Gallifa

Gallifa municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Vallès Occidental
Coordinates	41 ° 42 '  N , 2 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 42 '  N , 2 ° 7'  E
Height :	502  msnm
Area :	16.3 km²
Residents :	172 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	10.55 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	08087
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Joan Tuñí i Hervy
Website :	www.drac.com/drac/vallocci/gallifa/index.html

Gallifa is a small parish in the Vallès Occidental district . On January 1, 2019, the population was 172.

geography

The municipality is bounded in the north by the mountain La Mola (Gallifa) and in the south by a castle hill. It is located in a natural valley on the Besòs River. Gallifa borders Granera , Castellterçol and Sant Quirze Safaja to the north, Sant Llorenç Savall to the west, Caldes de Montbui to the south and Sant Feliu de Codines to the east .

history

The place has a history of more than a thousand years. There are 4 Romanesque chapels that still exist. Sant Pere, Sant Feliu and Santa Maria del Castell, as well as the remains of the medieval castle on Mount Farell.

Web links

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

• Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya on Gallifa

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).