The Coll de Balaguer is a mountain pass in Catalonia, Spain. It is located at the point where the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range reaches the sea, in L'Almadrava, within the Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant municipality, Baix Camp.
| Coll de Balaguer | |
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 View of Los Dedalts mountains in the Coll de Balaguer area. | |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft)[1] |
| Location | Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Catalonia |
| Range | Catalan Pre-Coastal Range |
| Coordinates | 40°57′58″N 0°53′8″E / 40.96611°N 0.88556°E |
  Coll de Balaguer Location of Coll de Balaguer | |
Despite its scant altitude this pass has been an important communication line between the Terres de l'Ebre region and the Camp de Tarragona since ancient times. Nowadays highways AP-7, N-340, as well as the RENFE Barcelona-Valencia railway line go through the Coll de Balaguer pass.
There are the ruins of a 13th-century castle overlooking the pass from the time of the fight against the Saracens. The Vandellòs Nuclear Power Plant is located right south of Coll de Balaguer.
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- ^ "Mapa Topogràfic de Catalunya". Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
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