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Ulldecona
Ulldecona is a town in the South of Catalonia, in Montsià (Terres de l'Ebre), near the Senia River. Ulldecona is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities. It has got town privileges since 1273. The nearest towns are: Alcanar, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Freginals, Godall, La Galera, Mas de Barberans and La Sénia in the Montsià region; and Vinaròs, Traiguera, Sant Jordi and Sant Rafel del Riu in Baix Maestrat. Important tourist areas are also nearby, such as Salou and Peñíscola. Administrative divisions The town has a main population centre and five smaller villages within its administrative perimeter: *Ulldecona, 5286 * Els Valentins, 272 *El Castell, 257 * Sant Joan del Pas, 173 * Les Ventalles, 39 *La Miliana, 29 Economy Traditional local agriculture was based on the produce of the numerous olive, almond and carob trees of the area, as well as fruit and vegetable crops. Leaving aside the agricultural activities, the furniture, construction and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulldecona I La Serra Del Montsià
Ulldecona is a town in the South of Catalonia, in Montsià (Terres de l'Ebre), near the Senia River. Ulldecona is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities. It has got town privileges since 1273. The nearest towns are: Alcanar, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Freginals, Godall, La Galera, Mas de Barberans and La Sénia in the Montsià region; and Vinaròs, Traiguera, Sant Jordi and Sant Rafel del Riu in Baix Maestrat. Important tourist areas are also nearby, such as Salou and Peñíscola. Administrative divisions The town has a main population centre and five smaller villages within its administrative perimeter: *Ulldecona, 5286 *Els Valentins, 272 *El Castell, 257 *Sant Joan del Pas, 173 *Les Ventalles, 39 *La Miliana, 29 Economy Traditional local agriculture was based on the produce of the numerous olive, almond and Ceratonia siliqua, carob trees of the area, as well as fruit and vegetable crops. Leaving aside the agricultural activities, the furniture, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcanar
Alcanar () is a Spanish municipality of the Catalan comarca of Montsià, in the Tarragona province. It is a coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea. The Serra del Montsià range and its foothills rise above the town and its surroundings. According to data from 2006 its population is 9,620 inhabitants, although this increased the next year, to 9,969. It is the southernmost town in Catalonia, located just north of the border with the municipality of Vinaròs which is in the province of Castellón and part of the region of Valencia. Villages *Alcanar, 7,494 * Alcanar-Platja, 988 * Les Cases d'Alcanar, 1,391 * La Selleta, 96 History It was not until the fifteenth century that Alcanar was incorporated as an independent town, but the town has been populated for a long time before then. From 1148 the town was part of the municipality of Ulldecona. After it was granted independence, it received the name of the Canar, which originates from ''republic of its inhabitants''. The origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sénia
La Sénia is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Montsià in Catalonia, Spain. This town is located in a plain by the Sénia River at the western end of the Montsià county. The limestone massif of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit rises a few miles west of the town. There are important celebrations every year in September in honor of Our Lady of Pallerols. History La Sénia was an important resting point for wayfarers and transhumant cattle herders in the past with roadside inns where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. In 1937 a military airfield was built by the Spanish Republican Air Force. Its location was chosen due to its strategic position, equidistant of the then republican cities of Barcelona and Valencia (for defensive purposes) and the then nationalist Zaragoza and Mallorca island (for attack purposes). The airfield was first used by the Spanish Republican Air Force. In 1938 it was captured by the rebels. Franco offered the airfield to Hitler, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montsià
Montsià () is the southernmost comarca (county) of Catalonia in Spain. Its capital and largest city is Amposta. History Almost all Montsià municipalities are part of the Taula del Sénia free association or mancomunitat (commonwealth). Municipalities See also * Serra del Montsià *Terres de l'Ebre Terres de l'Ebre (, literally in English 'The Ebre Lands') is one of the seven territories defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia. It is located in the south-west of Catalonia, in the southern part of river Ebre, and will be formed by four coma ... References External links * Official comarcal web site (in Catalan) {{DEFAULTSORT:Montsia Comarques of the Province of Tarragona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freginals
Freginals is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Montsià in Catalonia, Spain. This town is located on a hill between the northern end of the Serra de Godall and the Serra del Montsià, not far from the forking of the roads between Tortosa, Ulldecona and Amposta. The area around the town has ancient passages of transhumant cattle herders known locally as lligallos. The RENFE railway line from Valencia to Tortosa used to have a railway station in this town before 1990, but the station is now closed. Freginals is part of the Taula del Sénia The Taula del Sénia () or Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia is a commonwealth or free association of municipalities made up of 22 towns, totalling up to 100,000 people, of some of the comarcas that make up the center of the historical region ... free association of municipalities. References External links Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament Government data pages {{Authority control Municipalities in Montsià ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mas De Barberans
