Sant Cugat del Vallès

Sant Cugat del Vallès (IPA: [ˈsaŋ kuˈɣad dəɫ βəˈʎɛs]) (pop. 81,745 in 2010) is a toun an municipality north o Barcelona in Catalonie, Spain. Kent as Castrum Octavianum in antiquity, it is namit efter Saunt Cucuphas, that is seyed tae hae been mairtert on the spot nou occupee'd bi its medieval monastery.

Sant Cugat del Vallès
Municipality
Coat airms
Sant Cugat del Vallès Location in Spain
Coordinates: 41°28′N 2°05′E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Vallès Occidental
Govrenment
• Mayor	Mercè Conesa i Pagès (CiU)
Area
• Total	48.32 km2 (18.66 sq mi)
Elevation	124 m (407 ft)
Population  (2012)
• Total	84,946
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Santcugatenc
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.santcugat.cat

Description

The toun's ither biggins include the Schuil o Airchitectur o the Vallès an the Centre d'Alt Rendiment (CAR, translit. Heich Performance Centre), a famous centre for profeesional sport trainin.

Sant Cugat haes become an affluent suburb o Barcelona due tae its location (anerly 20 kilometres frae the ceety), its naitural surroondins, an its pedestrian shoppin airt. Sant Cugat offers restaurants, a concert venue, twa cinemas, an ae muckle shoppin centre an aw. It is a poleetical stranghud for conservative Catalan naitionalism an aw, wi Convergència i Unió dominatin the toun's politics.

The toun haes its ain train station wi a direct metro connection intae Barcelona ceety centre an the nearbi industrial ceeties o Terrassa an Sabadell.

Main sichts

• Monastery o Sant Cugat
• Hermitage o Sant Medir (10t hunderyear)
• Hermitage o Sant Adjutori (10t hunderyear)
• Torre Negra (12t hunderyear)
• Gothic brig o Can Vernet (14t hunderyear)

Demographie

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2012
2120	5190	6992	20,490	35,302	84,946[1]

Eddication

The Colegio Japonés de Barcelona, a Japanese internaitional schuil, is locatit in the commune.^[2]

Sister ceeties

• Alba, Italy