Cerdanyola del Vallès () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Occidental in

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...

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. 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, R7 and railway regional line Ca4. It is well known as the site of the main campus of the '' Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona'' (at Bellaterra) and hosts the

ALBA (synchrotron) ALBA (meaning "Sunrise" in Catalan and in Spanish) is a third-generation synchrotron light source facility located in the Barcelona Synchrotron Park in Cerdanyola del Vallès near Barcelona, in Catalonia (Spain). It was constructed and is operated ...

located in the

Barcelona Synchrotron Park The Barcelona Synchrotron Park (BSP) is a 408-hectare (1.5 square mile) business park centered on the ALBA synchrotron that has been in operation since 2012. It is located on the northern outskirts of Barcelona, at the heart of Àmbit B30, an in ...

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 Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

style, while the Sant Marçal castle has been rebuilt in a neogothic style. The botanical gardens of ''El Pedregar'' (also at Bellaterra) have a notable collection of sculptures. Iberian remains have been found and are exposed at '' Ca n'Oliver Iberian Settlement and Museum''.

Notable people

* Ramon Sauló (born 1954), singer and graphic designer

References

External links

Cerdanyola Town Hall website

Municipality info

Government data pages
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