Montornès del Vallès
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| subdivision_name3 = Vallès Oriental
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Jose Antonio Montero Dominguez (2015){{cite web|url=http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=0813630008|title=Ajuntament de Montornès del Vallès|publisher=Generalitat of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-13}}
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Montornès del Vallès ({{IPA|ca|muntuɾˈnɛz ðəl βəˈʎɛs}}) is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of {{convert|10.2|km2}} and the population in 2014 was 16,217.
History
The {{ill|Battle of Montornès|ca|Batalla de Montornès}} was one of the battles of the Second War of the Remences, and occurred here on January 4, 1485. It pitted the Remensas headed by Pere Joan Sala against the army of the {{ill|Diputació del General of Catalonia|ca|Diputació del General de Catalunya}} commanded by the {{ill|Viceroy of Catalonia|ca|Lloctinent de Catalunya|es|Virrey de Cataluña}} {{ill|Pere Anton de Rocacrespa|ca}}, resulting in a victory for the Remensas.{{cite book |last1=Valls i Taberner |first1=Ferran |last2=Soldevila |first2=Ferran |title=Història de Catalunya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sYhPzJ24_lkC&pg=PA326 |access-date=3 July 2017 |series=Biblioteca Serra d'Or 296 |year=2002 |publisher=L'Abadia de Montserrat |isbn=978-84-8415-434-1 |page=326 |oclc=249209990}}
References
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External links
- [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=0813630008 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Montornès del Vallès
|N = Granollers
|NE = Vilanova del Vallès
|E =
|SE = Vallromanes
|S = Santa Maria de Martorelles
|SW =
|W = Martorelles
|NW = Montmeló
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{{Valles Oriental}}
{{Municipalities in Barcelona}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Montornes del Valles}}
Category:Municipalities in Vallès Oriental
{{Barcelona-geo-stub}}