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17-680: Vallès Occidental borders the comarques of Bages (to the north), Vallès Oriental (to the north and east), Baix Llobregat (to the west), and Barcelonès (to the south). It centers on the Catalan prelittoral depression, limited to the west by the River Llobregat and to the east by the River Caldes . The northern part of the comarca is mountainous. From west to east, it contains part of the Obac range (924m altitude at Castellsapera );

34-548: A number of municipalities , roughly equivalent to a county in the United States. Currently, Catalonia is divided into 42 comarques and Aran , considered a "unique territorial entity" and not a comarca. Each comarca has a representative county council (Catalan: consell comarcal ), except for Barcelonès , which abolished it in 2019, and Aran, which instead has the Conselh Generau d'Aran . Comarques form

51-694: Is included here, is officially not a comarca but a "unique territorial entity" with additional powers. Its current status was formalised in February 2015. Revisions to the comarques took place in 1988 (creation of Pla d'Estany, Pla d'Urgell, and Alta Ribagorça), 1990 (various adjustments), and May 2015 (creation of Moianès). The Catalan government 's "Report on the revision of Catalonia's territorial organisation model" (the Roca Report  [ ca ] ), published in 2000, recommends many more changes to comarques, which have not yet been adopted except for

68-446: Is used for sport flying, as a base for firemen, and for air freight. 41°33′50″N 2°02′23″E  /  41.56389°N 2.03972°E  / 41.56389; 2.03972 Bages Bages ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˈbaʒəs] ) is a comarca (county) in the central region of Catalonia , Spain . The capital is the city of Manresa . Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent , and

85-544: The autonomous Catalan government under the Spanish Republic in 1936. It was superseded after the 1939 victory of Francisco Franco 's forces in the Spanish Civil War , but restored in 1987 by the re-established Generalitat of Catalonia . Since the definition of comarques is sometimes ambiguous, many new proposals have been made since the comarques were first officially designated as attempts to modify

102-520: The counties that were ruled by counts . Borders of comarques generally do not cross those of the state-level provinces ( Barcelona , Girona , Lleida , Tarragona ), since the provinces are defined by the Spanish government, while comarques are defined by the Catalan government - notably in the case of Cerdanya which is split into two between the provinces of Lleida and Girona (most other cases involve only one or two municipalities). Aran , which

119-596: The massifs of Sant Llorenç de Munt (1095m at La Mola and 1053m at Montcau ) and Puig de la Creu (664m); and the Sant Sadurní (954m) and Farell cliffs (789m). At the south of the comarca is the Collserola range (512m), which forms part of the Catalan Littoral . Between these various ranges is the valley that gives its name to the comarca. The valley actually composes two separate watersheds ,

136-484: The 2015 creation of Moianès. The other proposed new comarques are: Vall de Camprodon  [ ca ] (capital at Camprodon ), Selva Marítima  [ ca ] (capital at Blanes ), Alta Segarra  [ ca ] (capital at Calaf ), Segre Mitjà  [ ca ] (capital at Ponts ), and Baix Llobregat Nord  [ ca ] (capital at Martorell ). In a non-binding referendum in July 2015,

153-640: The Besòs includes the rivers Ripoll and Caldes, (the latter forming the eastern border of the comarca). Vallès Occidental has several notable official hiking trails, known as "senders de gran recorregut" . Industry is concentrated in the south, coinciding with the flattest land in the comarca. The principal industrial cities are the co-capitals Sabadell and Terrassa , as well as Rubí and Cerdanyola del Vallès . The most important industries are textiles , mechanical engineering, metallurgy , machinery, electrical equipment , construction, chemicals , paper , and

170-625: The basins of the Llobregat and Besòs . The Llobregat watershed lies to the west of the axis that runs from Obac to Tibidabo (culminating point of the Collserola range), passing through Matadepera , Sant Quirze del Vallès , Bellaterra , and Sant Cugat del Vallès . Tributaries of the Llobregat include the Canyamssos , the Rubí and the Vallvidrera . East of that axis, the watershed of

187-426: The manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Cardener . Agriculture includes vineyards , cereals , and olive groves. To the north are Berguedà and (running clockwise) Lluçanès , Moianès , and Vallès Occidental . To the south are Baix Llobregat , Anoia and Solsonès . In May 2015, Bages lost five municipalities - Calders , L'Estany , Moià , Monistrol de Calders , Santa Maria d'Oló - to

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204-489: The new comarca of Moianès . 41°46′44″N 1°51′40″E  /  41.77889°N 1.86111°E  / 41.77889; 1.86111 Comarques of Catalonia The comarques of Catalonia (singular comarca , Eastern Catalan: [kuˈmarkə] , Western Catalan: [koˈmaɾka] ), often referred to in English as counties , are an administrative division of Catalonia . Each comarca comprises

221-428: The official distribution with what some regions consider to be a traditional comarca. As a result, some revisions to the official division have been made, such as the additions of Moianès and Lluçanès to the map, in 2015 and 2023 respectively. Comarques exist as a local government area, and have a representative county council . They are often known as counties in the English language, but this can be confused with

238-654: The people of the region traditionally go to shop or to sell their goods. This is the case of comarques such as the Pla de l'Estany , centred on the town of Banyoles , or the Ripollès , centred on the town of Ripoll . In other cases, comarques are larger areas with many important population centres that have traditionally been considered part of the same region, as in the case of the Empordà or Vallès . The current official division of Catalonia into comarques originates in an order of

255-424: The processing of food products. An industrial crisis at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s led to a greater importance for the commercial and service sectors, especially computer -related work. The north remains primarily rural. Many of the residences there now function as second homes. Much of Catalonia's transportation network passes through Vallès Occidental, with roads, railroads, etc. crossing

272-578: The second-level administrative division within Catalonia, being a subdivision of vegueries (or provinces at state level). Although today the comarques are officially defined under a Catalan parliamentary act, for centuries they had existed unofficially, with citizens identifying with a particular comarca in the same way that people in other parts of the world might identify with a particular region. In some cases, comarques consist of rural areas and many small villages centring on an important town, where

289-489: The valley in various directions. Both railroad companies that operate in Catalonia have lines in Vallès Occidental. Renfe 's Barcelona-Lleida line passes through Manresa. The Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya have the "Metro del Vallès", connecting Barcelona to Sabadell and Terrassa. Most air traffic for Vallès Occidental comes through Prat airport in neighboring Baix Llobregat . Sabadell Airport

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