Alella

This article is about the church. For the wine-growing area, see Alella (wine-growing area) .

Alella municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Maresme
Coordinates	41 ° 30 ′  N , 2 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 2 ° 18 ′  E
Height :	90  msnm
Area :	9.59 km²
Residents :	9,801 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	1,022 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	08003
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Andreu Francisco i Roger
Website :	www.ajalella.org

Parish Church of Sant Feliú d'Alella

Alella is a Catalan municipality in the province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain . It is in the Comarca of Maresme .

Geographical location

The municipality is located about 19 km northeast of Barcelona, ​​about 2.5 km from the Mediterranean Sea on the historic Via Augusta . In the neighboring municipality of El Masnou you can get a connection to the S-Bahn network of Barcelona. Alella can also be reached via the direct motorway connection (C-32) Barcelona - Mataró - Girona.

history

The settlement of Alella was first mentioned in 975. From 993 the parish of Sant Feliu d'Alella appears in the documents . At that time, jurisdiction over the village lay with the Counts of Barcelona .

Worth seeing

The Romanesque parish church of Sant Feliu d'Alella

economy

Viticulture is an essential industry in Alella. The place is namesake for the wine-growing region of the same name with its own designation of origin D. O. Alella . The local wine cooperative “Alella Vinícola” was founded in 1906 as one of the first in Catalonia.

Town twinning

•  Brogliano (Italy)
•  Carquefou (France)

Web links

Commons : Alella  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).