Barberà del Vallès

Barberà del Vallès is a Catalan city in the province of Barcelona, in northeastern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Vallès Occidental and belongs to the metropolitan area of ​​Barcelona. On 1 January 2013, the city had 32,580 inhabitants who lived on an area of 8.3 square kilometers.

Geography and location

Barberà del Vallès is situated in the Vallès - level, and separated by the mountain range Serra de Collserola, about 15 kilometers north- west of the center of the Catalan capital of Barcelona. The city is bordered to the north and west with Sabadell, the capital of the county of Vallès Occidental, on the east by Montcada i Reixac and Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, to the south Ripollet, and on the southwest by the cities of Badia del Vallès and Bellaterra. The transitions to the neighboring communities are largely flowing, and make a part of the agglomeration of Barcelona.

History

The first written mention of the name Barberà comes from the Monastery of Sant Cugat and dated to the year 985 In the will of Viscount Guitard the castle Barberà is called. Until the 19th century Barberà remained a small transit point on Cami Reial ( Royal Road ) which led to the city of Barcelona. The connection to the railway network brought the initial impetus for growth, and industry, including paper mills settled in Barberà. The actual development towards the city in the metropolitan area Sabadell and Barcelona but delayed until the 50s of the last century with the massive immigration of workers from the less-favored regions of Spain a. Approximately tenfold has the population since 1950, by that time nearly 3,300 inhabitants to 32,580 today.