Sabadell |
Name | Sabadell |
Settlement type | Municipality |
Province | Barcelona |
Comarca | Vallès Occidental |
Commonwealth | Ripoll-Riu Sec |
Geocode | 41�32'54.93'N 2�6'27'E |
Elevation | 190m (623.4 ft) |
Total Area | 37.89 sq km (14.6 sq mi) |
Population Total | 206493 (2009) |
Demonym | Sabadellense |
Population Density | 5450 sq km (14115.5 sq mi) |
Timezone | CET( UTC+1) |
Timezone DST | CEST( UTC+2) |
Postal code | 08200 a 08208, 08805 and 08805 |
Alcalde | Manuel Bustos Garrido (2007) |
Leader party | PSC |
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Sabadell is the second largest city in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the comarca, on the River Ripoll, 20 km north-west of Barcelona. Sabadell is located 190 metres above sea level and is the co-capital of the comarca.
Sabadell pioneered the Industrial Revolution in Catalonia with its textile mills, together with its archrival Terrassa. Thus, in the mid 19th century, it became the most important wool city in Spain, being nicknamed the “Catalan Manchester”. Even today many mills from that period can still be seen, with most of them having been refurbished as residential buildings or other services. Nowadays Sabadell is basically a commercial and industrial city: there are no significant agricultural activities.
Sabadell is an important communications point. Two motorways run beside the city: the C-58 (from Barcelona to Manresa) and the AP-7 (from France and Girona to Tarragona, Valencia and Andalusia), and some roads link Sabadell with nearby cities and towns: Terrassa, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Castellar del Vallès, Granollers, Barberà del Vallès, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Rubí, Sentmenat and Molins de Rei. A railroad line crosses the city (the Rodalies Barcelona line from Barcelona to Lleida) and another one terminates in the city (the FGC line from Barcelona to Sabadell via Sant Cugat del Vallès). Sabadell has an airport.
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Iberia and Banco Santander reach an agreement to finance an Airbus A340-600 - Travelio.net
Travelio.net---...- Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Banco de -Sabadell-, all as MLAs (Mandated Lead Arrangers) has financed the acquisition of the new aircraft. ... Date : Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:11:22 GMT+00:00
T-Solar, Looking Past Tariffs, May Sell Shares in IPO - BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek---...- Group AG is global coordinator on the possible sale. Societe Generale SA is joint bookrunner, and Banco -Sabadell- SA and Mediobanca SpA are co-managers.--- Date : Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:31:14 GMT+00:00
Sabadell sells 403 mln euros of property - France24
France24--People walk in front of the Banco de -Sabadell- building in Barcelona, 2003. Spain's Banco -Sabadell- announced it has reached a deal to sell property worth 403 ... Date : Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:00:12 GMT+00:00
Women forced into prostitution amid violence and threats - Think Spain
Think Spain---...- properties in Tortosa, Tarragona, Altafulla, Vilanova i la Geltrú, -Sabadell-, Barcelona (all in Catalunya) and Melilla on the northern coast of Morocco. ... Date : Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:38:43 GMT+00:00
See the Stars on Court at the Barcelona Open - LateRooms.com - PR-USA.net (press release)
PR-USA.net (press release)--Tennis fans may be salivating at the prospect of heading to the Barcelona Open Banco -Sabadell-, as a whole host of top players will be hitting the court, ... Date : Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:44:27 GMT+00:00
Glance-Europe Factors-Shares set to dip; all eyes on EU summit - Interactive Investor
Interactive Investor--For details, see: Banco -Sabadell- has several offers for the sale of around 300 branches, a measure which could boost its core capital to 8 percent from 7.6 ... Date : Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:33:00 GMT+00:00
Bank of Spain approves three mergers of savings banks - Expatica Spain
Expatica Spain---...- of Castilla y Leon, of Catalonia's Caixa Manlleu, Caixa -Sabadell- and Caixa Terrasa, and of Caixa Manresa and Caixa Tarragona, also from Catalonia. ... Date : Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:04:22 GMT+00:00
The boards of directors of Caixa Sabadell, Terrassa and Manlleu approved ... - Barcelona Reporter
Barcelona Reporter--The merged entity will be established in Barcelona with operating sub-sites in -Sabadell-, Terrassa and Manlleu. It will set out a general assembly of 158 ... Date : Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:22:58 GMT+00:00
PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Maintains 3 Spanish Cajas on Negative Watch Following ... - NASDAQ
NASDAQ--The three Spanish cajas ratings remain on RWN following the announced exit of Caixa Girona from the initial integration plan with -Sabadell-, Terrassa and ... Date : Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:22:21 GMT+00:00
First restraining order for homophobic attack - Euro Weekly News
Euro Weekly News--SPAIN - A JUDGE in -Sabadell-, Barcelona, has issued the first sentence in Spain which includes a restraining order against the authors of a homophobic attack ... Date : Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:36:46 GMT+00:00
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