Vallès Oriental
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
Province Barcelona
RegionÀmbit metropolità de Barcelona
CapitalGranollers
Municipalities
Government
  BodyVallès Oriental Comarcal Council
  PresidentEmilio Cordero (PSC)
Area
  Total734.5 km2 (283.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
  Total399,781
  Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
 adjusted following Moianès creation
Demonym 
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalityGranollers
Websitewww.vallesoriental.cat

Vallès Oriental (Catalan pronunciation: [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]

Municipalities

Municipality Population
(2014)[2]
Area
km2[2]
Aiguafreda2,4987.9
L'Ametlla del Vallès8,28314.2
Bigues i Riells8,85428.6
Caldes de Montbui17,15637.4
Campins5217.3
Canovelles15,9546.7
Cànoves i Samalús2,86329.2
Cardedeu17,69812.1
Figaró-Montmany1,09615.0
Fogars de Montclús48239.7
Les Franqueses del Vallès19,17029.1
La Garriga15,76218.8
Granollers59,93014.9
Gualba1,42923.3
La Llagosta13,4303.0
Lliçà d'Amunt14,69622.3
Lliçà de Vall6,35410.8
Llinars del Vallès9,53627.6
Martorelles4,7833.6
Mollet del Vallès51,71910.8
Montmeló8,8634.0
Montornès del Vallès16,21710.2
Montseny33226.8
Parets del Vallès18,7339.1
La Roca del Vallès10,51836.9
Sant Antoni de Vilamajor5,70813.7
Sant Celoni17,25165.2
Sant Esteve de Palautordera2,53210.6
Sant Feliu de Codines5,90015.0
Sant Fost de Campsentelles8,66613.2
Sant Pere de Vilamajor4,24834.7
Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana7,11414.2
Santa Maria de Martorelles8514.5
Santa Maria de Palautordera9,13816.9
Tagamanent32243.3
Vallgorguina2,69922.1
Vallromanes2,51910.6
Vilalba Sasserra7066.0
Vilanova del Vallès5,25015.2
• Total: 39399,781734.5

Vegetation

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.

References

  1. "El Parlament aprova la llei de creació del Moianès amb els vots en contra de Ciutadans i l'abstenció del PP" (in Catalan). La Vanguardia. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  2. 1 2 "El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-25.


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