Sabadell

Located 20 kilometer north-west of Barcelona, Sabadell sits at an altitude of 190 meters above the sea level. Sabadell is reckoned as one among the largest cities in the Comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia, Spain. Not known for agrarian activities, this capital city of Comarca is basically a commercial and industrial city. Since Sabadell is a major industrial city; therefore to facilitate easy transportation, the two motorways link Sabadell to important Spanish cities. The C-58 motorway runs from Barcelona to Manresa. However A-7 is an international motorway which starts from France and covering places like Tarragona, Valencia ends at Andalusia.

Besides these motorways, there are other roads that link Sabadell with nearby cities and towns such as: Terrassa, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Castellar del Vallès, Granollers, Barberà del Vallès, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Rubí, Sentmenat and Molins de Rei. You can reach this capital city by rail too. Traveling through Sabadell, the RENFE line stretches from Barcelona to Lleida. The FGC line, on the other hand, carries passengers from Barcelona to this city. The city of Sabadell has an airport too that facilitates easy arrival of tourists from all parts of Spain.

The history of Sabadell goes as far back as the Roman settlements in Barcelona, Spain. A little village named Arragone existed in the Roman times. This tiny village in the middle ages grew into a town named Arraona (some call it Arrahona). To cope up with the population pressure of this town, a little village was built on the other side of the river. This second village known as Sabadell too began to grow in population and by 1378, there were around 600 people living in some 152 houses in this place. Until the 16th century, the dwelling places in Sabadell were built within the city walls. However, subsequent to the outlandish population growth, the houses started to be built even outside the city walls. This century also saw textile industry first coming into this place and the prosperity brought more and more people to Sabadell. Witness to upheavals during the Spanish Civil War in the first half of the 20th century; the industries in this city suffered a huge setback but by the 1950s recovered and thus bringing more prosperity to this town.