Official Name: | La Granadella |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Pushpin Map1: | Spain |
Pushpin Mapsize1: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption1: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Lleida |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Les Garrigues |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Carlos Gibert Bernaus (2015)[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 88.7 |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Elevation M: | 528 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Area Code Type: | Calling code |
Area Code: | +34 (Spain) |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 25101 |
Coordinates: | 41.3569°N 0.6664°W |
La Granadella (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /la ɣɾanaˈðeʎɛ/) is a Spanish town (municipi) in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is situated in the county of Garrigues, in the province of Lleida.
The municipality covers an area of 89 km² (34 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 715.[2] As of 2006, it is twinned with the town of Pézilla-la-Rivière in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France.
Its principal economic activity is agriculture, especially in growing olives, almonds and cereals. It secondary economic activity is processing these crops, especially in making olive oil.
It contains a primary school and a small secondary school.
Its baroque 18th-century parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary of Grace.