Aldover

Aldover
Municipality
Abandoned train station in Aldover
Coat of arms
Aldover Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 40°52′54″N 0°30′04″E / 40.88167°N 0.50111°ECoordinates: 40°52′54″N 0°30′04″E / 40.88167°N 0.50111°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Baix Ebre
Government
• mayor	Teresa Forés Hernández (2015)[1]
Area[2]
• Total	20.2 km^2 (7.8 sq mi)
Elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	940
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Website	www.aldover.altanet.org

Aldover is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Ebre, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain.

There was a RENFE railway line from Tortosa to Alcañiz and Zaragoza that used to pass through this town until 1973.^[3] This line was dismantled as a result of a 1962 World Bank report advising the Spanish State to concentrate investment in the great lines and to abandon the less profitable railways connecting rural areas. Since the line was terminated, the rails were pulled off and the Aldover train station buildings lie abandoned.

References

1. "Ajuntament d'Aldover". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Aldover". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. El Punt - El cruel divorci entre Tortosa i el tren

External links

• Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament
• Informació de la Generalitat de Catalunya
• Informació de l'Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya