Cerdanyola del Vallès

Cerdanyola del Vallès
Municipality
Banner Coat airms
Cerdanyola del Vallès Location in Catalonie
Coordinates: 41°29′31″N 2°08′20″E
Kintra	Spain
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Vallès Occidental
Govrenment
• Mayor	Carme Carmona Pascual (PSC)
Area
• Total	31.29 km2 (12.08 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	58,747
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Cerdanyolenc
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Cerdanyola del Vallès (Catalan pronunciation: [sərðəˈɲɔɫə ðəɫ βəˈʎɛs]) is a municipality in the comarca o the Vallès Occidental in Catalonie. It is situatit on the north side o the Collserola ridge. The toun is servit bi the A-7 an C-58 motorweys, the N-150 road and the Renfe railwey commuter lines R4, R7 an railwey regional line Ca4. It is weel kent as the steid o the main campus o the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (at Bellaterra).

Main sichts

As befits a municipality which haes increased its population mair nor fiftyfaud in the last hunderyear, maist o the biggins are modren. The pairish kirk is in a modrenist style, while the Sant Marcel castle haes been rebuilt in a neogothic style. The botanical gardens o El Pedregar (also at Bellaterra) hae a notable collection o sculpturs. Iberic remains hae been foond at El Turó de Ca n'Oliver.

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  riu Ripoll
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  riu Sec
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  Plaça Joan Pau II
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  Parc Tecnològic del Vallès
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  Ermita de Santa Maria de les Feixes
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  Roman aqueduct
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  La Torre Vermella

Thare are several remains frae Roman times, includin a aqueduct, a amphitheater, an a tradin route tae Barcelona.

References

• 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).

Freemit airtins

• Cerdanyola Toun Haw wabsteid (in Catalan)
• Municipality info (in Catalan)