Differentiating between á an à

Question

Hello,What is the difference between á and à? I've been studying Spanish for a few months in America and this the first time I have seen à. "Yo vivo en el barrio Gràcia" was on my studyplan.

Answer

Presumably this is the Gràcia district of Barcelona, and its spelling is from Catalan, not Spanish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_orthography#Acute_and_grave_accents

Answer

Hola Dan

Yes, Alan's right. In Spanish there is only one accent [ ´ ]. We wrote the accent on that word because it is referring to a famous area in Barcelona and the name has the Catalonian accent on it.

Saludos

Inma