La Morera de Montsant

La Morera de Montsant
Municipality
View of La Morera de Montsant
Coat of arms
La Morera de Montsant Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°16′1″N 0°50′35″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Priorat
Government
• Mayor	Ramon Antich Martí (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	52.9 km^2 (20.4 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	157
• Density	3.0/km^2 (7.7/sq mi)
Website	lamorerademontsant.org

La Morera de Montsant (Catalan pronunciation: [la moˈɾeɾa ðe monˈsan]) is a village in the province of Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

Geography

It is located in the mountainous wine-producing region of the Serra de Montsant thus named because there were many hermits living in the range in early Medieval times.[4]

The municipality has two villages:

• La Morera de Montsant, the main population centre
• Escaladei, located by the Cartoixa d'Escaladei, a Carthusian Order monastery.[5]

References

1. "Ajuntament de la Morera de Montsant". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: La Morera de Montsant". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
4. Anuario de estudios medievales; Instituto de Historia Medieval de España 2003; p.982
5. AADD, Museus i Centres de Patrimoni Cultural a Catalunya. 2010. Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Barcelona; p. 87 ISBN 8439354371

External links

• Government data pages (in Catalan)