Vallcarca
Vallcarca is an abandoned coastal settlement in the Garraf Massif, Catalonia, Spain. It is administered by the Sitges municipality. Although most of the area is surrounded by the Garraf Natural Park, a highly-polluting cement factory near the abandoned railroad station is still active exploiting the nearby quarries for cement production.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: geographical object
- Also known as: “Barrio Vallcarca” and “Vallcarca, Sitges”
- Postal code: 08872
Places of Interest
Highlights include Estació de Vallcarca (Garraf) and Trinitat Hermitage (Sitges).
Estació de Vallcarca (Garraf)
Railway station
Photo: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estació de Vallcarca (Garraf) is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garraf and Mas Albà.
Garraf
Village
Photo: Isidro Jabato, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Garraf is a small seaside village located between Sitges and Castelldefels, in the Garraf comarca, Catalonia, Spain, surrounded by the area of the Garraf Natural Park. Garraf is situated 4 km east of Vallcarca.
Mas Albà
Neighborhood
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Mas Albà is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Vallcarca.
Vallpineda
Suburb
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Vallpineda is a suburb, which is situated 5 km west of Vallcarca.
Vallcarca
- Categories: single entity of population, abandoned village, and locality
- Location: Sitges, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.24187° or 41° 14′ 31″ northLongitude
1.85751° or 1° 51′ 27″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)United Nations Location Code
ES VCCOpen location code
8FH36VR5+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 5024938781OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3106661Wikidata ID
Q406438
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Vallcarca” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Vallcarca”
- Spanish: “Vallcarca”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vallcarca”. Photo: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0.