Capçanes

Capçanes is a Catalan village in the province of Tarragona in north-eastern Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Priorat.

Basic Data

Country: Spain

Autonomous Region: Catalonia

Province: Tarragona

Comarca: Priorat

Altitude: 238 m

Area: 22,49 km²

Inhabitants: 412 (2001)

Geography

Capçanes is situated about 7 km (4.4 mls) south of Falset, 40 km (25 mls) west of Tarragona, and about 160 km (100 mls) south-west of Barcelona.

Economy

The village's main activity is agriculture, predominantly wine-growing, but also olive and almond production.

Sights

Monument to "Carrasclet", who was born in the village, by Francesc Carulla i Serra.

Wine-growers' cooperative, founded in 1933, cf. Weblinks.

Sons and Daughters of the Village

Pere Joan Barceló i Anguera (1687-1741), akas "Carrasclet" ("Carbon seller," a reference to his occupation), guerrillero, who fought in the War of Spanish Succession on the side of Archduke Karl of Hapsburg against the Bourbons and who died in exile.

External links

Priorat tourist information (Catalan) http://www.priorat.org/fitxapobles.php?id_recurso=75&id_fotos=8

Wine-growers' cooperative (English, Catalan, Spanish) http://www.cellercapcanes.com