Olivella
Sign in to saveOlivella () is a municipality in Catalonia, in the province of Barcelona, Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Garraf.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Olivella
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Olivella church.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Olivella and its church
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut d'Olivella.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100px
- 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
- Barcelona
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Garraf
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Marta Verdejo Sánchez (2015)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 38.8
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Olivella () is a municipality in Catalonia, in the province of Barcelona, Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Garraf.
==History== thumb|left|Vihara|Buddhist monastery in Olivella The first known village in the area was founded in 992 around a castle known as Castell vell. The inhabitants lived off dryland agriculture. This initial nucleus was almost abandoned after the black plague caused numerous deaths.