Vila-seca

Vila-seca municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Tarragona
Comarca :	Tarragonès
Coordinates	41 ° 7 ' N , 1 ° 9' E Coordinates: 41 ° 7 ' N , 1 ° 9' E
Height :	42 msnm
Area :	21.78 km²
Residents :	22,187 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1,018.69 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number ( INE ):	43171
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Josep Poblet i Tous
Website :	www.vila-seca.info

Vila-seca is a Catalan city in the province of Tarragona in northeastern Spain . It is in the comarca of Tarragonès .

The city is located ten kilometers from the provincial capital Tarragona and four kilometers from the Mediterranean coast inland. The towns of La Pineda on the coast and La Plana also belong to the city. Until 1989, Salou also belonged to the municipality under the name Vila-seca i Salou.

The economy is based on the chemical industry in the Tarragona area and on tourism on the Costa Daurada . The PortAventura World leisure resort is partly located in the municipality.

Vila-seca is located on European route 15 and is connected to Tarragona by a railway line.

Daughters and sons of the church

Helena Casas Roige (* 1988), track cyclist

Web links

Commons : Vila-seca - collection of images, videos and audio files

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).

[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).