Sant Carles de la Ràpita
| Municipality of Sant Carles de la Ràpita | |||
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| Autonomous Community : | Catalonia | ||
| Province : | Tarragona | ||
| Comarca : | Montsià | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 37 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 11 msnm | ||
| Area : | 53.69 km² | ||
| Residents : | 14,789 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 275.45 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 43136 | ||
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| Official language : | Castilian , Catalan | ||
| Mayor : | Josep Caparrós | ||
| Website : | www.larapita.com | ||
Sant Carles de la Ràpita is a city in Catalonia in the Comarca Montsià ( Tarragona province ). It is located south of the Ebro Delta and has 14,789 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). The municipality has a size of 53.7 km².
history
Sant Carles got its name in memory of a convent that existed at that time.
The place has Arabic roots, but was not until 1780 by King Charles III. founded as a city with the aim of expanding it as a trading base for America .
A number of structures were worked on between 1780 and 1788, but they were not completed after the king's death.
Over time, Sant Carles was built in a neoclassical style and has turned into an attractive coastal town.
Disaster at the campsite
On July 11, 1978 , at the “Los Alfaques” campsite, about two kilometers south of Sant Carles in the neighboring municipality of Alcanar , the explosion of a truck loaded with liquefied gas caused a catastrophe in which 217 people were killed and over 300 people died Some were seriously injured. The gas spread across the campsite and ignited on the numerous cooking appliances that were set up. Many of the injured are still suffering from the consequences of the inferno.
Town twinning
- Brives-Charensac in the Haute-Loire department (France)
Daughters and sons of the city
- Emili Rosales i Castellà (* 1968), university professor, publisher and writer
- Albert Montañés (* 1980), tennis player
- Francesc Montañés Roca (* 1990), tennis player
Web links
- Homepage of Sant Carles de la Ràpita
- Around Sant Carles de la Ràpita (Spanish)
- Information from the Generalitat of Catalonia (Catalan)
- Sant Carles, data in the Federal Statistical Office of Catalonia (Catalan)
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).
