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Altafulla is a municipality in the comarca of the Tarragonès in Catalonia, Spain. The town of Altafulla has a beautifully intact old quarter crowned by the Castle of Altafulla, and an old fishing quarter dating back to the 18th century along the beach, called "Baixamar" or "Les Botigues de Mar".[4]

Altafulla
Municipality
Altafulla
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°8′36″N 1°22′37″E
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceTarragona
ComarcaTarragonès
Government
  MayorMontse Castellarnau (2022)[1]
Area
  Total7.0 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Elevation
52 m (171 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
  Total5,120
  Density730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
DemonymAltafullenc
Websitewww.altafulla.cat

An additional medieval castle on a small promontory overlooking the sea, the Castle of the Marquises of Tamarit (not open to the public) is often thought as part of Altafulla, but it's actually located in the neighbor municipality of Tarragona. Beyond the castle is one of the last remaining forests stretching along the sea in Catalonia, part of which is a small nature preserve (under the Tamarit-Punta de la Móra Special Environmental and Landscape Protection Plan).

Altafulla is also home to the remains of the Roman Villa of Els Munts, which is included in a larger UNESCO World Heritage Site[5] The Gaià River "empties" into the sea here, its last stretch being a small nature preserve and haven for songbirds (Reserva Natural de Fauna Salvatge de la Desembocadura del Gaià - Gaià River Estuary Wildlife Preserve),[6] though due to damming upriver, it carries very little water at this last section, forming a tiny salt marsh separated from the sea by a bar of sand. This wildlife preserve is run by L'Hort de la Sínia, an ecological agriculture, learning and activities center.[7]

Altafulla has one of the highest median household income in the province of Tarragona.


Twin towns



References


  1. "Ajuntament d'Altafulla". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Altafulla". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. "Les Botigues del Mar" on "Pobles de Catalunya. Guia del patrimoni històric i artístic dels municipis catalans" (Towns of Catalonia: Guide to the Historic and Artistic Heritage of Catalan Municipalities), (in Catalan).
  5. , the Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco - See the World Heritage List (called "Dels Munts Villa" - sic - in the report)
  6. "Desembocadura del Gaia" - Gaià Estuary Archived 2013-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, site on preservation of the Gaià River (in Catalan).
  7. L'Hort de la Sínia Archived 2013-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, information (in Catalan).



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[de] Altafulla

Altafulla ist ein Küstenort in der spanischen autonomen Region Katalonien, ca. zehn Kilometer nördlich von Tarragona. Die Einwohnerzahl betrug am 1. Januar 2019 5243.
- [en] Altafulla

[es] Altafulla

Altafulla es un municipio y localidad española de la provincia de Tarragona, en Cataluña. Enclavado en la vertiente suroriental de una montaña de 52 metros de altitud, junto a la costa del Mediterráneo, pertenece a la comarca del Tarragonés y se encuentra encuadrado en la comarca natural e histórica del Campo de Tarragona. Su término municipal limita al norte con la La Nou de Gaya y el de la Puebla de Montornés, al este con el de Torredembarra y al oeste con el de la La Riera y Tarragona. Al sur tiene una playa que se extiende desde el Cap Gros hasta cerca de la Roca del Gaià y un puerto deportivo.

[ru] Альтафулья

Альтафулья (исп. Altafulla) — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Таррагона в составе автономного сообщества Каталония. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Таррагонес. Занимает площадь 6,95 км². Население — 4 711 человек (на 2010 год).



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