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Capçanes

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Country
  
Spain

Website
  
capcanes.org

Area
  
22.5 km²

Population
  
411 (2014)

Community
  
Catalonia

Comarca
  
Priorat

Elevation
  
238 m

Local time
  
Thursday 9:39 PM

Province
  
Province of Tarragona

Capçanes

Weather
  
12°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 77% Humidity

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

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Map of 43776 Cap%C3%A7anes, Tarragona, Spain

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

    Capçanes Wikipedia