Torrelles de Llobregat

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Torrelles de Llobregat
Torrelles de Llobregat (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°21′32″N1°58′56″E / 41.35889°N 1.98222°E / 41.35889; 1.98222 Coordinates: 41°21′32″N1°58′56″E / 41.35889°N 1.98222°E / 41.35889; 1.98222
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Baix Llobregat
Government
   Mayor Ferran Puig Verdaguer (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total13.6 km2 (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation
126 m (413 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total5,945
  Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Website www.torrelles.cat

Torrelles de Llobregat is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Catalunya en Miniatura, the largest of the 14 miniature parks present in Europe, is located here, 17 km from Barcelona. [4]

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de Torrelles de Llobregat". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Torrelles de Llobregat". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. eldiariomontanes.es, 06.10.2007, DE RUTA POR... CATALUÑA. Turismo diminuto (in Spanish)