Raimat (older spelling Raïmat) is a locality in the municipality of
Lleida
Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida.
Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...
(
Catalonia, Spain), 14 km away from the main town. Along with
Sucs, its official status is that of a ''
decentralised municipal entity
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Conce ...
'', as some semi-urban
wards
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attached to a larger
municipality are known in Catalonia. It had 489 inhabitants in the 2008 census. It's well known for its wine industry.
History
After the
Reapers' War Raimat remained an uninhabited place, with only the ruins of a medieval castle of Arabic origin standing, until in 1914 the landowner Manuel Raventós acquired in the area, including the castle, and turned them into what nowadays is still the biggest vine culture in the hands of a single owner in the whole of Europe. The winery's name is also
Raimat. In 1983 the Raimat-produced wine was granted a ''
Denominación de Origen'', or
Protected Geographical Status, under the name
Costers del Segre
Costers del Segre is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) (''Denominació d'Origen Protegida'' in Catalan) for wines located in the province of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain) and is divided into several separate sub-zones. The four or ...
.
External links
Raimat official website
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Lleida