Rubí

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Rubí municipality
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Rubí (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona
Comarca : Vallès Occidental
Coordinates 41 ° 30 ′  N , 2 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 30 ′  N , 2 ° 2 ′  E
Height : 123  msnm
Area : 32.2 km²
Residents : 77,464 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 2,405.71 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 08191
Municipality number  ( INE ): 08184
administration
Official language : Castilian , Catalan
Mayor : Carme García Lores
Website : www.ajrubi.cat

Rubí is a Catalan city ​​in the province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain . It is located in the Comarca Vallès Occidental in the hinterland of Barcelona , about 25 km from the sea, and is the fourth largest city in the Comarca after Terrassa , Sabadell and Sant Cugat del Vallès . Rubí has ​​77,464 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). Rubí borders Terrassa to the north, Sabadell, Sant Quirze and Sant Cugat to the east and Ullastrell and Castellbisbal to the west.

The name Rubí comes from the Latin name for the village Rivo Rubeo , which could be translated as "red river".

history

The Greek geographer Ptolemy mentioned a Rubicata for the first time in the year 2, but it cannot be exactly assigned to Rubí. In early Christian history, Rubí was settled from the monastery in Sant Cugat.

economy

The textile industry is particularly important for the development of the city. A striking point is the flood disaster of 1963, which killed over 700 people. In the following years, more and more companies in the electrical engineering and metalworking industry (e.g. Continental , Siemens and AEG ) settled there and pushed the textile industry out of its leading position.

Demographics

The Rubí City Hall

The city has grown from a few thousand inhabitants at the beginning of the 20th century (1900: 4,400) to 70,747 inhabitants (as of July 20, 2006; in 1991 there were 50,405).

City structure

The municipality of Rubí, which counts about 32 square kilometers, is divided into 6 districts:

District I : Includes the northwestern residential areas. With 6,382 inhabitants, corresponds to 8.7% of the total population. The residential areas (urbanitzacions) of District I are:

  • Sant Muç
  • Castellnou
  • Can me

District II : Includes the residential quarters and areas of the western bank of the Riera de Rubí . With 8,856 inhabitants this corresponds to 12.1% of the total population. Includes the following residential areas:

  • Can Fatjó
  • Sant Jordi Park

and the following residential areas:

  • Can Serrafossà
  • Els Avets
  • La Perla del Vallès
  • Can Ximelis

District III : includes the districts of the south. 15,748 inhabitants, i.e. H. 21.6% live in this district. Close the quarters

  • Ca n'Alzamora
  • Les Torres
  • 25 de setembre
  • Progrés
  • Can Vallhonrat

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District IV : includes the following neighborhoods:

  • Rubí Center
  • Casc Antic
  • Ajuntament
  • Jutjats
  • Zona Ateneu

District V : Includes the following neighborhoods:

  • Zona North
  • La Serreta
  • Ca n'Oriol
  • Can roses

District VI : Includes the following neighborhoods:

  • El Celler
  • Mercat
  • Maristes
  • Zona Inem

Districts IV, V i VI are the smallest in terms of area, but at the same time the most populous. 42,001 inhabitants live in the 3 districts, ie 57.5% of the total population of Rubí.

Industrial areas Rubís

  • La Llana (Northwest)
  • Can Rosés, La Bastida (Northeast)
  • Can Pi de Vilaroc, Can Jardí, Rubí Sud, Cova Solera (south)
  • Can Sant Joan de Rubí (East)

administration

Rubí is ruled by a coalition consisting of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC, Nationalist Left), Convergència i Unió (CiU, bourgeois nationalists) and Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya (PSC, Socialist Party of Catalonia). Mayor is Carme García Lores.

Web links

Commons : Rubí  - 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).