Sant Jaume d'Enveja ()

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in the ''comarca'' of the

Montsià Montsià () is a comarca (county) of the Terres de l'Ebre region, in Catalonia (Spain). It is the southernmost comarca and its capital and largest city is Amposta. History Almost all Montsià municipalities are part of the Taula del Sénia fre ...

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. It is situated in the southern half of the

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, on the right bank of the river. The municipality was created in 1978: previously the territory formed part of the municipality of

Tortosa Tortosa (, ) is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain. Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buinaca, one of the hi ...

. It is linked to

Amposta Amposta () is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Montsià, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, 190 km south of Barcelona on the Mediterranean Coast. It is located at 8 metres above sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shorten ...

by a local road, and to

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on the opposite bank by a service of

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s. The town was established relatively recently in the 1860s. This is due in part to the formation of the

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over the last few centuries from the river's sedimentary deposits. The town's economy is centred on agriculture, principally rice cultivation, along with a strong tourist industry. The tourism sector has seen an expansion in recent years based on the attractive countryside offered by the River Ebre Delta national park and its biodiversity. There is a

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on the island of

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. Sant Jaume d'Enveja became part of the Montsià in the comarcal revision of 1990: previously it formed part of the

Baix Ebre Baix Ebre (, "Lower Ebro") is a comarca (county) on the coast in southern Catalonia. It is located in the region of Terres de l'Ebre Terres de l'Ebre (, in English 'Ebro, Ebre Lands') is the south-westernmost of the eight regions (Vegueria, ''v ...

Villages

*Balada, 10 * Els Muntells, 495 *Sant Jaume d'Enveja, 2787

References

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

External links

Official website

Government data pages
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