Mollet del Vallès

Mollet del Vallès
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Mollet del Vallès Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Vallès Oriental
Government
• Mayor	Josep Monràs Galindo (2015) (PSC-PSOE)
Area
• Total	10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	51,719
• Density	4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Molletà
Area code(s)	08100
Website	molletvalles.cat

Mollet del Vallès (Catalan pronunciation: [muˈʎɛd dəɫ βəˈʎɛs]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Besòs river, and is an important communications hub from Barcelona towards the north: the AP-7 Motorway passes through the municipality, as do the RENFE railway lines to Vic and Puigcerdà and to Girona and Portbou. The town is also served by the C-17 highway (formerly N-152).

Mollet del Vallès has a number of buildings in the modernista and noucentista styles. The studio-museum of the painter Abelló displays modern Catalan art.

Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics was carried out in Mollet del Vallès; the range has been reused for the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships.

History

10th Century

In the middle of the 10th century, Mollet was a little center of population that depended on the bishop of Barcelona.

12th Century

Of the medieval past of Mollet, there is only remaining the romanic church of Santa Maria de Gallecs

From 15th to 18th century

Mollet ( witch by the moment, included also parets ) didn't raise the population until the 17th century, then, a new church was built, but as ruling a town with 3 churches was hard, there were constant conflicts, which concluded with the separation of parets

Sites of interest

The City Hall

• St Fost's Church
• The Abelló Museum

The Abelló Museum is a municipal art museum located in Mollet del Vallès, in El Vallès Oriental.[1] Opened on 29 March 1999, its principal collection comprises pieces from artist and collector Joan Abelló, which donated his collection to the city in 1996, creating the Joan Abelló Foundation, an independent organisation of the Mollet del Vallès Town Council. The museum is located in an Art Nouveau-style building from 1908, of which only the façade has been preserved.

• The old Market

Abelló Museum.

Known characters

• Joan Abelló i Prat, artist (1922-2008)
• Josep Maria Pou i Serra, actor and cinema director, teatre i televisió (1944)
• Josep Solà i Sánchez, musician (1930-2009)
• Jordi Solé i Tura, politician and founder of the Constitució Espanyola de 1978 (1930-2009)
• Montserrat Tura i Camafreita, politic(1954)
• Mojinos Escozíos, music group founded in Mollet, where some of its members live
• Anna Simon i Marí, journalist (1982)

Twin towns

• Rivoli, Italy
• Cinco Pinos, Nicaragua

References

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

External links

• Official website City Council
• Official Municipality Guide