Canovelles
Canovelles | |
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Coordinates:41°37′13″N2°17′5″E/ 41.62028°N 2.28472°E | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Catalonia |
Province | Barcelona |
Comarca | Vallès Oriental |
Government | |
•Mayor | Emilio Cordero Soria (2016)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 6.7 km2(2.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 16,317 |
• Density | 2,400/km2(6,300/sq mi) |
•Demonym | Canovellí canovellina |
Website | www |
Canovelles(Catalan pronunciation:[kənuˈβeʎəs]) is amunicipalitysituated in thecomarcaofVallès Oriental,in the province ofBarcelona,part of the autonomous community ofCataloniain northeastern Spain. It is located about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the local capital ofGranollers,with which it forms aconurbation.
Demographics
[edit]Population by district
[edit]District | Pop. (2007) |
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Àligues, les | 125 |
La Barriada Nova | 11,786 |
Bellulla | 225 |
Can Castells | 696 |
Can Comas | 17 |
Can Diviu | 1,327 |
Can Duran | 668 |
Can Quana | 58 |
La Quinta Avinguda | 111 |
La Serra | 31 |
Sanaüja | 486 |
Sant Feliu | 45 |
Tibel | 149 |
Population distribution
[edit]The vast majority of the immigrants of the last decade and their descendants live in theBarriada Nova(New Quarters). However, the members of the immigrant wave in the 1960s and 1970s are gradually moving further into the peripheral districts. Public housing shortages and the high price of private housing are driving young people out of the area, and into municipalities in the same region.
Demographic evolution
[edit]1497 | 1515 | 1553 | 1717 | 1787 | 1857 | 1877 | 1887 | 1900 |
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18 | 24 | 23 | 136 | 173 | 303 | 305 | 334 | 335 |
1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1981 | 1990 |
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330 | 337 | 505 | 665 | 631 | 3,061 | 8,100 | 12,093 | 13,165 |
1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 |
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13,324 | 13,603 | 13,287 | 13,106 | 13,016 | 13,375 | 14,001 | 15,012 | 15,704 |
Economy
[edit]During the 1950s and 1960s, Canovelles saw a dramatic increase and immigration from other parts of Spain – namely from the nearby region ofBarcelona.Because of this explosion in population, much of Canovelles' economy stems from theservice sector.
Another major source of regional economy comes from the weeklymarketheld every Sunday, comprised by more than 500 shops. This market focus on the distribution of clothing, electronic devices and fruit.
History
[edit]Numerous archeological finds from theNeolithic Periodand theRoman Empirehave been found in Canovelles. One representative is the “Menhir”,a replica of which is displayed at theCan Palots Theaterexhibition hall.
The first time the termCanovellesappears in a document is in 1008 AD, in a document pertaining to the Abbot ofSant Cugat.
Between the 1950s and the 1970s, many families fromExtremaduraandAndalusiaarrived to the municipality, increasing the population by a factor of twenty. Since the end of the 1990s people fromMorocco,Sub-Saharan Africa,andLatin Americahave been arriving to Canovelles in great numbers.
During the 1970s, clandestine groups ofMarxistsorganized against theFranquist dictatorship,some of them comprised by more than a hundred militants.
Recent history
[edit]A celebration was held in 2008 to celebrate the oldest document (written in 1008) in which a writer mentions the municipality's name.
In 2007,Socialists' Party of Catalonia(PSC) gained an absolute majority in the municipal government under the leadership ofJosé Orive.In 2008, this government approved a thirty percent increase in pay for the mayor and localcouncillors.This pay increase marked José Orive as an object of controversy when hundreds of stickers criticizing the decision were posted on lampposts and other public objects throughout the municipality. After these stickers had been up for two days, the municipal government paid a cleaning company to remove them. Orive left his position as the Mayor of Canovelles for personal reasons. Emilio Cordero succeeded Orive as the Mayor of Canovelles in 2016.
