El Pinell de Brai

El Pinell de Brai
Municipality

Cooperative building, El Pinell de Brai

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El Pinell de Brai

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 41°01′02″N 0°30′56″E / 41.01722°N 0.51556°E / 41.01722; 0.51556Coordinates: 41°01′02″N 0°30′56″E / 41.01722°N 0.51556°E / 41.01722; 0.51556
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Tarragona
Comarca Terra Alta
Government
 • mayor Marc Martínez Aroca (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 57.0 km2 (22.0 sq mi)
Elevation 101 m (331 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 1,076
 • Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Climate Csa
Website www.pinelldebrai.altanet.org

El Pinell de Brai is a municipality in the comarca of la Terra Alta in Catalonia, Spain.

This town is located in a small plain surrounded by mountains including Serra de Pàndols and Serra de Cavalls. This area suffered badly during the Battle of the Ebro in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39). There is a point called Hill 705 Cota 705 on top of the highest peak of Serra de Pàndols range near the town on which stands a monument to those who died in the battles.[3] Like in Corbera d'Ebre, some of the town's houses destroyed in the Civil War have been kept as they are and are known as "The Fallen Houses" Les Cases Caigudes.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament del Pinell de Brai". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: El Pinell de Brai". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ↑ The Battle of the Ebro in one day
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