Torre del Español is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera de Ebro , Tarragona Province , Catalonia , Spain.
Torre del Español | |
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Torre del Español Location in the Province of Tarragona | |
Coordinates: 41 ° 11'36 "N 0 ° 37'36" E / 41.19333 ° N 0.62667 ° Ecoordinates : 41 ° 11'36 "N 0 ° 37'36" E / 41.19333 ° N 0.62667 ° E | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Tarragona |
comarca | Ribera de Ebro |
Government | |
• mayor | Juan Federico Cubells (2015) [1] |
Area [2] | |
• Total | 27.9 km 2 (10.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 164 m (538 ft) |
Population (2018) [3] | |
• Total | 628 |
• Density | 23 / km 2 (58 / sq mi) |
Demonym (s) | Torredà, Torredano |
website | torredelespanyol |
Its name Originated in the donación of a municipal charter to a person named Español oro Espaniol, a name of Occitano origin, in 1175. [4]
References
- ^ "Ayuntamiento de la Torre del Español" . Generalidad of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13 .
- ^ "El municipio en cifras: Torre del Español" . Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23 .
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018 . National Statistics Institute .
- ^ Manuel Bofarull y Terrades, Origen de los nombres geográficos de Cataluña: Pueblos, ríos, montañas, etc. , Editorial Millà, Barcelona, 1991, p.250 ISBN 84-7304-186-0