Capçanes | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 41.102°N 0.782°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Tarragona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Priorat |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Juan Carlos Carlos Vaqué (2015)[1] |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 22.5 |
Elevation M: | 238 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Capçanes (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /kapˈsanes/) is a Catalan village in the province of Tarragona in north-eastern Spain. It is situated in the comarca of Priorat.
Capçanes is situated about 7 km (4.4 mi) south of Falset, 40 km (25 mi) west of Tarragona, and about 160 km (100 mi) south-west of Barcelona.
The village's main activity is agriculture, predominantly wine-growing, but also olive and almond production.
Pere Joan Barceló i Anguera (1687–1741), a.k.a. Carrasclet ("Carbon seller," a reference to his occupation), guerrillero, who fought in the War of Spanish Succession on the side of Archduke Charles of Austria against the Bourbons and who died in exile.