Martorelles

Martorelles () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It covers . Its population in 2014 was 4,783.

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Settlement.name: Martorelles
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Martorelles.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Municipal council square
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Martorelles.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Martorellas (Barcelona).svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Catalonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 23px|border Barcelona
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Vallès Oriental
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Marc Candela Callado (2015)
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3.6

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Official name: Martorelles
Demonym: martorellesenca
Population: 4904
Area: 3.60
Elevation: 96
Official website: www.martorelles.cat
Image: Martorelles.jpg
Households: 17
Licence plate code: B

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Commons category: Martorelles
postal code: 08107
male population: 2422
female population: 2379
P8168: Adam Mansbach
budget: 9751099

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Martorelles () is a municipality in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It covers . Its population in 2014 was 4,783.

It was in Martorelles that motorcycle ace Ricardo Tormo crashed and shattered his leg in 1984 during practice for a race, ending his career. A car entered the unrestricted area in a closed-off industrial estate where his Derbi team was practising, and Tormo ran into it.