El Vendrell () is a town located in the province of

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tarr ...

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 nort ...

, in the

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-growing region of

Penedès Penedès () is a natural and historical region of Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the south of the Principality of Catalonia between the pre-coastal mountain range (''Serralada Pre-litoral'') and the Mediterranean Sea. The comarcal division of ...

. It is wedged between the

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and the coastal range. El Vendrell is the capital of the Baix Penedès ''

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'' and a tourist spot, with the beaches of

Comarruga Comarruga (or Coma-ruga) is a seaside resort in the municipality of El Vendrell, in the province of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain). It stretches along the 2.3 km long Beach of Comarruga. Until 1946 it made part of the former municipality of San ...

, and El Vendrell. It is the source of the Catalan family name "

Vendrell Vendrell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Joan Maria Vendrell Martínez (born 1976), Spanish ski mountaineer * Xavier Vendrell (born 1966), Spanish politician * Fernando Vendrell (born 1962), Portuguese film director and pro ...

Notable people from El Vendrell

* Pablo Casals *

Àngel Guimerà Àngel Guimerà y Jorge (6 May 1845 or 6 May 1847 or 1849 – 18 July 1924), known also as Ángel Guimerá, was a Spanish Nobel-nominated writer in the Catalan language. His work is known for bringing together under romantic aspects the main el ...

Andreu Nin Andreu Nin Pérez (4 February 1892 – 20 June 1937) was a Spanish communist politician, translator and publicist. In 1937, Nin and the rest of the POUM leadership were arrested by the Moscow-oriented government of the Second Spanish Republi ...

Josep Nin i Tudó Josep Nin i Tudó (20 August 1843, El Vendrell - March 1908, Madrid)Obituary, ''Notas de Arte''Online/ref> was a Catalan painter. Although he worked in a variety of genres, he is best remembered for his decorative work and his series of "mortuary ...

Manuel Nin Manuel Nin i Güell (born 20 August 1956), also known as Manuel Nin, is the Apostolic Exarch to Greece of the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church. Life Nin was born on August 20, 1956 in the town of El Vendrell in the Catalan province of Tarragona ( ...

Demography

Sport

The city has a roller hockey team, , one of the most important in

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, which plays in the main League

OK Liga The OK Liga is the Spanish rink hockey league. History The league was founded in 1969 as División de Honor as an expansion to all the Spanish territory of the Catalan Championship. Until 1971 teams from outside Catalonia did not join the competit ...

References

* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).

External links

Government data pages
Municipalities in Baix Penedès Populated places in Baix Penedès {{Tarragona-geo-stub