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| Province | Tarragona |
| Capital | Tarragona |
| Largest city | Tarragona |
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| Population (2001) | 181,374 |
| Area | 317.1 km2 |
| Pop. density (2001) | 572 hab/km2 |
| Municipalities | 21 |
Tarragonès is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. It is one of the three comarques formed in the 1936 comarcal division of Camp de Tarragona. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, between the comarques of Baix Penedès to the northeast and Baix Camp to the south. Over 60% of the population live in the capital, Tarragona.
Municipalities
Populations are from 2001.
- Altafulla - pop. 3,293
- Catllar - pop. 2,594
- Constantí - pop. 5,084
- Creixell - pop. 2,086
- Morell - pop. 2,332
- Nou de Gaià - pop. 406
- Pallaresos - pop. 2,701
- Perafort - pop. 613
- Pobla de Mafumet - pop. 1,194
- Pobla de Montornès - pop. 1,522
- Renau - pop. 58
- Riera de Gaià - pop. 1,034
- Roda de Barà - pop. 3,639
- Salomó - pop. 377
- Salou - pop. 14,164
- Secuita - pop. 1,153
- Tarragona - pop. 113,129
- Torredembarra - pop. 11,187
- Vespella de Gaià - pop. 210
- Vila-seca - pop. 13,353
- Vilallonga del Camp - pop. 1,245
External links
- Official comarcal web site (in Catalan) (http://www.tarragones.org/) As of May 2004, there is almost nothing there; it says they are working on a new site.
- IDESCAT: statistical information about Tarragonès (in Catalan) (http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&V1=36&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar)