Vallbona de les Monges
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Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
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Coat of arms of Vallbona de les Monges Coat of arms | |
Vallbona de les Monges is located in Catalonia Vallbona de les Monges Vallbona de les Monges Location in Catalonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°31′37′′N 1°05′26′′E / 41.52694°N 1.09056°E / 41.52694; 1.09056 | |
| Country | Spain |
| Community | Catalonia |
| Province | Lleida |
| Comarca | Urgell |
| Government | |
| • mayor | Ramon Bergadà Benet (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 34.1 km2 (13.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 481 m (1,578 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 234 |
| • Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Vallboní, vallbonina |
| Website | vallbona |
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Vallbona de les Monges (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌbaʎˈβɔnaðelezˈmɔɲʒes] ) is a municipality in the comarca of the Urgell in Catalonia, Spain. It is located at the southern end of the comarca, north of the Serra del Tallat, Catalan Pre-Coastal Range, where many wind turbines have been installed.
The town has the most important convent in Catalonia, the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona, belonging to the Order of Cistercians. The main income is derived from wine and olive oil production, as well as some cattle. There is a little tourism, but not enough to significantly lift the economy of the area.
Villages
[edit ]- Montblanquet, 6
- Rocallaura, 93
Vallbona de les Monges, 157
Demography
[edit ]| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2007 |
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| 1034 | 1084 | 921 | 395 | n/a | 247 |
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Ajuntament de Vallbona de les Monges". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015年11月13日.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: Vallbona de les Monges". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015年11月23日.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vallbona de les Monges .
- Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
- The Hungarian Queen of the Vallbona Abbey (in English)
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