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Barcelona
Provincial Council
Barcelona Provincial Council is a representative provincial government
authority. Its members are provincial deputies who are elected from
among the mayors and councillors of 311 town councils in the province.
The basic aims of Barcelona Provincial Council are: to guarantee that
all the town councils in the province may exercise their functions;
to ensure that citizens receive high-quality municipal services; and
to ensure that town councils are the authorities in closest touch
with citizens and those that provide the greatest number of services.
Among the Barcelona Provincial Council’s key implementation
strategies are environmental protection and sustainable land use management.
The Nature Reserve Network of Barcelona Provincial Council is a network
of 12 nature reserves that have great landscape, ecological, and cultural
value. They guarantee environmental and land use balance to 99 municipalities,
covering an area of 100,625 hectares, and represent 22% of the metropolitan
area where 70 % of Catalonia’s population lives.
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Santa
Coloma de Gramenet Council
The municipality of Santa Coloma de Gramenet has an area of 6.57 km2
and 117,000 inhabitants. It is located north of the city of Barcelona
between the River Besòs and the Sierra de Marina. The town
saw spectacular growth between 1960 and 1980, which turned it into
one of the most densely populated towns in Spain. Santa Coloma is
currently making great efforts to promote and develop programmes to
restore periurban areas in order to improve the environmental and
urban development quality of the natural areas around the town.
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Mollet
del Vallès Council
The municipality of Mollet del Vallès has an area of 10.8 km2
and 47,270 inhabitants, with a population density of 4.38 inhabitants/km2.
It is part of the Vallès Oriental region. It is a flat area,
with strong agricultural roots, although in recent years economic
development has stemmed from the industrial sector. It is well connected
with the city of Barcelona and other towns and villages in Vallès.
This has encouraged the growth of residential neighbourhoods.
Mollet del Vallès has been a pioneer town by opting for sustainable
development of its municipal area; it recently promoted the creation
of the Gallecs Rural Area .
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Baix
Llobregat Agricultural Park Consortium
The Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park, located between the lower valley
and delta of the River Llobregat within the Metropolitan Region of
Barcelona, has an area of 2,938 hectares. Since 1998, it has been
managed by a consortium consisting of Barcelona Provincial Council,
the Regional Council of Baix Llobregat, the Farmers’ Union of
Catalonia, and 14 municipalities. It is part of the Nature Reserve
Network of Barcelona Provincial Council.
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