean (pines and holm oaks), though in the Serralada Litoral there are also oaks and cork oaks. It is about northeast of Barcelona.Botelho, Greg and Catherine Shoichet.Germanwings crash: Students, singers among the victims. ''CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...''. March 24, 2015. Retrieved on March 26, 2015. References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lliçà De Vall
Lliçà de Vall (; ) is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain in the province of Barcelona in the comarca A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark ..., Valles Oriental. As of 2013, the population is 6,182. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Spain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lliçà D'Amunt
Lliçà d'Amunt () or Llissá de Munt, is a municipality in Vallès Oriental, Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ..., Spain. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Llagosta
La Llagosta () is municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ..., Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 13,430. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gualba
Gualba () is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in Barcelona Province in the comarca of Vallès Oriental. , the population was 1,429. Instituto Nacional de Estadística The town is at the foot of the Montseny Massif, near the Santa Fe Reservoir The Santa Fe Reservoir () is a reservoir on the Riera de Gualba, a tributary of the Tordera River. It is located within the Fogars de Montclús municipal term, Catalonia, Spain. The area is a popular destination for excursions and picnics and .... References External links * Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Garriga
La Garriga () is a municipality in the Provinces of Spain, province of Province of Barcelona, Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 15,762. Notable natives and residents * The Catalan missionary priest in Cameroon Jordi Mas Castells was born here in 1930 and he died here in 2010. In 2008, the town council in La Garriga honoured him as Illustrious Citizen. * The New York–based sculptor, Ester Partegàs, was born here in 1972. References Bibliography * External links * Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Franqueses Del Vallès
Les Franqueses del Vallès (; ) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia, Spain. It lies to the north of Granollers Granollers (; ) is a city in central Catalonia, about 30 kilometres north-east of Barcelona. It is the capital and most densely populated city in the comarca of Vallès Oriental. Granollers is now a bustling business centre, having grown from ..., the capital and largest city in the ''comarca''. The municipality covers an area of 29.1 km2, and has about 20,000 inhabitants. It is divided into five neighbourhoods: Bellavista, Corró d'Amunt, Corró d'Avall, Llerona and Marata. Demography References ;Sources * Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. External links * Government data pages Franqueses del Valles, Les {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fogars De Montclús
Fogars de Montclús () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 482. See also * Montseny Massif * Santa Fe Reservoir The Santa Fe Reservoir () is a reservoir on the Riera de Gualba, a tributary of the Tordera River. It is located within the Fogars de Montclús municipal term, Catalonia, Spain. The area is a popular destination for excursions and picnics and ... References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Oriental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