Mas de Barberans is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Montsià in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities. Local crafts This town is located at the feet of the eastern edge of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit. The inhabitants have traditionally specialized in weaving and making basketry articles with the leaves of the Mediterranean Fan Palm, locally known as ''paumes''. These leaves were gathered in the Ports mountainsides during the summer. This trade died down in the 1970s. See also *Ports de Tortosa-Beseit
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La Galera
La Galera is a municipality in the comarca Montsià, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. In 2009 its population was 884. La Galera is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities. History Although it has not been possible to prove it with documents, some historians believe that La Galera has an ancient Roman origin. However, the earliest documentary evidence about the town is in 1320 when James II of Aragon authorized the control of the village known as ''Pobla de la Galera'' to the Archbishop of Tortosa. It is believed that the population had begun to establish itself here by 1303. Main sights The most famous building is the Tower of La Galera. It was built in 1340 as a watchtower and it was built by the residents of the town. It has a rectangular base and a considerable height. In 1684 the interior was converted into a parochial church, dedicated to Sant Llorenç. The reform of the temple was left in suspense during the War of Spanish Success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godall
Godall is a municipality in the Montsià comarca, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain. Godall gives its name to the Serra de Godall, a moderately high and smooth calcareous mountain range that rises above the town. Local legend says that the village originated when people built a new settlement after abandoning the destroyed village of Merades, located within Godall's municipal term. The main economic activity is agriculture, particularly the growing of olive, carob, and almond trees. Godall has lost more than half its inhabitants since the first half of the 20th century when population reached a high of 1,700. Godall is part of the Taula del Sénia The Taula del Sénia () or Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia is a commonwealth or free association of municipalities made up of 22 towns, totalling up to 100,000 people, of some of the comarcas that make up the center of the historical region ... free association of municipalities. In 2009 its population was 841. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taula Del Sénia
The Taula del Sénia () or Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia is a commonwealth or free association of municipalities made up of 22 towns, totalling up to 100,000 people, of some of the comarcas that make up the center of the historical region of Ilercavonia (present day southern Aragon and Catalonia, and northern Valencia), Spain. The origin of the name lies in the fact that all municipal terms involved are located within 15 km of the Sénia River, perceived as the centre of the region in its upper course. Goals The Taula del Sénia's main purpose is to alleviate the historical neglect of this greater comarca by managing its public municipal resources meaningfully. The organization of the municipalities in a mancomunidad may allow the region to achieve the necessary legal recognition for its administrative development. The main emphasis of the mancomunidad is the promotion of reindustrialization, as much industry fled the area during the last half of the 20th century and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senia River
The Cenia River ( es, Río Cenia, ca, Riu de la Sénia) is a river in the provinces of Castellón and Tarragona, Spain It begins its course at in the Barranc del Salt, Ports de Beseit limestone massif near La Pobla de Benifassà. The Cenia River flows from west to east marking the historical limits between Catalonia (Montsià) and the Valencian Community ( Baix Maestrat). It ends its course in the Mediterranean Sea at Sòl de Riu., between Vinaròs and Alcanar municipalities. Its flow is highly irregular. Some years its riverbed remains dry during the whole stretch of its lower course. The Ulldecona Dam is a dam built across three tributaries of the Sénia river in the Tinença de Benifassà area. With a surface of and a capacity of , its reservoir is very important for the irrigation of fields of the region. Tributaries * From the left: ** Barranc dels Terrers: See also *La Sénia * List of rivers of Spain *Taula del Sénia *Tinença de Benifassà Tinença de Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Catalonia
Catalonia is (as of 2018) divided into 947 Municipalities of Spain, municipalities. Each municipality typically represents one significant urban settlement, of any size from village to city, with its surrounding land. This is not always the case, though. Many municipalities have merged as a result of rural depopulation or simply for greater efficiency. Some large urban areas, for example Barcelona, consist of more than one municipality, each of which previously held a separate settlement. The Catalan government encourages mergers of very small municipalities; its "Report on the revision of Catalonia's territorial organisation model" (the ""), published in 2000 but not yet implemented, recommends many such mergers. Larger municipalities may sometimes grant the status of ''minor local entity, decentralised municipal entity'' ( ca, EMD, es, EATIM) to one or more of its settlements, for more effective provision of services or to substitute for its previous status as a separate mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia is administratively divided into four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city, Barcelona is the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the fifth-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas – Demographia, April 2018 Current day Catalonia comprises most of the medieval and early modern Principality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
