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It is located in the south of the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain between the pre-coastal mountain range (Serralada Pre-litoral) and the Mediterranean Sea. The comarcal division of the Generalitat de Catalunya in 1936 and 1987, divided Penedès into three administrative comarques: Alt Penedès , Baix Penedès and Garraf , and their ...
Vilafranca del Penedès, [a] or simply Vilafranca, is the capital of Alt Penedès county in Penedès, Catalonia, Spain.It is situated in the Penedès Depression on the left bank of the Foix River, and on the main axis of communication from Barcelona to Tarragona and Valencia, served by a Rodalies Barcelona line 4 and by the AP-7 autopista as well as by the C-243 towards Sant Sadurní d'Anoia ...
Penedès. Penedès is one of the eight regions defined by the Regional Plan of Catalonia.Located in south of Catalonia, it includes the comarques from historical Penedès region (Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès and Garraf), along with the southern municipalities of Anoia. [1]
Gelida (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒəˈliðə]) is a town and municipality in the comarca of Alt Penedès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The town is built on a hillside above the Anoia river, the AP-7 motorway, and line 4 of the Barcelona commuter rail network. It is connected to its railway station via a funicular railway.
La Granada (Catalan pronunciation: [lə ɣɾəˈnaðə]) is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Penedès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It has an exclave to the east. References
The Penedès DOP is centred in the regional capital, Vilafranca del Penedès, with nearby Sant Sadurní d'Anoia the acknowledged centre of Cava production. Besides these two, the principal towns are Vilanova i la Geltrú , Sitges and el Vendrell .
The city is 65 kilometres (40 miles) west of Barcelona and 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the famous mountain and monastery of Montserrat. Igualada hosts the European Balloon Festival, the largest hot air balloon festival in Spain and one of the largest in Europe. It has taken place every year, since 1997, at the beginning of July.
Llorenç del Penedès (Catalan pronunciation: [ʎuˈɾɛnz ðəl pənəˈðɛs]) is a village in the province of Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. References [ edit ]