Capçanes

Capçanes
Municipality
Capçanes from the east
Coat of arms
Capçanes Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: ES 41°06′07″N 0°46′55″E / 41.102°N 0.782°ECoordinates: ES 41°06′07″N 0°46′55″E / 41.102°N 0.782°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Priorat
Government
• Mayor	Juan Carlos Carlos Vaqué (2015)[1]
Area[2]
• Total	22.5 km^2 (8.7 sq mi)
Elevation	238 m (781 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	411
• Density	18/km^2 (47/sq mi)
Website	capcanes.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), aka 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.

External links

• http://www.priorat.org/fitxapobles.php?id_recurso=75&id_fotos=8 Priorat tourist information (Catalan)
• http://www.cellercapcanes.com Wine-growers' cooperative