Bellmunt del Priorat

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Bellmunt del Priorat
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Bellmunt del Priorat
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°09′47″N0°45′58″E / 41.163°N 0.766°E / 41.163; 0.766 Coordinates: 41°09′47″N0°45′58″E / 41.163°N 0.766°E / 41.163; 0.766
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Bandera actual de la provincia de Tarragona.svg   Tarragona
Comarca Priorat
Government
   Mayor Josep Maria Torné Secall (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total300
  Density34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Website www.bellmunt.altanet.org

Bellmunt del Priorat is a municipality in the comarca of Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Much like the rest of the comarca, Bellmunt has very active wine production, although the climate is one of the warmest to be found. [4]

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de Bellmunt del Priorat". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Bellmunt del Priorat". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. Miquel Hudin (2015), Vinologue Priorat, Vinologue, p. 480, ISBN   978-0-983-77185-2