Vallès
El Vallès is a historical county in Catalonia, Spain, located in the center of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. It is nowadays represented by two separate administrative divisions which are part of the Barcelona Province: the Western Vallès, which has two capitals, Sabadell and Terrassa; and the Eastern Vallès, with Granollers as its capital.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Plain
- Description: historical county in Catalonia, Spain
- Also known as: “el Valles”, “el Vallès”, and “Valles”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Maria de Palau-solità and Església de Sant Genís.
Santa Maria de Palau-solità
Church
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Santa Maria de Palau-solità is a church.
Church de Sant Genís de Plegamans
Chapel
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Church de Sant Genís de Plegamans is a chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polinyà and Pedra Santa.
Polinyà
Village
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Polinyà is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 8.8 square kilometres and the population in 2014 was 8,238. Polinyà is situated 3 km south of Vallès.
Pedra Santa
Neighborhood
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Pedra Santa is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km west of Vallès.
Sentmenat
Village
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Sentmenat is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia. Sentmenat is situated 4 km northwest of Vallès.
Vallès
- Categories: historical region and landform
- Location: Palau-solità i Plegamans, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Vallès” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Vallès”
- Breton: “Vallès”
- Catalan: “El Vallès”
- Catalan: “Vallès”
- Cebuano: “El Vallès”
- Chinese: “巴列斯”
- Esperanto: “Vallès”
- Galician: “Vallès”
- Hebrew: “ואלייס”
- Italian: “Vallès”
- Japanese: “バリェス郡”
- Russian: “Вальес”
- Scots: “Vallès”
- Spanish: “Valles”
- Spanish: “Vallés”
- Spanish: “Vallès”
- Swedish: “El Vallès”
- Venetian: “Vałezo”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Palausolità and Palau-solità i Plegamans.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Santmartì, Macarrone, fideos and Ermita de Sant Miquel de l’Arn.
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