Martorelles | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.53°N 2.239°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: | Marc Candela Callado (2015)[1] |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.6 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Martorelles (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /məɾtuˈɾɛʎəs/) is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.It covers . Its population in 2014 was 4,783.[2]
It was in Martorelles that motorcycle ace Ricardo Tormo crashed and shattered his leg in 1984 during practice for a race, ending his career. A car entered the unrestricted area in a closed-off industrial estate where his Derbi team was practising, and Tormo ran into it.