Coll de Balaguer

Coll de Balaguer
View of Los Dedalts mountains in the Coll de Balaguer area.
Elevation	121 m (397 ft) [1]
Location
Coll de Balaguer Location of Coll de Balaguer
Location	Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant,  Catalonia
Range	Catalan Pre-Coastal Range
Coordinates	40°57′58″N 0°53′8″E / 40.96611°N 0.88556°E / 40.96611; 0.88556Coordinates: 40°57′58″N 0°53′8″E / 40.96611°N 0.88556°E / 40.96611; 0.88556

The Coll de Balaguer is a mountain pass in Catalonia, Spain. It is located at the point where the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range reaches the sea, in L'Almadrava, within the Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant municipality, Baix Camp.

Despite its scant altitude this pass has been an important communication line between the Terres de l'Ebre region and the Camp de Tarragona since ancient times. Nowadays highways AP-7, N-340, as well as the RENFE Barcelona-Valencia railway line go through the Coll de Balaguer pass.

There are the ruins of a 13th century castle overlooking the pass from the time of the fight against the Saracens. The Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant is located right south of Coll de Balaguer.

See also

• Catalan Pre-Coastal Range

References

1. ^ "Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya". Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya. http://www.icc.cat/vissir2/. Retrieved 9 - IX - 2010.