Administration
[edit]List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979
[edit]Term | Name of mayor | Political Party |
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1979–1983 | Francesc Martos i Aguilera | PSC |
1983–1987 | Francesc Martos i Aguilera | PSC |
1987–1991 | Francesc Martos i Aguilera | PSC |
1991–1995 | Francesc Martos i Aguilera | PSC |
1995–1999 | Francesc Martos i Aguilera | PSC |
1999–2003 | Francesc Martos i Aguilera | PSC |
2003–2007 | Francesc Martos i Aguilera / José Orive I Vélez | PSC |
2007–2016 | José Orive I Vélez/ Emilio Cordero Soria | PSC |
2016–present | Emilio Cordero Soria(incumbent) | PSC |
List of mayors from 1900 to 1979
[edit]Term | Name of mayor | Political party |
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Restauración Borbónica | ||
1890–1906 | Francesc Espargaró i Planas | - |
1906–1910 | Joan Pous i Roger | - |
1910–1916 | Francesc Botines i Galitó | - |
1916–1918 | Esteve Grau i Montpart | - |
1918–1923 | Jaume Gispert i Cassà | - |
1923–1930 | Miquel Julià i Gorchs | - |
1930–1931 | Jaume Gispert i Cassà | - |
Second Spanish Republic | ||
1931–1933 | Francesc Pous i Gorguí | Acció Catalana Republicana |
1933–1934 | Josep Gratacòs i Peicasat | ERC |
1934–1936 | Jaume Gispert i Cassà | - |
1936 | Amadeu Facundo i Vidal | Unió de Rebassaires-PSUC |
1936–1937 | Antoni Riera i Genevat | CNT-FAIde Canovelles |
1937–1938 | Nemesio Sanz i Barrachina | PSUC |
1938 | Francesc Pous i Gorguí | Acció Catalana Republicana |
Franquism | ||
1939–1952 | Isidre Duran i Blanchart | - |
1952–1960 | Ignasi Julià i Argemí | - |
1960–1969 | Felip Argemí i Orriols | - |
1969–1979 | Joan Dordas i Vila | - |
Electoral results
[edit]1995
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Councillors |
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PSC-Progrés Municipal | 4.132 | 63,44 | 13 |
Convergència i Unió | 788 | 12,10 | 2 |
PP | 525 | 8,06 | 1 |
ICV | 474 | 7,28 | 1 |
ERC | 272 | 4,18 | 0 |
Canovelles Unida (EUiA) | 194 | 3,40 | 0 |
1999
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Councillors |
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PSC-Progrés Municipal | 3.928 | 68,78% | 15 |
Convergència i Unió | 518 | 9,07 | 1 |
PP | 491 | 8,60 | 1 |
EUiA | 258 | 4,52 | 0 |
ERC | 243 | 4,25 | 0 |
ICV | 194 | 3,40 | 0 |
2003
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Councillors |
---|---|---|---|
PSC-Progrés Municipal | 3.351 | 56,02 | 10 |
Convergència i Unió | 808 | 13,51 | 2 |
ICV-EUiA | 624 | 10,43 | 2 |
PP | 624 | 10,43 | 2 |
ERC | 495 | 8,27 | 1 |
2007
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Councillors |
---|---|---|---|
PSC-Progrés Municipal | 2.816 | 53,89 | 11 |
Convergència i Unió | 705 | 13,49 | 2 |
ICV-EUiA | 540 | 10,33 | 2 |
PP | 512 | 9,80 | 1 |
ERC | 337 | 6,45 | 1 |
Ciutadans | 216 | 4,13 | 0 |
Transportation
[edit]Highways
[edit]- C-17– Located on the exit by Ronda Nord and by the exit at Granollers-Canovelles BV1432 and BV1439
Railways
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Ajuntament de Canovelles".Generalitat of Catalonia.Retrieved13 November2015.
- ^"El municipi en xifres: Canovelles".Statistical Institute of Catalonia.Retrieved23 November2015.
- ^Municipal Register of Spain 2018.National Statistics Institute.
External links
[edit]- Canovelles Town Hall Website(Catalan)
- Government data pages(in Catalan)