Llinars del Vallès () is a village and a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
comarca
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of
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 - C ...
, in the
province
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of
Barcelona
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and
autonomous community
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of
Catalonia
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, 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
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.
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References
External links
Enciclopèdia Catalana, Llinars del VallèsGovernment data pages
Municipalities in Vallès Oriental
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