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Capçanes is a Catalan village in the province of Tarragona in north-eastern Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Priorat.

Capçanes
Municipality
Capçanes from the east
Coat of arms
Capçanes Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41.102°N 0.782°E / 41.102; 0.782
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Priorat
Government
• Mayor	Juan Carlos Carlos Vaqué (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	22.5 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Elevation	238 m (781 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	398
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Website	capcanes.org

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), a.k.a. 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

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071109080108/http://www.priorat.org/fitxapobles.php?id_recurso=75&id_fotos=8 Priorat tourist information (Catalan)
• http://www.cellercapcanes.com Wine-growers' cooperative
• Government data pages (in Catalan)

На других языках

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- [en] Capçanes

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[es] Capsanes

Capsanes[1][2] (oficialmente en catalán Capçanes)[3] es un municipio español de la comarca catalana de El Priorato (provincia de Tarragona).

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[ru] Капсанес

Капсанес (кат. Capçanes) — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Таррагона в составе автономного сообщества Каталония. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Приорат. Занимает площадь 22,5 км². Население — 431 человек (на 2010 год).

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