In addition to the monastery, the town's other notable buildings include the School of Architecture of the Vallès and the Centre d'Alt Rendiment (CAR,translit. High Performance Centre), a famous centre for professional sport training.
Sant Cugat has become anaffluent suburb ofBarcelona due to its location (only 20 kilometres from the city), its natural surroundings, and its pedestrian shopping area. Sant Cugat also offers restaurants, a concert venue, two cinemas, and one large shopping centre. It is also a political stronghold forconservativeCatalan nationalism, withConvergència i Unió dominating the town's politics for 32 years up until 2019 when theRepublican Left of Catalonia took control of the City Council with the support of other political forces (PSC andCUP).
Sant Cugat has seen its population increase in recent years, with more births than bigger cities like Barcelona (2004). It has also practically merged with the nearbyRubí (population 72,987) andCerdanyola del Vallès (population 58,747).[4]
There are some districts, villages and towns in this municipality such as Mira-sol with 14,474 inhabitants;Valldoreix, which has a population of 8,272; La Floresta, which has 4,553 inhabitants, and Les Planes, which is inhabited by 1,290 people.[7][8]
This table below shows the population of the municipality over the 20th century and the early 21st century.
TheEuropean school of Barcelona (IES) is an international school focusing on international languages from outside Spain. Some of the most popular languages studied there are English, French and Chinese.[12]
^"TOPページArchived 12 January 2015 at theWayback Machine."Hoshuko Barcelona Educación Japonesa. Retrieved on February 15, 2015. "所在地 Camí de Can Graells, 61 Polígon Can Graells 08174 Sant Cugat del Valles Barcelona, Spain" and "バルセロナ日本人学校の校舎を借用し、授業を行なっています。"
^"Official website of the IES school".European International School Of Barcelona (EIS-Barcelona). European International School Of Barcelona (EIS-Barcelona) (Owned by EIS). 15 November 2019.Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved30 November 2020.
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