Barberà del Vallès

Barberà del Vallès
Municipality
Church of Santa Maria de Barberà
Flag Coat of arms
Barberà del Vallès Barberà del Vallès Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°30′59″N 2°07′28″E / 41.51639°N 2.12444°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Vallès Occidental
Government
• Mayor	Sílvia Fuster Alay (2015)[1]
Area[2]
• Total	8.3 km^2 (3.2 sq mi)
Elevation	146 m (479 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	32,550
• Density	3,900/km^2 (10,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Barberenc
Website	www.bdv.cat

Barberà del Vallès, or Barberà del Vallés (in Spanish) also known as Santa Maria de Barberà, is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia,which belongs to the province of Barcelona, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Ripoll river to the south of Sabadell, about 17 kilometers from Barcelona. It's integrated in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.

Present

Actually, Barberà del Vallès is a city of more than 30,000 people. In the industrial field, it is one of the main cities of the region of Western Valley (Vallés Occidental), with a clear division between the urban and industrial area. The population of the city, which is mostly the result of internal immigration of Spain in the sixties, is part of this city, assimilating the indigenous culture of Catalonia and promotes cultural and folkloric associations. This can be seen in the April Fair (Feria de Abril), held until the 1980s in Barberà del Vallès in Catalonia.

Barbera in 1985 celebrated its millennium, which coincided with the opening of the Millennium Square in the vicinity of La Romànica, with balconies to Ripoll river and its riverside park.

Demography

Years	1900	1930	1960	1970	1990	1995	2010	2015
Population	780	1638	2.662	8378	31370	24.682	31.688	32.545

References

1. "Ajuntament de Barberà del Vallès". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Barberà del Vallès". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

External links

• Official website (Catalan)
• Information - Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan)
• Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan)