Ribera d'Ebre

Ribera d'Ebre
The location of the Comarca Ribera d'Ebre in Catalonia
Basic data
Province:	Tarragona
Main place:	Móra d'Ebre
Surface:	827.3 km²
Residents:	21,865 (2019)
Municipalities:	14th

The Comarca Ribera d'Ebre is located in the province of Tarragona of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia ( Spain ). The community association has an area of ​​827.3 km² and 21,865 inhabitants (2019).

location

The community association is located in the western part of Catalonia west of the provincial capital Tarragona . It borders in the north with the Comarca Segrià and Garrigues , in the east with Priorat , in the southeast with Baix Camp , in the southwest with Baix Ebre , in the west with Terra Alta and in the northwest with the autonomous community of Aragon . Together with the comarcas Baix Ebre, Montsià and Terra Alta, the region forms the territory of Terres de l'Ebre .

Ribera d'Ebre is an elongated area, oriented from northwest to southeast. The lower course of the Ebro River runs through the entire municipality. In the center of the comarca is the Mora basin. It is surrounded by ridges of the mountains off the coast. The highest point of Ribera d'Ebre is located in the very southwest, the Serra de Cardó , with peaks of over 800 m. To the west of it, embedded between the low mountain ranges Serra de Cardó on the one hand and the Serra de Tivissa and Serra de la Creu on the other hand, lies the Pla de Burgar plain . In the extreme southeast, the comarca extends up to 2.5 km to the coast of the Mediterranean .

economy

An important branch of the economy is the generation of energy in the hydropower plants Riba-roja and Flix and the nuclear power plant Ascó .

Communities

Map of the Comarca of Ribera d'Ebre

Status: 2019

local community	Residents	Area (km²)		local community	Residents	Area (km²)
Ascó	1660	74.32		Móra la Nova	3087	15.79
Benissanet	1161	23.17		Palma d'Ebre, la	340	38.22
Flix	3408	115.98		Rasquera	781	50.93
Garcia	527	52.05		Riba-roja d'Ebre	1126	99.48
Ginestar	753	15.72		Tivissa	1602	208.79
Miravet	691	32.41		Torre de l'Espanyol, la	611	27.91
Móra d'Ebre	5690	44.89		Vinebre	428	26.42

See also

• List of Comarques of Catalonia

Web links

Commons : Ribera d'Ebre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the comarca (Catalan)
• Association of municipalities (Catalan, Spanish, English, German, French, Italian)
• Terres de l'Ebre (Catalan, Spanish, English, German, French)
• gencat-Turisme (Catalan, Spanish, English, German, French)
• IDESCAT: statistical information on the comarca