Badia del Vallès

Badia del Vallès is a toun an municipality in the province o Barcelona an autonomous commonty o Catalonie, Spain.

History

The tounship haes its beginnins in the 1960s bi a govrenment plan aimit at creatin a residential aurie on the ootskirts o the touns o Barberà del Vallès an Cerdanyola del Vallès made up o 11,054 hames an aw services relatin tharetae. In 1970 the first phase began wi the construction o the first 4,156 hames, 98 premises an internal development.

Afore the stairt o the construction o Phase 2, the Meenistry o Public Wirks completit the construction o the Barcelona-Terrassa motorwey an the third belt, occupyin three quairters o the laund prescribit for the seicont phase, on which anerly 1,216 new hames an 38 premises coud be biggit. The wirks wur feenished in 1973 but the ceety wis no inauguratit, unner the then Prince Juan Carlos, till 1975. On 14 Apryle 1994 the municipality o Badia del Vallès wis established for the first time, separatit frae Barberà del Vallès an Cerdanyola del Vallès an the Commonwealth o thir twa populations became extinct.

Population

The municipality covers a aurie o 0.92 square kilometre (0.36 sq mi) an as o 2011 haed a population o 13643 fowk. In 2010 the tot population wis 13,703 indwallers, o whom 6,746 wur men an 6,957 weemen, accordin tae the INE 2010. In 2009 its population wis 13,679 indwallers. Badia del Vallès consists o a single nucleus or bouk population.

Seembols

Badia del Vallès is a young ceety (incorporatit in 1994 wi land segregatit frae Barberà del Vallàs an Cerdanyola del Vallès) shapit in the 70s maistly wi fowk who emigratit sooth o the Iberian Peninsula. Sicweys the swallae wis chosen as the seembol o migration, while the colors o each pairtition represent the twa oreeginal municipalities (gowd for Barberà an sinople for Cerdanyola).

Flag

Badia del Vallès, uisses a heraldic flag, as it follaes the same pattern as its shield, an is defined as an "Oblong flag o proportions twa heich bi three lang, twa-tone yellae an green vertical stripes, wi the black swallae wi the white chest o the shield, hicht 5/7 o the cloth, centered in the middle o the partition."