Sabadell
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| Autonomous Community : | Catalonia | ||
| Province : | Barcelona | ||
| Comarca : | Vallès Occidental | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 33 ' N , 2 ° 6' E | ||
| Height : | 190 msnm | ||
| Area : | 37.89 km² | ||
| Residents : | 213,644 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 5,638.53 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 08187 | ||
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| Official language : | Castilian , Catalan | ||
| Mayor : | Maties Serracant Camps | ||
| Website : | www.sabadell.cat | ||
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Sabadell [ səβəˈðeʎ ] ( Province of Barcelona ) is an industrial city in Catalonia ( Spain ) and is located about 20 km northwest of Barcelona . On January 1, 2019, 213,644 people lived in this city.
Geographical location
The city is 189 m above sea level (Plaça de Sant Roc).
Sabadell lies in the comarca of Vallès Occidental and, together with the neighboring town of Terrassa, is the administrative center of this district. The urban area covers 3850.5 ha, of which 1859.2 ha are in the city center. The city is located on the Ripoll River.
Origin of name
The place name Sabadell was first mentioned in a manuscript from 1050 in reference to a trade route associated with the city of Sant Cugat del Vallès . The origin of the name has not yet been clarified and the explanations are divided into different camps. One hypothesis relates to the arrival of a Collsabadell family who ran a hostel, another to the Latin place name badallum in relation to the Roman fortress at the time over the Ripoll River, and further to the church of San Salvador, which in old church documents is called Salvadorell is led to Salvadell . However, some historians derive the name Sabadell from sabbatum (Saturday), on which the market takes place, and justify this with the onion shown in the coat of arms.
history
Archaeological finds in the Roqueta Gambús area show that the core of the original village of Sabadell was used by farmers and shepherds from Europe more than 3800 years ago. The inhabitants, then called the Iberian Arrahona, mainly engaged in agriculture, cattle breeding, hunting and fishing. Their houses had a simple rectangular floor plan and were built of stone using drywall construction. The pottery used was not very well developed and proves its origin from the Bronze and Iron Ages.
After the arrival of the Romans in 218 BC A process of Romanization began in the Iberian culture. The early Roman sites and uncovering of the buildings and villas indicate that the facilities were mainly used for the processing of wine at this time.
During the Middle Ages, buildings were erected on the right bank of the Ripoll River, the first buildings next to the Chapel of San Salvador (now the Church of San Felix), where the location of flour mills has been documented since 1076. Two mills from this period have been restored and can be visited today.
In Roman times there was a small village on the site where the church of La Salut is today. This village was first mentioned in the Middle Ages under the name Arraona or Arrahona . Another small village was on the other side of the Ripoll River . This second village was called Sabadell. In 1378 around 600 people lived there and the chronicle recorded 152 houses. Sabadell was surrounded by a wall. In the 16th century, due to the population growth, more houses were built outside the city wall.
At this time, the introduction and spread of industrial forms of production and distribution of goods and services in the city, which had mainly specialized in clothing made of wool, began. The importance of the wool industry in Sabadell increased over the next few centuries. As early as 1800, the city's population had grown to over 2000 people.
The 19th century brought two other important developments for Sabadell. In 1856 the place was connected to the railway network. In 1877 Sabadell got city rights after the surrounding villages were amalgamated. At the 1897 census, Sabadell recorded a population of 23,044 people.
Sabadell became the main manufacturer of woolen clothing in all of Spain and these clothing were exported worldwide.
| year | 1856 | 1970 | 1975 | 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2000 | 2007 | 2008 |
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| Residents | 23,044 | 158.311 | 182.926 | 186.115 | 186.123 | 189,404 | 185,798 | 183,727 | 201.712 | 203.996 |
politics
Sabadell, like many cities around Barcelona, is traditionally a stronghold of the socialist party. The 2007 local elections resulted in the following distribution of seats in the local council:
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administration
The city of Sabadell is divided into seven administrative districts (Districts) and sub-districts (Sector):
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Economy and Infrastructure
In addition to the textile industry, Sabadell became the largest industrial city in northeastern Spain for the metal, paper, leather and ceramic industries as well as a trading center for agricultural products.
Sabadell is also the headquarters of today's banking group Banco Sabadell , the fourth largest banking group in Spain. The Banco Sabadell was founded in December 1881 by 127 Sabadell businessmen to provide financial support to the local industry.
education
The city has 35 primary schools and twelve public secondary schools leading to higher education entrance qualifications, as well as a vocational school.
Private transport
In the west the Autopista C-58 opens up Sabadell, three different access roads connect the city with Terrassa and Barcelona . The N-150 (also known as Carretera de Barcelona or Carretera de Terrassa) runs through the city. In the east there is the C-155, a connection to Granollers . In the southeast is the B-140, this motorway connects Sabadell with Santa Perpètua de Mogoda . To the northeast there is the road from Prats Lluçanès (B-142), which also connects with Castellar del Vallès . In the north, the Matadepera road (BV-1248) provides connections to the motorways and expressways in all main directions.
Railways
Sabadell is on the S2 line of the Catalan state railway Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) with the cities of Barcelona and Sant Cugat del Vallès . Sabadell has two train stations, a train station near Gràcia and one in Sabadell Mitte (Rambla) as well as another 4 smaller stations that connect the urban area with the S2 line. Line 4 with the three S-Bahn stations in Sabadell-Mitte, Sabadell-Süd and Sabadell-Nord provide the feeder to line S2.
