La Serra d'Almos explained

Settlement Type:Village
Official Name:La Serra d'Almos
Pushpin Map:Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Coordinates:41.0798°N 0.7442°W
Area Total Km2:100
Elevation M:229
Population As Of:2009
Population Total:273
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

La Serra d'Almos is a village located within the municipal term of Tivissa, in the Ribera d'Ebre comarca, Catalonia, Spain.

History

Administratively La Serra d'Almos was formerly a municipality in its own right since 1787. In 1940, one year after the Spanish Civil War, the village was merged with the Tivissa municipality. Since 2009 it has become a Decentralized Municipal Entity (EMD), though still depending from Tivissa, located about 7 km away.

Geography

La Serra d'Almos has a church dedicated to Sant Domingo. The village is located in picturesque surroundings, in view of the Valley of the Ebro River at the feet of the Serra de Montalt, a subrange of the Serra de Llaberia, surrounded by vineyards and olive trees. Nowadays it is a favoured agritourism destination.

The wine produced in La Serra d'Almos is marketed under the Montsant DO denomination. Also local olives yield high-quality oil that has been awarded Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). This oil is marketed as DO Siurana.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.siurana.info/ingles/indexEngl.html Olive oil. Protected Denomination of origen - Siurana