Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana

Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana is a municipality of 14 km2 that is located at the western end of the Vallès Oriental region, in the basin of the Tenes River, in the middle course of this tributary of the Besòs. Hills, valleys and small plains are elements that characterize geography.

Santa Eulàlia also has other geographical features related to places in the town: we find timbas, deep and narrow hollows such as Can Maset, Can Just or Sant Simplici, as well as mountains, plains, etc.

Santa Eulàlia has never had an urban center that allowed it to be located, its silhouette cannot be distinguished from afar and there is no single road leading to it. For many years the population has lived dispersed, scattered among the plains, the mountains and the torrents. The old isolated farmhouses sheltered and protected the men and women who lived there. For hundreds of years, people identified themselves first with respect to the house where they were children, and then with respect to the parish where they celebrated the most important events of their lives. Their identification with more impersonal structures was quite difficult, although they existed.

In 1958 an urbanizing and transforming process began that still continues today. Before the sixties there were already some small urban centers, or at least some groups of houses, which allowed the appearance of the traditional neighborhoods of Santa Eulàlia around the Rieral, the Sagrera, San Cristóbal, the Serrat, the Serra, the Valley or Bonaire.

The first residential houses were built in the 1930s, when some Barcelona families fell in love with these places. The true transformation of our municipality occurred nearly forty years ago. During a period of economic euphoria, Santa Eulàlia began to become what it is today. The construction of towers and chalets began near the Tendes River and shortly after the first urbanizations began to appear, such as San Isidro or Can Sabater.

Places of interest

• Hazelnuts of Can Burguès: the main activity of Can Burguès is agriculture, in which it dedicates 26 hectares to the cultivation of hazelnuts (Corylus Avellana), spread over various plots of different ages and varieties.
• Fluvial Route of the Tenes River: it has a route of 4,800 linear meters, it is located at an altitude between 140 and 187 meters above sea level. The Tenes River is one of the most important heritage elements of the municipality of Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana, both for its ecological and landscape value and for being a basic element of identity.
• Chapel of San Cristóbal: it is a Romanesque church, which successive reforms and the earthquakes of the 15th century have been transforming.
• The Rector's Fountain: this fountain was very popular among the people of Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana and surrounding areas, where they went to collect water, since it was of excellent quality.
• El Bruguer Vell: between Santa Eulàlia and Bigues, there is a unique corner of the Santa Eulàlia geography: El Bruguer. It is an old farmhouse, now restored, in the middle of a gentle hill that descends towards Bigues.
• Chapel of Sant Simplici: chapel of Romanesque origin, modified in the 16th century, as shown on the door lintel.
• Church of Santa Eulàlia: although it seems that the church of Santa Eulàlia is of Romanesque origin, the factory that is currently seen is due to the reforms carried out in the 17th century (portal) and 19th century (1880).