Capafonts

Capafonts
Municipality
Church
Capafonts Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°17′51″N 1°1′42″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Baix Camp
Government
• Mayor	Antoni Marca Ferrús (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	13.4 km^2 (5.2 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	96
• Density	7.2/km^2 (19/sq mi)
Website	www.capafonts.cat

Capafonts (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌkapəˈfɔns]) is a village in the province of Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia. According to data of 2012 its population was of 121 inhabitants.

Also called Capafons, with traditional spelling, the place name derives from the Latin Capite fontium, "head of the fountains".[4] A total of 53 fountains were recorded, most notably Font de la Llódriga, which never dried.[5]

References

1. "Ajuntament de Capafonts". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Capafonts". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
4. Bofarull i Terrades, Manuel. Origen dels noms geogràfics de Catalunya: Pobles, rius, muntanyes, etc.. Barcelona: Millà, 1991, p.65. ISBN 84-7304-186-0.
5. Diego López Bonillo "Les fonts de Capafonts-1" in Quaderns de Capafonts, núm. 2 (4-VII-2004), p. 10, Quaderns de Capafonts, núm. 2

External links

• Government data pages (in Catalan)