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Terrassa is a city in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain, in the province of Barcelona. It is one of the two capitals of Vallès Occidental county, being the larger in both area and population, 70.12 km2 (27.07 sq mi) and 228,294 respectively.
The name Terrassa derives from Latin Terracia, either from earlier Terracium castellum (“earthen castle”), or meaning "terrace", "area of flat land". Historically, the name of the city has been spelled Terraça, Terraza, Terraca and Tarrassa in the native Catalan language whilst it was traditionally spelled Tarrasa in Spanish. The Spanish spelling is now largely out of use given its ties with the Francoist Regime and the sole official spelling has been the Catalan Terrassa since 1978.
Terrassa is known for its industrial past and present, its lively cultural scene, its industrial modernist architecture, its status as a "City of Film" and as the seat of several universities such as UPC, ESCAC, Institut del Teatre and EUIT. It was also awarded in 2024 the Council of Europe's "The Europe Prize" for cities with an outstanding commitment to European values.
It is the site of Roman Egara, a former Visigothic bishopric, which became a Latin Catholic titular see. Since 2004, it has been the see of a bishopric.
The city is located in the Catalan Prelitoral depression (Depressió Prelitoral), at the feet of the Prelitoral mountain range (natural reserve of Sant Llorenç del Munt) and the average altitude of the city is 277 meters above sea level. It is 20 and 18 kilometres from Barcelona and Montserrat respectively. Terrassa's location as the most-inland city in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region means it is sometimes referred to as the "entrance to Central Catalonia".
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| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Terrassa · 13,995 leases | €650/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Terrassa | €701/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for Terrassa | €2,273/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Terrassa | €40,058/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 95 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.766/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 95 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.842/litre |
Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.
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