Traiguera is a town and

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in the Baix Maestrat comarca, province of Castelló,

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, Spain. It 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. The town is located in a central position in the comarca, north of the Muntanyes de Cervera. The Serra de Sant Pere mountain range rises on the western side of Traiguera. This town was mentioned as part of

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Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

. Besides Mediterranean agriculture, mainly almonds, olives and

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s, the town has a traditional

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industry, much affected now by the current crisis. The name of the place 'Traiguera' comes from ''

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'', a coarse cereal that was cultivated until the

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.Diccionari Alcover-Moll One of the main tourist attractions is the Santuari de la Font de la Salut, located among mountains 2 km south of the town.

Villages

*Traiguera * Font de la Salut * Masia Avenc

References

External links

Web oficial de l'Ajuntament de Traiguera

Informació de Traiguera

Imatge de Traiguera: Memòria visual del Segle XX

de Paco González Ramírez, d'on se n'ha tret informació amb el seu consentiment.
Institut Valencià d'Estadística

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