Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant

Municipality of Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Tarragona
Comarca :	Baix Camp
Coordinates	41 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  E
Height :	281  msnm
Area :	102.67 km²
Residents :	6,482 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	63.13 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	43162
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Josep Castellnou i Barceló
Website :	www.vandellos-hospitalet.org

Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet is a Catalan city ​​in the province of Tarragona in northeastern Spain . It is located in the Comarca Baix Camp and consists of the suburbs Vandellòs, l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, l'Almadrava, Masriudoms and Masboquera.

Geographical location

Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet is located about 30 kilometers southwest of Tarragona on the Mediterranean coast .

history

Stone Age paintings have been found in various caves within the district .

The current suburb of Vandellòs was mentioned as early as 1342 as Vallis Laurorumi and in 1460 as Vall de Llore . It belonged first to the dominion of the city of Tivissa and from 1324 to the county of Prades. In 1813 the troops of Napoleon's Marshal Suchet conquered and sacked the city. In 1835 it suffered further severe damage from an earthquake.

L'Hospitalet was founded on November 8, 1344 by the Infante Peter of Aragón and Anjou ( catal . : Pere d'Aragó i d'Anjou ), a son of Jacob II ( Jaume el Just ). Peter had a mighty square building with 54.5 m sides and four corner towers, each 18.5 m high, erected, the Hospital del Coll de Balaguer . The repopulation of the coastal strip that he sought did not succeed until 1362, when his son Joan de Prades acquired additional land for the hospital . The building was destroyed in the 15th century.

economy

Plaza del Pou

For a long time agriculture formed the economic basis of the city. This changed with the construction of the Vandellòs nuclear power station in 1972. Today hazelnuts , almonds and cereals are still grown.

Tourism has become one of the city's main sources of income. Numerous hotels and holiday homes were built. In L'Hospitalet there is a sports boat harbor with 575 berths.

sons and daughters of the town

• Gregorio Lavilla (* 1974), motorcycle racer

Town twinning

• Chirac in the Lozère department , ( France )

Web links

Commons : Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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1. ↑ 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).