Vallfogona de Riucorb
Municipality in Catalonia, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vallfogona de Riucorb (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌbaʎfuˈɣonə ðə riwˈkɔɾp]) is a municipality and village in the comarca of the Conca de Barberà in central Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Comalats range in the north of the comarca, with the Cap de Cans rising to 759 m. Vallfogona village is built on the south bank of the Corb river.
Vallfogona de Riucorb | |
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Coordinates: 41.5633°N 1.2365°E / 41.5633; 1.2365 | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Tarragona |
Comarca | Conca de Barberà |
Government | |
• Mayor | Francesc Xavier Llobet Albareda (2015)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 698 m (2,290 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 85 |
• Density | 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi) |
Demonym | Vallfogoní |
Website | www |
It is known for the medicinal mineral water that flows from a local spring, and for the priest and Baroque poet Francesc Vicent Garcia (1579–1623), "El Rector de Vallfogona." Garcia wrote mostly satirical verse, and was acquainted with notable authors of the time such as Lope de Vega. He ordered the construction of the chapel of Santa Bàrbara in 1617.