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Òrrius
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Òrrius () is a village and municipality in the comarca of Maresme in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality is delimited by La Roca del Vallès to the North, Vilassar de Dalt to the South East, Argentona to the south, and Cabrils to the southwest.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Òrrius
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sant Andreu Orrius.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of St. Andrew.
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera d'Òrrius.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut d'Òrrius.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Catalonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Barcelona
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Maresme
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 269
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.7
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Official language(s)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Òrrius
- Demonym
- orrienca
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Maresme
- Official language
- Catalan
- Population
- 812
- Area
- 5.70
- Elevation
- 259
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Vilanova del Vallès
- Official website
- www.orrius.cat
- Image
- Sant Andreu Orrius.JPG
- Households
- 9
- Licence plate code
- B
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- postal code
- 08317
- Commons category
- Òrrius
- female population
- 358
- male population
- 381
- P8168
- Q351772
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Main sights
- Events
- Economy
- References
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Òrrius () is a village and municipality in the comarca of Maresme in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality is delimited by La Roca del Vallès to the North, Vilassar de Dalt to the South East, Argentona to the south, and Cabrils to the southwest.
==History== Cited for the first time as vila de Orreos in documents from 974. This name, that has its origin in Latin, means "Barns". It formed part of the lands of the Lords of Burriac until in 1357 King Peter IV of Aragon conceded jurisdiction of the area to the Lords of Roca del Vallés.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Òrrius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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