Palau-solità i Plegamans

Palau-solità i Plegamans
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Palau-solità i Plegamans Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°34′48″N 2°10′52″E / 41.58000°N 2.18111°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Vallès Occidental
Government
• Mayor	Teresa Padrós Casañas (2015)[1] (PSC)
Area[2]
• Total	14.9 km^2 (5.8 sq mi)
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	14,454
• Density	970/km^2 (2,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Palauenc
Website	palauplegamans.cat

Palau-solità i Plegamans is a municipality and town in the comarca of Vallès Occidental, province of Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It lies approximately 15 km from Sabadell and Granollers and 25 kilometres north of the city of Barcelona. The name results from the union of the former settlements of Palau-solità and Plegamans.^[3] Palau-solità i Plegamans is the location of the headquarters of the Mango fashion company.

Broadcasting station

At Palau-solità i Plegamans there is a powerful medium wave transmitter of Radio Nacional de España. It transmits on 576 kHz the program of RNE-5 at 100 kW and on 738 kHz the program of RNE-1 at 500 kW. For both frequencies a single 217-metre guyed mast radiator is located at 41°33'32" N, 2°11'21"E.

References

1. "Ajuntament de Palau-solità i Plegamans". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Palau-solità i Plegamans". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. "Palau-solità i Plegamans". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved 2015-07-29.

External links

• Official website

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