Sant Cugat del Vallès
Sant Cugat del Vallès | |
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Coordinates: 41°28′N 2°05′E / 41.467°N 2.083°E | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Barcelona |
Comarca | Vallès Occidental |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Mercè Conesa i Pagès (CiU) |
Area | |
• Total | 48.32 km2 (18.66 sq mi) |
Elevation | 124 m (407 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 84,946 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Santcugatenc |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www |
Sant Cugat del Vallès (IPA: [ˈsaŋ kuˈɣad dəɫ βəˈʎɛs]) (pop. 81,745 in 2010) is a toun an municipality north o Barcelona in Catalonie, Spain. Kent as Castrum Octavianum in antiquity, it is namit efter Saunt Cucuphas, that is seyed tae hae been mairtert on the spot nou occupee'd bi its medieval monastery.
Description
[eedit | eedit soorce]The toun's ither biggins include the Schuil o Airchitectur o the Vallès an the Centre d'Alt Rendiment (CAR, translit. Heich Performance Centre), a famous centre for profeesional sport trainin.
Sant Cugat haes become an affluent suburb o Barcelona due tae its location (anerly 20 kilometres frae the ceety), its naitural surroondins, an its pedestrian shoppin airt. Sant Cugat offers restaurants, a concert venue, twa cinemas, an ae muckle shoppin centre an aw. It is a poleetical stranghud for conservative Catalan naitionalism an aw, wi Convergència i Unió dominatin the toun's politics.
The toun haes its ain train station wi a direct metro connection intae Barcelona ceety centre an the nearbi industrial ceeties o Terrassa an Sabadell.
Main sichts
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Monastery o Sant Cugat
- Hermitage o Sant Medir (10t hunderyear)
- Hermitage o Sant Adjutori (10t hunderyear)
- Torre Negra (12t hunderyear)
- Gothic brig o Can Vernet (14t hunderyear)
Demographie
[eedit | eedit soorce]1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2012 |
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2120 | 5190 | 6992 | 20,490 | 35,302 | 84,946[1] |
Eddication
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Colegio Japonés de Barcelona, a Japanese internaitional schuil, is locatit in the commune.[2]
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Alba, Italy
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ http://www.idescat.cat/poblacioestrangera/?b=0&res=e203&lang=es
- ↑ "バルセロナ日本人学校地図" (Archive) Colegio Japonés de Barcelona. Retrieved on 4 January 2014. "Can Graells 61, 08174, Sant Cugat del Valles, Barcelona, Spain"
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spaingie). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Sant Cugat del Vallès, Sapin. |
- Museum Wabsteid Archived 2006-11-09 at the Wayback Machine