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Terrassa | |
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 Castle of Vallparadís | |
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 Location of Terrassa | |
 Location in Vallès Occidental county | |
  Terrassa  Terrassa | |
| Coordinates: 41°34′12″N 2°00′47″E / 41.570°N 2.013°E | |
| Sovereign state | Spain |
| Community | Catalonia |
| Region | Barcelona |
| County | Vallès Occidental |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jordi Ballart (TxT) |
| Area | |
• Total | 70.2 km2 (27.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 286 m (938 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 218,535 |
| • Density | 3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | terrassenc, -ca egarenc, -ca (Catalan) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 08221 to 08229 |
| Official language(s) | Catalan and Spanish |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
Terrassa (Catalan pronunciation: [təˈrasə], Spanish: Tarrasa [taˈrasa] ) is a city in central-eastern Catalonia and in the province of Barcelona (Spain). It is one of the two capitals of Vallès Occidental county, along with Sabadell.
The name Terrassa derives from Latin Terracia, either from earlier Terracium castellum (“earthen castle”),[3] or meaning "terrace", "area of flat land".[4]
It is the site of Roman Egara, a former Visigothic bishopric, which became a Latin Catholic titular see. Since 2004, it is again the see of a bishopric.
The city is located in the Catalan Prelitoral depression (Depressió Prelitoral), at the feet of the Prelitoral mountain range (natural reserve of Sant Llorenç del Munt) and the average altitude of the city is 277 meters above sea level. It is 20 and 18 kilometres from Barcelona and Montserrat respectively.
As of 2020, Terrassa was the third largest city in Catalonia, after Barcelona and l'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: Terrassa". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Cardús, Salvador (1961). Nom i escut de Tarrassa. Patronat de la Fundació Soler i Palet. OCLC 1123914215.
- ^ Moran, Josep; Batlle, Mar; Rabella i Ribas, Joan Anton (2002). Topònims catalans: etimologia i pronúncia (in Catalan). Barcelona: Abadia de Montserrat. p. 165. ISBN 8484154319.