Sant Cugat del Vallès

Municipality of Sant Cugat del Vallès
The monastery in Sant Cugat del Vallès
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Vallès Occidental
Coordinates	41 ° 28 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 28 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  E
Height :	124  msnm
Area :	48.32 km²
Residents :	91.006 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1,883.4 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	08172
Municipality number  ( INE ):	08205
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Website :	Sant Cugat del Vallès
Location of the municipality

Sant Cugat del Vallès ( Spanish: San Cugat del Vallés ) is a Catalan city ​​with 91,006 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Barcelona in northeastern Spain . It is located in the Comarca Vallès Occidental and belongs to the metropolitan area Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona .

location

Sant Cugat del Vallès is located approx. 17 km (driving distance) northwest of Barcelona at an altitude of approx. 125 m above sea level. d. M.

Population development

year	1842	1900	1930	1950	1970	2001	2011
Residents	2,084	2.129	4,641	6,934	20,490	60,265	84,934

The main reasons for the enormous population growth in the last decades of the 20th century were immigration from the surrounding rural communities, good transport connections and the comparatively high rental prices in the city of Barcelona.

economy

For centuries, the inhabitants lived largely on self-sufficiency from agriculture, which also included viticulture and cattle breeding to a small extent. The former small town served as a center for trade, handicrafts and trades of all kinds; in addition, the pilgrimage also played a not insignificant role. An industrial park with Televisión Española , Hewlett-Packard and other well-known companies was built along the north-south AP-7 motorway at the end of the 20th century . The insurer Catalana Occidente is headquartered in Sant Cugat del Vallès.

history

The place was built on the site of a Roman fort ; The existence of a small early Christian church from the 4th or 5th century was also proven during excavation work. In the 8th or 9th century a small monastery was built, which was later subordinated to the Bishop of Barcelona and flourished from the 11th to 14th centuries. In 1835 the monastery was closed.

Attractions

• The monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès with its church and the partly medieval cloister ( claustro ) is the most important historical and cultural attraction of the city.
• The place has many green spaces and parks, shopping areas, sports facilities (including in particular its golf course) and attractive residential areas; it has therefore become one of the most popular residential areas in the Barcelona area.
• The Casa Armet and Casa Lluch are two architecturally interesting villas of the late 19th or early 20th century.
• The Celler Cooperatiu is a brick building completed in 1921 by the local winegrowers' cooperative in the style of modernism .
• The Ermita de Sant Adjutori ( 41 ° 27 ′ 20 ″  N , 2 ° 6 ′ 51 ″  E ), made of rubble stones, is a round building from the 10th century; it once stood on an area belonging to the abbots of Sant Cugat. The portal was renewed in the 17th century.
• The Museu del Còmic, the Catalan comic museum, has been located in the village since 2019.

and display information about the image

View from Mount Tibidabo over San Cugat and Cerdanyola

Patron saint

Mosaic in the Chapel of St. Medir in St. Cugat

On March 3rd in Sant Cugat del Vallès is the holiday of Sant Medir, the patron saint of the place. The legend goes back to the time of the Romans (303 AD, Emperor Diocletian), who, as is well known, were initially very reluctant to believe in Christianity. Persecution of Christians also took place in Catalonia, just think of Saint Cugat, who gave the place its name. They persecuted the then Bishop of Barcelona with the name Sever, who quickly ran away and fled over the Tibidabo to Sant Cugat. By the standards of the time, it was a day trip, the tunnel did not yet exist.

He finally reached a side valley and found the farmer Medir in his field sowing broad beans. While he hurried on to find a suitable hiding place, the Romans were already on his heels. They went to the poor Medir and asked him if he had seen a bishop on the run. Medir was also a Christian man and did not want to reveal his shepherds. On the other hand, people were already believers in authority back then and so he waved his way out of the affair with peasant wisdom: he said he saw the bishop when he was planting his beans. During this short time, however, the beans had grown at a tremendous rate and turned his field into an unmistakable green. So in the absence of turbo fertilizer it was a miracle. The Romans, on the other hand, were naturally suspicious of this inconsistent story and killed him. According to legend, they also found the bishop and put an end to him too.

Nevertheless, the story does not end tragically. Medir was an honest man and a miracle happened. A chapel was built at the site of the event and a pilgrimage was made there once a year.

sons and daughters of the town

• Rubén Xaus (* 1978), motorcycle racer

Town twinning

• Alba ( Italy )

Web links

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

• List of monuments in Sant Cugat del Vallès - photos + info (Wikipedia, Catalan)

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).
2. ↑ . Retrieved June 29, 2020 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ Various authors: Història de Sant Cugat . Cossetània Edicions, Valls 2007, ISBN 84-9791-223-3