Les Franqueses del Vallès | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.633°N 2.298°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Barcelona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Vallès Oriental |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Juan Antonio Corchado Ponce (2023-2027) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 29.1 |
Elevation M: | 232 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Franquesí, franquesina |
Les Franqueses del Vallès (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ləs fɾəŋˈkɛzəz ðəl βəˈʎɛs/; Spanish; Castilian: Las Franquesas del Vallés pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia, Spain. It lies to the north of Granollers, the capital and largest city in the comarca. The municipality covers an area of 29.1 km2, and has about 20,000 inhabitants.
It is divided into five neighbourhoods: Bellavista, Corró d'Amunt, Corró d'Avall, Llerona and Marata.