Barberà del Vallès | |
Native Name: | Santa María de Barbará |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.5164°N 2.1244°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Barcelona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Vallès Occidental |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Xavier Garcés (2019) [1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.3 |
Elevation M: | 146 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Barberenc |
Postal Code: | 08210 |
Barberà del Vallès (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /bəɾβəˈɾa ðəl βəˈʎɛs/) is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental, in the province of Barcelona, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Ripoll river to the south of Sabadell, about 17 kilometers from Barcelona. It's integrated in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.
Barberà del Vallès is a city of more than 30,000 people. In the industrial field, it is one of the main cities of the region of Western Valley (Vallés Occidental), with a clear division between the urban and industrial area. The population of the city, enlarged by the internal migration movements in the Spain of the sixties, is varied and promotes cultural and folkloric associations. This can be seen in the April Fair (Feria de Abril), held until the 1980s in Barberà del Vallès, until economic reasons moved it to other locations in the Barcelona metropolitan area.
Barbera in 1985 celebrated its millennium, which coincided with the opening of the Millennium Square in the vicinity of La Romànica, with balconies to Ripoll river and its riverside park.