The FGC lines are to be expanded in the coming years. The studies are currently being carried out by the specialist departments of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Transport Committee of the City Council.
Bus
There are bus connections to the following districts and cities: Andorra la Vella, Barcelona, Badalona, Badia del Vallès, Barberà del Vallès, Caldes de Montbui, Castellar del Vallès, Cerdanyola del Vallès - Campus Universitari, Granollers, Manresa, Martorell, Matadepera, Mataró, Palau-solità i Plegamans, Polinyà, Ripollet, Rubí, Sentmenat, Sant Llorenç Savall, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, la Seu d'Urgell, and Solsona i Terrassa.
Local transport
The following inner-city connections exist in local transport through the bus company Transports Urbans de Sabadell (TUS):
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Airport
Sabadell Airport is in the south of the city . According to the German definition, it corresponds to a commercial airfield for general aviation (non-scheduled services) and is used for training pilots and for feeder flights. The flight volume of the Aeroport de Sabadell is 49,642 aircraft movements in 2008. It is owned by the Spanish airport company AENA. A privatization is currently being negotiated. The closest airports with international flight operations are the Aeroport de Barcelona , located around 45 kilometers south, and the Aeroport de Girona , which is 85 kilometers north of Sabadell.
Sports
Center d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club - CE Sabadell for short - is the city's most famous football club. Other relevant sporting institutions in the city are the swimming club, Club Natació Sabadell (CNS), with more than 35,000 members and the Unió Excursionista de Sabadell (UES), with almost 4,000 members. Another important club in the city is the Esportiu Escola Pia Sabadell club , which stands out in the field of Spanish indoor football and currently ranks third in the Spanish basketball league with its basketball department.
Attractions
- Torre de l'aigua, water tower from 1918
- Ajuntament de Sabadell, town hall built 1871–1872
- Campanar de Sant Fèlix, church from 1724
- Teatre Principal , the oldest theater in Catalonia built in 1866
- Font Rosella, the city's first water supply dating from 1367
- Institut Paleontològic Dr. Miquel Crusafont
- Edifici Caixa Sabadell , the building of the savings bank was built in 1915 by Antonio Martorell in the style of Catalan Modernism of the early twentieth century .
- Molí d'en Font
- Molí de Mornau
- Parc de Catalunya
- Torrent de Colobrers
- Casa Duran built in 1606
Museums
- Museu d'Història de Sabadell - Historical Museum 1859
- Museu d'Art de Sabadell - art museum
- Observatori Astronòmic de Sabadell - observatory
Cultural institutions
Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sabadell Fundació Privada, Alliance Française, Associació Amics de la UNESCO de Sabadell, Casal d'Europa de Sabadell, Center Parroquial de Sant Vicenç, Cine Club Sabadell, Fundació Ars , Fundació Bosch i Cardellach, Fundació La Mirada , Fundació Maria-Mercè Marsal, Òmnium Cultural , Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès.
sons and daughters of the town
- Jordi Boixaderas (born 1959), actor
- Sergio Busquets (* 1988), football player
- Miquel Calçada (* 1965), “Mikimoto” journalist for radio and TV
- Juan Manuel Cañizares (* 1966), flamenco guitar virtuoso
- Queralt Castellet (* 1989), snowboarder
- Teresa Claramunt (1862–1931), feminist, anarchist and syndicalist
- Juan Serrano "Finite Córdoba" (* 1971), torero
- Sergio Dalma (Josep Sergi Capdevila Querol) (1964), singer
- Pau Vila Dinares (* 1881), researcher, writer and destacado geographer, author of the regional division of Catalonia
- Juan Fernández (* 1930), racing car driver
- Marina Gatell (born 1979), actress
- Jordi Gené (* 1970), racing car driver
- Marc Gené (* 1974), Formula 1 driver
- Moisés Hurtado (* 1981), football player
- Jimmy Jump (* 1976), "Flitzer"
- Genís García Janyent (* 1975), football player
- Oriol Junyent (born 1976), basketball player
- Óscar García Junyent (born 1973), football player
- Roger García Junyent (* 1976), football player
- Sergi Mateu (born 1955), actor
- David Meca (* 1974), swimmer specializing in open water, long-distance swimmer and extreme athlete
- Josep Moix (* 1899), General Secretary of the PSUC party
- Mateo Morral (* 1880), anarchist
- Miguel Pacheco (* 1931), professional cyclist
- Miquel Crusafont i Pairó (1910–1983), paleontologist, promoter and director of the Instituto de Paleontología Miquel Crusafont named after him
- Dani Pedrosa (* 1985), motorcycle racer
- Albert Pla (* 1966), singer
- Oleguer (* 1980), football player
- Javier Ríos (born 1981), actor
- Àngel Rodamilans i Canals (1874–1936), Benedictine and musician
- Joan Oliver i Sallarés (* 1899), poet and playwright of Catalan literature
- Octavi Uploads (* 1974) actor
- Aschwin Wildeboer (* 1986), swimmer
- Olaf Wildeboer (* 1983), swimmer
- Cristian Tello (* 1991), football player
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).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Local election results ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2015 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.
- ↑ Transports Urbans de Sabadell (TUS)
- ↑ AENA. Sabadell ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2008 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.
- ↑ Ajuntament de Sabadell. Club Natació Sabadell
Web links
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