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Vallès Occidental
Vallès Occidental () is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county) in the Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona, Barcelona region in Catalonia (Spain). It has two capitals, Sabadell and Terrassa. Along with Vallès Oriental, it forms the historical Vallès region. Physical geography Vallès Occidental borders the comarques of Bages (to the north), Vallès Oriental (to the north and east), Baix Llobregat (to the west), and Barcelonès (to the south). It centers on the Catalan prelittoral depression, limited to the west by the River Llobregat and to the east by the River Caldes river (Spain), Caldes. The northern part of the comarca is mountainous. From west to east, it contains part of the Obac range (924m altitude at Castellsapera); the massifs of Sant Llorenç de Munt (1095m at La Mola and 1053m at Montcau) and Puig de la Creu (664m); and the Sant Sadurní cliffs, Sant Sadurní (954m) and Farell cliffs (789m). At the south of the comarca is the Collserola range (512m), which forms ... [...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] |
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 Renfe railway commuter lines R4 and R7. It is well known as the site of the main campus of the '' Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona'' (at Bellaterra) and hosts the ALBA (synchrotron) located in the Barcelona Synchrotron Park. Main sights As befits a municipality which has increased its population more than fiftyfold in the last century, most of the buildings are modern. The parish church is in a modernist style, while the Sant Marçal castle has been rebuilt in a neogothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ... style. The botan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentmenat
Sentmenat () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in 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 .... References *Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan). External links Official website Government data pages {{Authority control Municipalities in Vallès Occidental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Perpètua De Mogoda
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christianity, Western Christian culture who is said to Christmas gift-bringer, bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. Christmas elf, Christmas elves are said to make the gifts in Santa's Santa's workshop, workshop, while Santa Claus's reindeer, flying reindeer pull his sleigh through the air. The popular conception of Santa Claus originates from Saint Nicholas (European folklore), folklore traditions surrounding the 4th-century Christian bishop Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children. Saint Nicholas became renowned for his reported generosity and secret gift-giving. The image of Santa Claus shares similarities with the English figure of Father Christmas, and they are both now popularly regarded as the same person. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant Quirze Del Vallès
Sant Quirze del Vallès () is a town located in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental, province of Barcelona, Catalonia. It is located about 12 miles away from the capital city, Barcelona. Sant Quirze is a residential town populated by approximately 20,000 people with a density of 1.432,27 hab/km², and has grown since the end of the 1990s onwards. It shares borders with Sabadell, Rubí, Terrassa and Sant Cugat, among others, which are important towns within the Barcelona area, since they form Catalonia's most important industrial area and probably also Spain's. Sant Quirze del Vallès is located near the mountain range of the Serra dels Galliners. It has direct access to C58 highway to Barcelona, among others like C58 Manresa and AP7 highway to Girona, Tarragona and Lleida. History Sant Quirze was constituted as a municipality in 1848, as a segregation of Terrassa Terrassa () is a city in central-eastern Catalonia and in the province of Barcelona (Spain). It is one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant Llorenç Savall
Sant Llorenç Savall () is a municipality of the comarca of Vallès Occidental, in 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 .... Churches * Sant Jaume de Vallverd References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Occidental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant Cugat Del Vallès
Sant Cugat del Vallès () is a town and municipality north of Barcelona, Catalonia. Known as ''Castrum Octavianum'' in antiquity (which means ''the castle of Octavianus'') and as ''Pins del Vallès'' during the Second Spanish Republic, it is named after Saint Cucuphas, who is said to have been martyred on the spot now occupied by its medieval monastery. The final part of its toponym, ''del Vallès'', is a reference to the historical county where the town is situated, Vallès. Description In addition to the monastery, the town's other notable buildings include the School of Architecture of the Vallès and the Centre d'Alt Rendiment (CAR, translit. High Performance Centre), a famous centre for professional sport training. Sant Cugat has become an affluent suburb of Barcelona due to its location (only 20 kilometres from the city), its natural surroundings, and its pedestrian shopping area. Sant Cugat also offers restaurants, a concert venue, two cinemas, and one large shopp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripollet
Ripollet () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Ripoll river. The town is served by the AP-7, C-58 and C-33 ''highways'', the N-150 road and a RENFE Renfe (, ), officially Renfe-Operadora, is Spain's national state-owned railway company. It was created in 2005 upon the split of the former Spanish National Railway Network (RENFE) into the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias ( ... railway line. Demography References * Panareda Clopés, Jose Maria Osuna (coletas); Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan). External links Government data pages {{authority control Municipalities in Vallès Occidental Populated places in Vallès Occidental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rellinars
Rellinars () 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. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 726. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Occidental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polinyà
Polinyà () 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. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 8,238. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Vallès Occidental {{Barcelona-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palau-solità I Plegamans
Palau-solità i Plegamans () is a municipality and town in the '' comarca'' of Vallès Occidental, province of Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It lies approximately 15 km from Sabadell and Granollers and 25 kilometres north of the city of Barcelona. The name results from the union of the former settlements of Palau-solità and Plegamans. Palau-solità i Plegamans is the location of the headquarters of the Mango fashion company. Broadcasting station At Palau-solità i Plegamans there is a powerful medium wave Medium wave (MW) is a part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. During the daytim ... transmitter of Radio Nacional de España. It transmits on 576 kHz the program of RNE-5 at 100 kW and on 738 kHz the program of RNE-1 at 500 kW. For both frequencies a sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
