Santa Bàrbara | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 130px |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Catalonia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 40.7169°N 0.4978°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Name1: | Catalonia |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Tarragona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Montsià |
Leader Title: | mayor |
Leader Name: | Alfred Blanch Farnós (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 28.2 |
Elevation M: | 79 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Planer, planera |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 43138 |
Area Code: | (+34) ... |
Registration Plate: | T |
Santa Bàrbara (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˈsanta ˈβaɾβaɾa/) is a municipality in the comarca of Montsià in Catalonia, Spain.
Santa Bàrbara is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities.
This town is located in a plain at the northern end of the Serra de Godall, at the crossing of the roads between Tortosa and Ulldecona and between Amposta and La Galera. It was an important resting point for wayfarers and transhumant cattle herders using the system of ancient passages known as lligallos in the past. The town had roadside inns where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey and it still has some mid-range hotels and restaurants.
The RENFE railway line from Valencia to Tortosa used to pass through this town before 1990.[3] Since the Tortosa-Ferreries-Roquetes-Vinallop-Santa Bàrbara section of the line was eliminated, the rails were pulled off and the Santa Bàrbara train station buildings lie abandoned .