Vallès Oriental

Vallès Oriental
Comarca
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Capital Granollers
Municipalities
Area
  Total 734.5 km2 (283.6 sq mi)
Population (2014)
  Total 399,781
  Density 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
  adjusted following Moianès creation
Demonym(s)  
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Largest municipality Granollers

Vallès Oriental [bəˈʎɛz uɾjənˈtaɫ] is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vallès Occidental it forms the grand comarca of Vallès.

In May 2015, Vallès Oriental lost four municipalities - Castellcir, Castellterçol, Granera, Sant Quirze Safaja - to the new comarca of Moianès.[1]

Municipalities

Municipality Population
(2014)[2]
Area
km2[2]
Aiguafreda 2,498 7.9
L'Ametlla del Vallès 8,283 14.2
Bigues i Riells 8,854 28.6
Caldes de Montbui 17,156 37.4
Campins 521 7.3
Canovelles 15,954 6.7
Cànoves i Samalús 2,863 29.2
Cardedeu 17,698 12.1
Figaró-Montmany 1,096 15.0
Fogars de Montclús 482 39.7
Les Franqueses del Vallès 19,170 29.1
La Garriga 15,762 18.8
Granollers 59,930 14.9
Gualba 1,429 23.3
La Llagosta 13,430 3.0
Lliçà d'Amunt 14,696 22.3
Lliçà de Vall 6,354 10.8
Llinars del Vallès 9,536 27.6
Martorelles 4,783 3.6
Mollet del Vallès 51,719 10.8
Montmeló 8,863 4.0
Montornès del Vallès 16,217 10.2
Montseny 332 26.8
Parets del Vallès 18,733 9.1
La Roca del Vallès 10,518 36.9
Sant Antoni de Vilamajor 5,708 13.7
Sant Celoni 17,251 65.2
Sant Esteve de Palautordera 2,532 10.6
Sant Feliu de Codines 5,900 15.0
Sant Fost de Campsentelles 8,666 13.2
Sant Pere de Vilamajor 4,248 34.7
Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana 7,114 14.2
Santa Maria de Martorelles 851 4.5
Santa Maria de Palautordera 9,138 16.9
Tagamanent 322 43.3
Vallgorguina 2,699 22.1
Vallromanes 2,519 10.6
Vilalba Sasserra 706 6.0
Vilanova del Vallès 5,250 15.2
Total: 39 399,781 734.5

Vegetation

The natural vegetation of Vallès Oriental is typically Mediterranean, with a predominance of Holm oak, cork oak, and Aleppo pine. There are some oaks (in the narrow sense of the word) at Montnegre and Montseny. The latter also features European beech and silver fir woods.

References

  1. "El Parlament aprova la llei de creació del Moianès amb els vots en contra de Ciutadans i l'abstenció del PP" (in Catalan). La Vanguardia. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  2. 1 2 "El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.

External links

Coordinates: 41°38′47″N 2°18′28″E / 41.64639°N 2.30778°E / 41.64639; 2.30778

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