Canovelles

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Canovelles (Catalan pronunciation: [kənuˈβeʎəs]) is a municipality situated in the comarca of Vallès Oriental, in the province of Barcelona, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. It is located about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the local capital of Granollers, with which it forms a conurbation.

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Origins

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History

Numerous archeological finds from the Neolithic Period and the Roman Empire have been found in Canovelles. One representative is the “Menhir”, a replica of which is displayed at the Can Palots Theater exhibition hall.

The first time the term Canovelles appears in a document is in 1008 AD, in a document pertaining to the Abbot of Sant Cugat.

Between the 1950s and the 1970s, many families from Extremadura and Andalusia arrived to the municipality, increasing the population by a factor of twenty. Since the end of the 1990s people from Morocco, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America have been arriving to Canovelles in great numbers.

During the 1970s, clandestine groups of Marxists organized against the Franquist dictatorship, some of them comprised by more than a hundred militants.

Recent history:

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 of José Orive. In 2008, this government approved a thirty percent increase in pay for the mayor and local councillors. 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.

Monuments

•Monument a Josep Sala i Perramon

•Xemeneia de Can Comes

•Torre Pinós

•Domus d'Olivet

•Mina de Can Canyelles

•Dolmen de Santa Justa

•Xemeneia de Roca Umbert

•Salvador Casanova

What to visit

•L'Adoberia (Centre d'interpretació històrica)

•Salting Granollers

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Festivals

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Rest of the year

May: Fiestas del Rocío (25)
July: Fiesta Mayor Avinguda Canovelles (5) · Fiesta Mayor de Canovelles (20)
October: Feria Medieval (5)

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Street market

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Gastronomy

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Trails and hiking

•La Jonquera - Sant Adrià del Besós (GR 2, 221.74 km)

•Granollers-La Roca del Vallès (PR C-36)

•Sender de Palaudàries (PR-C 34, 13.65 km)

•Sender de Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana (PR-C 10, 18.61 km)

•Sender de la Tordera al Llobregat (GR-97, 107.13 km)

•Lliçà d'Amunt (PR-C 32)

•Cèllecs-Sant Bartmeu de Cabanyes (SL-C 137, 5.690 km)

•Les Franqueses del Vallès (PR-C 142, 16.580 km)

•El Meridià Verd (180 km)

•De la Tordera al Llobregat. Variant Marata - Pla de l'Espinal (GR 97.1, 15.4 km)

•El Camí IT7TR2 El Camí de Llevant: de Montserrat a Salses (CC-C)

Routes passing through Canovelles

Xarxa Pedalable del Vallès Oriental Recorrido señalizado de 406 km, de Sant Celoni a Sant Pere de Vilamajor, por 23 pueblos. 23 villages · 407 km · ATM

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Famous people

•Antonio Hidalgo Morilla, futbolista y entrenador español

Town hall

Alcaldía: Emilio Cordero Soria

Web oficial: http://www.canovelles.cat/

Town hall of Canovelles

Alcaldía: Emilio Cordero Soria Web oficial: http://www.canovelles.cat/

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