Sabadell
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Summary
Sabadell is a municipality of Catalonia[1]. Sabadell ranks in the top 1% of municipality of catalonia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,898 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Eurotowns network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vallès Occidental[4]
- Country: Spain[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ripoll[6], riu Sec[7]
- Head of government: Marta Farrés Falgueras[8]
- Instance of: big city[9]
- Capital: Sabadell[10]
- Official language: Catalan[11]
- Currency: euro[12]
- Shares border with: Badia del Valles[13], Castellar del Vallès[14], Sentmenat[15], Polinyà[16], Santa Perpètua de Mogoda[17], Barberà del Vallès[18], Cerdanyola del Vallès[19], Sant Quirze del Vallès[20], Terrassa[21]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: District 1 of Sabadell[22], District 2 of Sabadell[23], District 3 of Sabadell[24], District 4 of Sabadell[25], District 5 of Sabadell[26], District 6 of Sabadell[27], District 7 of Sabadell[28]
- Follows: Arraona[29]
- Headquarters location: Ajuntament de Sabadell[30]
- Flag: flag of Sabadell[31]
- Twinned administrative body: El Argoub[32], Matagalpa[33], Sarajevo[34]
- Legislative body: Plenary Session of the Town Council of Sabadell[35]
- Executive body: Ajuntament de Sabadell[36]
- Coat of arms: Coat of Sabadell[37]
- Postal code: 08200–08208[38]
- Part of: Q107554282[39]
- Commons category: Sabadell[40]
- Licence plate code: B[41]
- Patron saint: Felix of Girona[42]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[43], UTC+02:00[44]
- Local dialing code: 93[45]
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Physical Characteristics
Population counts include 207,649[46], 207,938[47], 207,721[48], 207,338[49], 206,493[50], and 203,969[51].
History and Context
1800 BC marks the founding of Sabadell[52].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Sabadell include Sabadell Bank[53], a financial institution[54], in Spain[55], founded in 1881[56], headquartered in Alicante[57] and Sabadell Airport[58], an airport[59], in Spain[60].
Why It Matters
Sabadell has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Sabadell is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Sabadell include Sabadell Bank[53], a financial institution[54], in Spain[55], founded in 1881[56], headquartered in Alicante[57] and Sabadell Airport[58], an airport[59], in Spain[60].