Alforja

Alforja
Municipality
Alforja

Coat of arms
Alforja
Coordinates: 41°12′43″N 0°58′34″E / 41.212°N 0.976°E / 41.212; 0.976
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
Province Tarragona
Comarca Baix Camp
Government
 • mayor Joan Josep García Rodríguez (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 38.2 km2 (14.7 sq mi)
Elevation 374 m (1,227 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 1,859
 • Density 49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Alforgenc, alforgenca
Website alforja.cat

Alforja is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

The main monuments are Sant Miquel church in the town, as well as the shrines of Sant Antoni de Pàdua and Mare de Déu de Puigcerver outside its perimeter.

The Prades Mountains are located in the vicinity of this municipality.

Villages

  • Alforja, 1,207
  • Les Barqueres, 91
  • Els Garrigots, 11
  • El Mas de l'Aleu, 4
  • Portugal 141
  • Sant Antoni 18
  • Els Servians, 16

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament d'Alforja". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Alforja". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  • Tomàs Bonell, Jordi; Descobrir Catalunya, poble a poble, Prensa Catalana, Barcelona, 1994



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