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The creation of the General Archive of Aran (AGA) was agreed upon through an agreement signed on 7 September 1995 between the Department of Culture and Media of the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya), the local government (General Council of Aran) and the City Council of Vielha e Mijaran. The facilities were inaugurated on 7 November 1998 by the Most Honourable Mr. Jordi Pujol, then President of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

The headquarters of the Archive is Çò d’Ademà, an old manor house, better known as Casa deth Senhor d’Arròs, a building that was built around 1820 by Francisco Ademà Subirà. The house is also the institutional headquarters of the General Council of Aran.

The AGA ordinarily receives the documentation of the General Council of Aran, as well as other public institutions in the territory. Also, by agreement, of private institutions or natural or legal persons who wish to deposit or donate their funds in accordance with the provisions of Law 10/2001, on archives and document management.

As relevant funds we highlight the historical documentation of the highest Aranese institution and the large volume of patrimonial funds from several Aranese manor houses. The auxiliary library has books on regional topics and social sciences in general.

The Vallès Oriental Regional Archive (ACVO), inaugurated on 30 September 2005, is part of the Regional Archives Network of the Catalan Goverment (Generalitat de Catalunya) and is managed jointly by the Vallès Oriental Regional Council and the Granollers City Council, in accordance with the agreement signed on 29 December of the same year between the Department of Culture, the Regional Council and the Granollers City Council.

The capacity of the ACVO is 10,000 linear metres of shelving, of which 6,600 are currently occupied. Among the documentary collections deposited in the archive, we can highlight those of the city councils of Aiguafreda, Castellterçol, Granollers, Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana and Tagamanent; also, the documentation of the Vallès Oriental Regional Council, the funds of the archive of notarial protocols of the district of Granollers, of the courts of first instance of Granollers and Mollet, of the Regional Office of the Department of Agriculture or of the agrarian chambers of various towns.

Also worth noting is the photographic fund of the magazine Sport Comarcal; the patrimonial or farmhouse funds, which contain nearly 400 parchments ranging from the 12th to the 17th century, or the fund of the barony of Montbui, a jurisdiction made up of Santa Eulàlia, Bigues, Riells, l’Ametlla, Lliçà d’Amunt, Palaudàries and Sant Mateu de Montbui. There are also several personal funds.

The ACVO also guards an important newspaper library fund (regional magazines and municipal bulletins), as well as a collection of local monographs that are constantly being updated. In addition, it shares facilities with the Municipal Archive of Granollers, which has deposited part of its documentary, newspaper and image collection there. A large part of the ACVO's collection can be viewed online through the Arxius en Línia and XAC Premsa portals.

The Vallès Occidental Regional Archive (ACVOC) was created in 1982 as an archive dependent on the Generalitat de Catalunya. Its location in Terrassa was in keeping with the city's long tradition in the field of archives. Currently, the ACVOC also includes the Terrassa Historical Archive, created in 1932.

The Vallès Occidental Regional Archive - Terrassa Historical Archive holds a total of 315 documentary collections, with a volume of 5,466 linear metres of documentation originating from local, royal and stately administration, notarial, religious, business and private. It also has a further 250 linear metres of auxiliary and administrative library. The oldest document held in this archive is a fragment of a codex with Visigothic writing dating from the 9th century.

The new and modern building that houses the archive, inaugurated on June 9, 2014, has a surface area of ​​3,800 m2, and is divided into three basic areas. A first area is located on the lower floor, and has five conventional deposits plus a sixth for special formats. There is also an area of ​​three deposits on an upper floor, with a loading and unloading dock and a disinfection, cleaning and storage section. Finally, there is a main area with a conventional deposit, an internal work room, a digitization room, two refrigerated deposits for the preservation of photographs, an external work room, a very spacious public consultation room, a space for training activities and a large-capacity multipurpose room.

The new facility aims to preserve, conserve, process and disseminate local and regional documentary heritage, which is why it incorporates digital processing tools. The ACVOC also plays an important role as a cultural and social agent at the service of Terrassa and the Vallès Occidental. In addition, it also advises the administrations in its area that request it on matters of document management and the implementation of document management systems. This function covers documentation in both traditional and electronic media, as well as digitized documents.

The Regional Archive of Terra Alta (ACTA) was inaugurated on June 29, 2013 in the municipality of Gandesa, with the aim of preserving, conserving and disseminating the documentary heritage of the region. The archive is part of the Regional Archives Network, and is managed by the Catalan Goverment (Generalitat de Catalunya), the Regional Council of Terra Alta and the City Council of Gandesa.

The building has capacity for a total of 7,000 linear meters of documentation, distributed between ordinary deposits, a deposit for special media and a large-format deposit. In 2016, an expansion of the compacts was carried out, and currently it has 2,461 linear meters of shelving installed.

ACTA has a consultation room with capacity for 12 researchers and has two internet connection points, a multipurpose room for events and exhibitions, a document disinfection room, a classification room and an unloading dock.

The Solsonès Regional Archive (ACS), which is part of the Generalitat Archives Network, was inaugurated on March 30, 1995. The creation agreement was signed on January 31, 1984. It currently holds more than 1,000 linear meters of documentation and, chronologically, it spans from the 13th century to the present day.

Among the documentary collections that make up the archive are the City of Solsona Archive and the old notary of the Solsona district; alongside it, due to its special importance, we must add the Josep Maria Vicens i Purgimon (1910-1955) photographic collection, as well as a significant number of collections from the Solsona associative fabric: the Orfeó Nova Solsona, the Associació de Festes del Carnaval, etc. In 2010, the ACS celebrated its 15th anniversary; During this time, it has gathered more than 160 documentary funds and collections, and has consolidated a strong bond with the society of Solsona.

The archive is closely related to the territory and, since its birth, had a great territorial vocation. This reality is evident in many facts; for example, more than 89% of the documentary funds of the local Administration are in the Regional Archive. Its premises occupy part of the old hospital of Llobera, an outstanding building of Catalan civil Gothic.