Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant

infobox catalan city
title=Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant
arms = Escut de Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant.svg


image_skyline_size=200px
location_

province=Tarragona
comarca=Conca de Barberà
population=5,420
population_year=2007
area=102.67
population_density=52.79
elevation=281
demonym=Vandellossenc, vandellossenca
mayor=Josep Castellnou i Barceló

Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant is a municipality in the "comarca" of the Baix Camp in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the south-west of the "comarca", between the Llaberia range and the coast. The town of Vandellòs is some 15 km inland, connected with the AP-7 "autopista" and the N-340 road (which run near to the coast) by the C-44 road. The town f L'Hospitalet de l'Infant is on the coast, and is an important tourist centre: it is served by a station on the RENFE railway line between Tarragona and Valencia.

The nuclear power stations Vandellòs I and II are situated on the coast near l'Hospitalet de l'Infant. They are the site of the two most serious incidents at Catalan nuclear power stations. A fire at Vandellòs-I in 1983 was classified as a level 3 incident on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES). A rupture of a cooling pipe leading to a leak of sea water in Vandellòs-II on 25 August 2004 was classified as a level 2 incident: it led to a fine of more than 1.5 million euros for the owners of the power station.

Demography

infobox catalan city demography
pop_1900=2722
pop_1930=2336
pop_1950=1936
pop_1970=2394
pop_1986=4338
pop_latest=5420
latest_year=2007

References

* 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

* [http://www.vandellos-hospitalet.cat/ Official website] ca
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=1&cod=4316280001 Information - Generalitat de Catalunya] ca
* [http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&V1=43162 Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya] ca