La Roca del Vallès

Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
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41°35′25″N 2°19′40″E / 41.59028°N 2.32778°E / 41.59028; 2.32778Country SpainCommunity CataloniaProvince BarcelonaComarcaVallès OrientalGovernment
 • MayorAlbert Gil Gutiérrez (2015)[1]Area • Total36.9 km2 (14.2 sq mi)Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total10,666 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)Websitelaroca.cat

La Roca del Vallès (Catalan pronunciation: [lə ˈrɔkə ðəl βəˈʎɛs]) is a village in the comarca of Vallès Oriental in the province of Barcelona and Catalonia. The municipality covers an area of 36.9 square kilometres (14.2 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 10,518.[2]

Notable people

  • Salvador Illa (born 1966), exminister of Health and former mayor of La Roca

References

  1. ^ "Ajuntament de la Roca del Vallès". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ a b "El municipi en xifres: La Roca del Vallès". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

  • Government data pages (in Catalan)
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