Vallès Oriental (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /bəˈʎɛz uɾiənˈtal/) is a comarca (county) in the Barcelona region in Catalonia (Spain). Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vallès Occidental it forms the historical Vallès region.
In May 2015, Vallès Oriental lost four municipalities - Castellcir, Castellterçol, Granera, Sant Quirze Safaja - to the new comarca of Moianès.[1]
Municipality | Population(2014)[2] | Areakm | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
align=right | 2,498 | align=right | 7.9 | ||
align=right | 8,283 | align=right | 14.2 | ||
align=right | 8,854 | align=right | 28.6 | ||
align=right | 17,156 | align=right | 37.4 | ||
align=right | 521 | align=right | 7.3 | ||
align=right | 15,954 | align=right | 6.7 | ||
align=right | 2,863 | align=right | 29.2 | ||
align=right | 17,698 | align=right | 12.1 | ||
align=right | 1,096 | align=right | 15.0 | ||
align=right | 482 | align=right | 39.7 | ||
align=right | 19,170 | align=right | 29.1 | ||
align=right | 15,762 | align=right | 18.8 | ||
align=right | 59,930 | align=right | 14.9 | ||
align=right | 1,429 | align=right | 23.3 | ||
align=right | 13,430 | align=right | 3.0 | ||
align=right | 14,696 | align=right | 22.3 | ||
align=right | 6,354 | align=right | 10.8 | ||
align=right | 9,536 | align=right | 27.6 | ||
align=right | 4,783 | align=right | 3.6 | ||
align=right | 51,719 | align=right | 10.8 | ||
align=right | 8,863 | align=right | 4.0 | ||
align=right | 16,217 | align=right | 10.2 | ||
align=right | 332 | align=right | 26.8 | ||
align=right | 18,733 | align=right | 9.1 | ||
align=right | 10,518 | align=right | 36.9 | ||
align=right | 5,708 | align=right | 13.7 | ||
align=right | 17,251 | align=right | 65.2 | ||
align=right | 2,532 | align=right | 10.6 | ||
align=right | 5,900 | align=right | 15.0 | ||
align=right | 8,666 | align=right | 13.2 | ||
align=right | 4,248 | align=right | 34.7 | ||
align=right | 7,114 | align=right | 14.2 | ||
align=right | 851 | align=right | 4.5 | ||
align=right | 9,138 | align=right | 16.9 | ||
align=right | 322 | align=right | 43.3 | ||
align=right | 2,699 | align=right | 22.1 | ||
align=right | 2,519 | align=right | 10.6 | ||
align=right | 706 | align=right | 6.0 | ||
align=right | 5,250 | align=right | 15.2 | ||
• Total: 39 | align=right | 399,781 | align=right | 734.5 |
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.