Alforja

Alforja is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Alforja
Municipality
Alforja
Coat of arms
Alforja
Coordinates: 41°12′43″N 0°58′34″E / 41.212°N 0.976°E / 41.212; 0.976
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Baix Camp
Government
• mayor	Joan Josep García Rodríguez (2015)^[1]
Area ^[2]
• Total	38.2 km^2 (14.7 sq mi)
Elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Population  (2018)^[3]
• Total	1,788
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Demonyms	Alforgenc, alforgenca
Website	alforja.cat

The main monuments are Sant Miquel church in the town, as well as the shrines of Sant Antoni de Pàdua and Mare de Déu de Puigcerver outside its perimeter.

The Prades Mountains are located in the vicinity of this municipality.

Villages

• Alforja, 1,207
• Les Barqueres, 91
• Els Garrigots, 11
• El Mas de l'Aleu, 4
• Portugal 141
• Sant Antoni 18
• Els Servians, 16

References

1. "Ajuntament d'Alforja". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Alforja". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

• Tomàs Bonell, Jordi; Descobrir Catalunya, poble a poble, Prensa Catalana, Barcelona, 1994

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alforja.

• Alforja Town Hall webpage* Government data pages (in Catalan)