- Tordera
Tordera is a town in the
comarca ofMaresme (province of Barcelona) inCatalonia , situated 64 km fromBarcelona and 36 km fromGirona on the edge of theMontnegre natural park . Itspopulation as of2004 was 11719.The
economy was formerly based aroundagriculture , especially cork production, but has diversified intotextile manufacturing andconstruction .The
Tordera River flows through the town.The romanesque
Church of Sant Esteve is situated in the town centre: part of thealtar is original, but the rest of the building was renovated in the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.The current "
alcalde " of Tordera is Sr. Joan Carles García i Cañizares.External links
* [http://www.tordera.org/ Tordera.org] ("Official site, in Catalan")
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=1&cod=0828450006 Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya] ("in Catalan")
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