Miravet

Miravet
Municipality
Inner courtyard at Miravet castle
Coat of arms
Miravet Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°2′N 0°36′E / 41.033°N 0.600°E / 41.033; 0.600
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Ribera d'Ebre
Government
• Mayor	Antoni Borrell Vives (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	32.3 km^2 (12.5 sq mi)
Population  (2024-01-01)[3]
• Total	688
• Density	21.3/km^2 (55.2/sq mi)
Website	www.miravet.cat

Miravet (Catalan pronunciation: [miraˈβet]) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 688 (register office, 2024) .

The village and the castle was founded by the Moors and rebuilt by the Knights Templar and transformed into a fortress-monastery, after the conquest of 1153. It is considered to be the largest fortified complex in Catalonia^{[citation needed]}, and one of the best examples of Romanesque, religious and military, architecture of the Templar order in the whole Western world.^{[citation needed]}

History

In the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 it was one of the scenes of the Battle of the Ebro. The 4th November 1938, the fascists occupied Miravent and continued east of the Ebro river.

Ebre in Miravet

References

1. "Ajuntament de Miravet". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Miravet". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. National Statistics Institute (13 December 2024). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2024".

External links

• Government data pages (in Catalan)