Castellar del Vallès

History

The first evidence of human presence dates to 7000 BCE, although there is evidence of agricultural activity in the Neolithic, around 5000 BCE. The continuation of human presence is confirmed by twentieth one of funereal urns dated in the 7th century BCE, which were located in the Plan of La Bruguera, in the municipal term with formed posterity, for a small necropolis of the age of the iron. In 2005, the remodelling of the centre of Castellar revealed archaeological finds that confirm the presence of a city of late Roman period, with funereal remains and others related with agricultural activity in the 4th and 5th centuries, later substituted by a Visigothic settlement in the 6th to 13th centuries. A part of the original village of Castellar Vell, excavated between 1995 and 2001, dates to the Carolingian period. A cemetery was located here, with 250 burials of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries. The people of the village have been traditionally tied to the marquises of Castellar, who now live in Barcelona. From 1968 to 2006 there were 181 forest fires or attempts at fires, affecting an area of 470.8 hectares. The largest fire during this period took place in July 1983, and burned 75 hectares in the Old Shoemaker region. There have been 23 fires in the last 10 years, affecting 5.7 hectares; these are much smaller than the great forest fire of Sant Llorenç de Savall in August 2003, where 2,953.85 hectares burned. The largest snowfalls in this area came in 1962 and 2001, and there was an historic flood in September 1962, which damaged the Tolrà factory in Can Barba, the bridge over the Brunet and farmland near the Ripoll river.

Most-observed species

• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,556
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,977
• European Serin

  Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  5,619
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,343
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,960
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,926
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,882
• Sardinian Warbler

  Curruca melanocephala (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  4,676

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2010-12-19
  4 km W of Llagostera, Spain
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-29
  8 km NNE of Éller, Spain
• M 3.8 — 2008-08-16
  Spain
• M 2.6 — 2008-08-07
  3 km E of Susqueda, Spain
• M 2.8 — 2008-07-23
  6 km W of Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-23
  6 km W of Santa Coloma de Farners, Spain