El Vendrell
Appearance
El Vendrell | |
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![]() El Vendrell | |
Coordinates: 41°13′13″N 1°32′05″E / 41.22028°N 1.53472°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Community | ![]() |
Province | Tarragona |
Comarca | Baix Penedès |
Government | |
• Mayor | Kenneth Martínez, del PSC (2019)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 36.8 km2 (14.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 37,153 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
Climate | Csa |
Website | elvendrell |
El Vendrell (Catalan pronunciation: [əl βənˈdɾeʎ]) is a town located in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, in the wine-growing region of Penedès. It is wedged between the Mediterranean and the coastal range. El Vendrell is the capital of the Baix Penedès comarca and a tourist spot, with the beaches of Comarruga, Sant Salvador and El Vendrell.
It is the source of the Catalan family name "Vendrell".
Notable people from El Vendrell
[edit]Demography
[edit]1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2014 |
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5,103 | 5,081 | 5,224 | 8,903 | 13,448 | n/a |
Sport
[edit]The city has a roller hockey team, Club d'Esports Vendrell , one of the most important in Spain, which plays in the main League OK Liga.
Football
[edit]The city also has two amateur football clubs. The first being Club d'Esports Vendrell / CD Vendrell and UE Tancat, which are members of the Federació Catalana de Futbol.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ajuntament del Vendrell". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: El Vendrell". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
External links
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- Government data pages (in Catalan)