Cunit
Cunit | ||
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Country Spain | | |
Government | ||
• mayor | Montserrat Carreras García (2015)[1] | |
Area | ||
• Total | 9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) | |
Population (2018)[3] | ||
• Total | 12,326 | |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) | |
Postal code | 43881 | |
Area code | 977 | |
Website | cunit |
Cunit (Catalan pronunciation: [kuˈnit]) is a coastal town on the Golden Coast (Costa Daurada in Catalan) in the Baix Penedès region part of the province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the northeast coast of Spain on the Mediterranean Sea.
Location and site
It is located in the district of
History, culture and art
Cunit origins date back to prehistoric times, with archaeological remains found dating back to 3700 BC.
First settlers
The first settlers are documented in a total of six well-documented sources.
This is a large and dispersed settlement. It is similar to neighbouring coastal settlements of the Baix Penedès which used to trade a great deal with punicobusitans traders. A relationship that no doubt had its own weight in the transformation of the habits and customs of the early settlers.
Land
Architectural heritage and Edificio Los Diamantes
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Plzadeliglsdecnt.jpg/300px-Plzadeliglsdecnt.jpg)
Demographics
The 1590, although the town had been almost depopulated by the incursions of the
From 1960, Cunit began to become a summer vacation centre for the
Climate
Mediterranean climate provides mild winters and hot summers.
Climate data for Cunit | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 62.8 (17.1) |
67.6 (19.8) |
72.1 (22.3) |
73.8 (23.2) |
81.0 (27.2) |
82.6 (28.1) |
89.2 (31.8) |
90.3 (32.4) |
84.7 (29.3) |
79.9 (26.6) |
73.8 (23.2) |
67.5 (19.7) |
77.1 (25.1) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 35.1 (1.7) |
34.9 (1.6) |
37.2 (2.9) |
43.0 (6.1) |
53.2 (11.8) |
54.0 (12.2) |
65.5 (18.6) |
63.3 (17.4) |
56.5 (13.6) |
55.6 (13.1) |
45.7 (7.6) |
36.9 (2.7) |
48.4 (9.1) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.25 (133.4) |
0.18 (4.6) |
0.26 (6.6) |
0.25 (6.4) |
0.68 (17.2) |
0.08 (2.0) |
0.06 (1.4) |
1.22 (31.0) |
3.87 (98.4) |
1.48 (37.6) |
0.24 (6.0) |
1.27 (32.2) |
14.84 (376.8) |
Source: Darrera[4] |
Environment
Beaches
One of the main attractions of the town are the 2 and a half kilometers of sandy beaches in the form of golden beaches, protected by seven longitudinal breakwaters and four in the form of islands. These breakwaters had to be built in the early 1980s due to construction of the reservoir of Foix and the ports of
Coast management
The concentration of large environmental infrastructure on the territory and the coast, as the future Cubelles marina,[6][7] the existence of a combined cycle thermal plant, the location of a desalination plant [8] has opened a debate that includes a beach protection enhancement project developed for the Spanish Coastal Authority following guidelines for littoral enhancement set by the Ministry of the Environment's coastal zone management plan. This long stretch of beach constitutes probably the most important asset of the Municipality of Cunit which relies on tourism as the main income source. The coastal front development combined with beach erosion in the 1980s resulted in beach protection with detached breakwaters creating a series of pocket beaches. Despite to the strong armouring of the coast, erosion problems are still evident and critical at some points of the coast, as well as flooding. On the other hand, the existing structures represent also a hazardous condition for swimmers. As a result, a critical analysis of the existing structures has been overtaken, which together with detailed analysis of the coastal processes, have allowed to provide a new solution, replacing the hard structures with soft protection.
Currently awaiting to receive the report on the management of beaches commissioned the University of Cantabria to adopt a solution to the coastal areas of Cunit.
Seabed
World Wide Fund for Nature proposes to town for inclusion in the official lists of Site of Community Importance for the maritime grasslands described as Posidonia oceanica.
References
- Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Weather averages of Cunit Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Metereologic Station 2006
- ^ "Blue Flag Marina". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ Official project[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.ereventos.com/02_proyectos/proyecto.jsp?id_proyecto=220 Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Cubelles marina
- ^ "Desalination Plant". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
External links
- Government data pages (in Catalan)