Capçanes

Capçanes
Capçanes
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Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Priorat
Government
• Mayor	Juan Carlos Carlos Vaqué (2015)
Area
• Total	22.5 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Elevation	238 m (781 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	411
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Website	capcanes.org

Capçanes is a Catalan village in the province of Tarragona in north-eastern Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Priorat.

Geography

Capçanes is situated about 7 km (4.4 mls) south of Falset, 40 km (25 mls) west of Tarragona, and about 160 km (100 mls) south-west of Barcelona.

Economy

The village's main activity is agriculture, predominantly wine-growing, but also olive and almond production.

Sights

Monument to Carrasclet, who was born in the village, by Francesc Carulla i Serra.
Wine-growers' cooperative, founded in 1933.

Sons and daughters of the village

Pere Joan Barceló i Anguera (1687–1741), aka Carrasclet ("Carbon seller," a reference to his occupation), guerrillero, who fought in the War of Spanish Succession on the side of Archduke Charles of Austria against the Bourbons and who died in exile.