Vilalba dels Arcs

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Vilalba dels Arcs

Villalba de los Arcos
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Vilalba dels Arcs
Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°07′20″N0°24′39″E / 41.12222°N 0.41083°E / 41.12222; 0.41083 Coordinates: 41°07′20″N0°24′39″E / 41.12222°N 0.41083°E / 41.12222; 0.41083
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Tarragona
Comarca Terra Alta
Government
  MayorMaria Teresa Mariné Solé (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total67.2 km2 (25.9 sq mi)
Elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total635
  Density9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
Climate Csa
Website www.vilalba.altanet.org

Vilalba dels Arcs (Villalba de los Arcos in Spanish) is a municipality in the comarca of Terra Alta in Catalonia, Spain.

This town is located in a wine-producing area. [4] The area suffered much during the Battle of the Ebro. At the site known as Els Barrancs there are still almost intact trenches of the Spanish Republican line of defence, part of a long defensive line built between Vilalba dels Arcs and La Pobla de Massaluca.

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de Vilalba dels Arcs". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Vilalba dels Arcs". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. Wine Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine