Alcanar
| Alcanar municipality | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Catalonia | ||
| Province : | Tarragona | ||
| Comarca : | Montsià | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 33 ' N , 0 ° 29' E | ||
| Height : | 72 msnm | ||
| Area : | 47.07 km² | ||
| Residents : | 9,418 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 200.08 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 43004 | ||
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| Official language : | Castilian , Catalan | ||
| Mayor : | Alfons Montserrat Esteller | ||
| Website : | www.alcanar.org | ||
Alcanar is the southernmost municipality in Catalonia . It lies in the Comarca (county) Montsià in the province of Tarragona , on the border of the Autonomous Community of Valencia .
For many Spaniards with a second residence as well as for tourists, the beach of Alcanar ( Platja de l'Estanyet ) is a magnet.
The community became famous in 1978 when a tanker truck loaded with propene exploded near a campsite. The Los Alfaques tanker accident killed 217 people and injured over 300 people.
Locations and population in the municipality of Alcanar
- Alcanar: 6,910
- Alcanar-Platja : 707
- Les Cases d'Alcanar : 1,181
- La Selleta : 70
Collection of figures: 2004
Parish partnership
Web links
Commons : Alcanar - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Community website
- Information from the Generalitat of Catalonia
- Information from the Federal Statistical Office of Catalonia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
Municipalities in the Comarca of Montsià