Les Garrigues () is a comarca (county) in

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. Its capital is

Les Borges Blanques Les Borges Blanques () is the capital of the comarca of Les Garrigues, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. According to the 2014 census, the municipality has a population of 6,088 inhabitants. Geography It lies in the southern sector of ...

. Its symbol (on the flag and shield in the right panel) is an olive branch, Les Garrigues being the center of olive cultivation (most of it without the necessity of irrigation) in all of Catalonia

History

The cave paintings at

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El Cogul El Cogul is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the ''comarca'' (county) of les Garrigues Les Garrigues () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo ...

, are the most important vestiges of prehistoric settlement in Les Garrigues. A Neolithic tomb has been found at

. During the Iberian era, the comarca was settled by the Ilergetians. There is documentation also for Roman summer residences and country villas, particularly in the north, but the Roman influence died out soon after

Municipalities

References

External links

Official comarcal Web site (in Catalan)IDESCAT: statistical information about Garrigues (in Catalan)Information about Garrigues on the site of the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)Detailed map of the comarca (text in Catalan)
{{Coord, 41, 31, N, 0, 52, E, source:cawiki, display=title Garrigues (comarca), Comarques of the Province of Lleida