Capçanes

Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
Coat of arms of Capçanes
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41°06′07″N 0°46′55″E / 41.102°N 0.782°E / 41.102; 0.782Country SpainCommunity CataloniaProvince TarragonaComarcaPrioratGovernment
 • MayorJuan Carlos Carlos Vaqué (2015)[1]Area • Total22.5 km2 (8.7 sq mi)Elevation
238 m (781 ft)Population
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 • Total398 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)Websitecapcanes.org

Capçanes is a Catalan village in the province of Tarragona in north-eastern Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Priorat.

Geography

Capçanes is situated about 7 km (4.4 mi) south of Falset, 40 km (25 mi) west of Tarragona, and about 160 km (100 mi) south-west of Barcelona.

Economy

The village's main activity is agriculture, predominantly wine-growing, but also olive and almond production.

Sights

  • Monument to Carrasclet, who was born in the village, by Francesc Carulla i Serra.
  • Wine-growers' cooperative, founded in 1933.

Sons and daughters of the village

Pere Joan Barceló i Anguera (1687–1741), a.k.a. Carrasclet ("Carbon seller," a reference to his occupation), guerrillero, who fought in the War of Spanish Succession on the side of Archduke Charles of Austria against the Bourbons and who died in exile.

References

  1. ^ "Ajuntament de Capçanes". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ "El municipi en xifres: Capçanes". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20071109080108/http://www.priorat.org/fitxapobles.php?id_recurso=75&id_fotos=8 Priorat tourist information (Catalan)
  • http://www.cellercapcanes.com Wine-growers' cooperative
  • Government data pages (in Catalan)
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