Vallès Oriental

Other Catalan comarques
Province	Barcelona
Capital	Granollers
Largest city	Granollers
Demonym
Population (2001)	321,431
Area	851.9 km2
Pop. density	377.3 hab/km2
Municipalities	44

Vallès Oriental is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vallès Occidental it forms the grand comarca of Vallès .

Municipalities

• Aiguafreda - pop. 2,155
• Ametlla del Vallès - pop. 6,133
• Bigues i Riells - pop. 5,914
• Caldes de Montbui - pop. 13,848
• Campins - pop. 294
• Canovelles - pop. 12,912
• Cardedeu - pop. 12,792
• Castellcir - pop. 406
• Castellterçol - pop. 2,031
• Cànoves i Samalús - pop. 1,968
• Figaró-Montmany - pop. 873
• Fogars de Montclús - pop. 352
• Franqueses del Vallès - pop. 13,007
• Garriga - pop. 12,037
• Granera - pop. 67
• Granollers - pop. 53,105
• Gualba - pop. 830
• Llagosta - pop. 12,042
• Llinars del Vallès - pop. 7,238
• Lliçà d'Amunt - pop. 10,629
• Lliçà de Vall - pop. 5,353
• Martorelles - pop. 4,906
• Mollet del Vallès - pop. 47,270
• Montmeló - pop. 8,592
• Montornès del Vallès - pop. 12,868
• Montseny - pop. 286
• Parets del Vallès - pop. 14,983
• Roca del Vallès - pop. 7,748
• Sant Antoni de Vilamajor - pop. 3,829
• Sant Celoni - pop. 12,700
• Sant Esteve de Palautordera - pop. 1,484
• Sant Feliu de Codines - pop. 4,530
• Sant Fost de Campsentelles - pop. 6,718
• Sant Pere de Vilamajor - pop. 2,809
• Sant Quirze Safaja - pop. 417
• Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana - pop. 4,950
• Santa Maria de Martorelles - pop. 690
• Santa Maria de Palautordera - pop. 6,442
• Tagamanent - pop. 217
• Vallgorguina - pop. 1,430
• Vallromanes - pop. 1,545
• Vilalba Sasserra - pop. 491
• Vilanova del Vallès - pop. 2,540

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.

External links

• Information about Vallès Oriental from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
• IDESCAT: statistical information about Vallès Oriental (in Catalan)