Barberà del Vallès

Barberà del Vallès municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Vallès Occidental
Coordinates	41 ° 31 ' N , 2 ° 7' E Coordinates: 41 ° 31 ' N , 2 ° 7' E
Height :	146 msnm
Area :	8.30 km²
Residents :	33.091 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3,986.87 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number ( INE ):	08252
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Website :	www.bdv.cat/bdv/portada/index.php

Barberà del Vallès is a Catalan city in the province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain . It is located in the Comarca Vallès Occidental and belongs to the metropolitan area of Barcelona . On January 1, 2019, the city had 33,091 inhabitants, who lived in an area of 8.3 square kilometers.

Geography and location

Barberà del Vallès is located in the Vallès plain and, separated by the Serra de Collserola mountain range , about 15 kilometers northwest of the center of the Catalan capital Barcelona. The city is bordered to the north and west by Sabadell , the capital of the district of Vallès Occidental, to the east by Montcada i Reixac and Santa Perpètua de Mogoda , to the south by Ripollet , and to the south-west by the towns of Badia del Vallès and Cerdanyola del Vallès . The transitions to the neighboring communities are largely fluid, and make up part of the Barcelona agglomeration .

history

The first written mention of the name Barberà comes from the monastery of Sant Cugat and dates to the year 985. In the will of Viscount Guitard, the castle Barberà is mentioned. Until the 19th century, Barberà remained a small transit point on the Camí Reial (Royal Route), which led to the city of Barcelona. The connection to the railway network gave the first impetus for growth and industry, including paper mills, settled in Barberà. However, the actual development towards a city in the greater Sabadell or Barcelona area did not begin until the 1950s with the massive immigration of workers from the structurally weak regions of Spain. The population has increased almost tenfold since 1950, from just under 3,300 at the time to 33,091 today.

Web links

Commons : Barberà del Vallès - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya on Barberà del Vallès

Individual evidence

↑ 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).
↑ http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=5&V0=1&V3=863&V4=435&ALLINFO=TRUE&PARENT=1&CTX=B&V1=08252&VOK=Confirmar
↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. History of the city of Barberà @1@ 2

[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).

[2] ttp://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=5&V0=1&V3=863&V4=435&ALLINFO=TRUE&PARENT=1&CTX=B&V1=08252&VOK=Confirmar

[3] Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. History of the city of Barberà @1@ 2