Capafonts

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Capafonts
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°17′51″N1°1′42″E / 41.29750°N 1.02833°E / 41.29750; 1.02833 Coordinates: 41°17′51″N1°1′42″E / 41.29750°N 1.02833°E / 41.29750; 1.02833
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Bandera actual de la provincia de Tarragona.svg   Tarragona
Comarca Baix Camp
Government
   Mayor Antoni Marca Ferrús (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total13.4 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total96
  Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Website www.capafonts.cat

Capafonts is a village in the province of Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia. According to data of 2012 its population was of 121 inhabitants.

Also called Capafons, with traditional spelling, the place name derives from the Latin Capite fontium, "head of the fountains". [4] A total of 53 fountains were recorded, most notably Font de la Llódriga, which never dried. [5]

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de Capafonts". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Capafonts". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. Bofarull i Terrades, Manuel. Origen dels noms geogràfics de Catalunya: Pobles, rius, muntanyes, etc.. Barcelona: Millà, 1991, p.65. ISBN   84-7304-186-0.
  5. Diego López Bonillo "Les fonts de Capafonts-1" in Quaderns de Capafonts, núm. 2 (4-VII-2004), p. 10, Quaderns de Capafonts, núm. 2