Martorelles

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Martorelles
Municipality
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Martorelles
Location in Catalonia
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Martorelles
Martorelles (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°31′48″N2°14′20″E / 41.53°N 2.239°E / 41.53; 2.239
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Flag of Barcelona province(official).svg   Barcelona
Comarca Vallès Oriental
Government
 •  Mayor Marc Candela Callado (2015) [1]
Area
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 • Total3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [3]
 • Total4,794
 • Density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Website www.martorelles.cat

Martorelles (Catalan pronunciation: [məɾtuˈɾɛʎəs] ) is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It covers 3.6 square kilometres (1.4 sq mi). Its population in 2014 was 4,783. [2]

It was in Martorelles that motorcycle ace Ricardo Tormo crashed and shattered his leg in 1984 during practice for a race, ending his career. A car entered the unrestricted area in a closed-off industrial estate where his Derbi team was practising, and Tormo ran into it.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ajuntament de Martorelles". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. 1 2 "El municipi en xifres: Martorelles". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.


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