Capafonts is a village in the province of Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia. According to data of 2012 its population was of 121 inhabitants.
Capafonts | |
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Coordinates: 41°17′51″N 1°1′42″E / 41.29750°N 1.02833°E | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Tarragona |
Comarca | Baix Camp |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antoni Marca Ferrús (2015)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 13.4 km2 (5.2 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 96 |
• Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Also called Capafons, with traditional spelling, the place name derives from the Latin Capite fontium, "head of the fountains".[4] A total of 53 fountains were recorded, most notably Font de la Llódriga, which never dried.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Ajuntament de Capafonts". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: Capafonts". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Bofarull i Terrades, Manuel. Origen dels noms geogràfics de Catalunya: Pobles, rius, muntanyes, etc.. Barcelona: Millà, 1991, p.65. ISBN 84-7304-186-0.
- ^ Diego López Bonillo "Les fonts de Capafonts-1" in Quaderns de Capafonts, núm. 2 (4-VII-2004), p. 10, Quaderns de Capafonts, núm. 2
External links edit
- Government data pages (in Catalan)