Granollers

Granollers parish
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Vallès Oriental
Coordinates	41 ° 36 ′ N , 2 ° 17 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 36 ′ N , 2 ° 17 ′ E
Height :	145 msnm
Area :	14.9 km²
Residents :	61,275 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	4,112.42 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	08400-08404
Municipality number ( INE ):	08096
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Josep Mayoral i Antigas
Website :	www.granollers.cat
Location of the municipality

Granollers is a Spanish city in the autonomous region of Catalonia , about 25 km northeast of central Barcelona .

It is the capital of the Comarca Vallès Oriental in the province of Barcelona and is traversed by the Besòs . The population is 61,275 (as of January 1, 2019). Granollers is one of the most densely populated cities in Catalonia.

Attractions

Despite the numerous industrial settlements, there are also places of interest in Granollers.

La Porxada is a renaissance building that once served as a warehouse for grain.
The former Hospital de Sant Domènec is located on Carrer de Corró , now a theater in restored Gothic style.

Granollers Town Hall

La Porxada

Sports

Granollers hosted handball games at the 1992 Olympic Games and the 2013 Men's Handball World Championship .

sons and daughters of the town

Benet Soler (around 1640 - 1682), conductor, composer
Josep Soler i Ventura (1872–1946), cellist and professor of cello
Cristóbal Martí (1903–1986), football player and coach
Antoni Cumella (1913–1985), ceramicist
Jaume Traserra Cunillera (1934–2019), clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Solsona
Josep Costa i Vila (* 1953), Catalan painter
Sergi López Segú (1967-2006), football player
Santi Vila i Vicente (* 1973), historian and politician
Antonio Hidalgo (* 1979), football player
Gerard López (* 1979), football player
Jordi López (* 1981), football player
Álvaro Ferrer Vecilla (* 1982), handball player
Cristian Malmagro (* 1983), handball player
Laura Pous Tió (* 1984), tennis player
Aleix Espargaró (* 1989), motorcycle racer
Pol Espargaró (* 1991), motorcycle racer
Jordi Mboula (* 1999), football player

Web links

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

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).

[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).