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 ...
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 no ...
, Spain.
This town is located in picturesque surroundings, but many
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
s are being constructed in the
Serra dels Pesells 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 Knights Templar
, colors = White mantle with a red cross
, colors_label = Attire
, march =
, mascot = Two knights riding a single horse
, equipment ...
order, and later to the Knights Hospitaller
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...
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)
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