El Vendrell
El Vendrell | |
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Tarragona | |
| Comarca | Baix Penedès |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kenneth Martínez, del PSC (2019)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.8 km2 (14.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 37,153 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Climate | Csa |
| Website | elvendrell |
El Vendrell (Catalan pronunciation: Mediterranean and the coastal range. El Vendrell is the capital of the Baix Penedès comarca and a tourist spot, with the beaches of Comarruga, Sant Salvador] and El Vendrell.
It is the source of the Catalan
family name "Vendrell
".
Notable people from El Vendrell
- Pau Casals
- Àngel Guimerà
- Andreu Nin
- Josep Nin i Tudó
- Manuel Nin
Demography
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2014 |
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| 5,103 | 5,081 | 5,224 | 8,903 | 13,448 | n/a |
Sport
The city has a roller hockey team, Club d'Esports Vendrell, one of the most important in Spain, which plays in the main League OK Liga.
Football
The city also has two amateur football clubs. The first being Club d'Esports Vendrell / CD Vendrell and UE Tancat, which are members of the Federació Catalana de Futbol.
References
- Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-02-1(Catalan).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to El Vendrell.
- Government data pages (in Catalan)
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