Caseres is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the ''comarca'' of la Terra Alta in

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 north ...

, Spain. This town is located in picturesque surroundings, but many

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s are being constructed in the

Serra dels Pesells Serra dels Pesells is a mountain chain located near the southern end of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range between Bot, Tarragona, Bot and Arenys de Lledó. The ridge's highest point is 541,3 m. This smooth range runs in a NNE - SSW direction and divide ...

hills nearby.Diari de Tarragona - En construcció quatre parcs eòlics més a l’altiplà de la Terra Alta
/ref> The name of the village appears already in 1153 in documents of the Miravet castle, which belonged at that time to the

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order, and later to the

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in 1359. Presently the town derives some income from rural tourism.

References

External links

Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament

Government data pages
Municipalities in Terra Alta (comarca) {{Tarragona-geo-stub