Gualba

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Gualba
Municipality
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Gualba
Location in Catalonia
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Gualba
Gualba (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°43′56″N2°30′17″E / 41.73222°N 2.50472°E / 41.73222; 2.50472
CountrySpain
Autonomous community Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Vallès Oriental
Government
 • mayorMarc Uriach Cortinas (2015) [1]
Area
[2]
 • Total23.3 km2 (9.0 sq mi)
Elevation
177 m (581 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
 • Total1,481
 • Density64/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonym Gualbenc
Postal code
08474
Website www.gualba.cat

Gualba (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈgwalβə] ) is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in Barcelona Province in the comarca of Vallès Oriental. [4] As of 2014, the population was 1,429. [5]

The town is at the foot of the Montseny Massif, near the Santa Fe Reservoir. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ajuntament de Gualba". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Gualba". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. ↑ "Gualba Website". Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística
  6. ↑ La transformació de Santa Fe del Montseny (IV): l’hotel, l’Estanyol i l’embassament


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