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Geographical location

Vilaplana is a municipality situated in the Baix Camp county, in the east side of the Mussara mountain range. This mountain range makes all the surrounding look rugged, with nice and varied landscapes in the whole township.

The municipality has an area of 23.76Km², after the Mussara was added in 1961.

Its geographic position is determined by the following figures: 41º13'35''N, 01º02'10''E.

 

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Economical activities

The village is mainly dedicated to the agriculture. Most of the township is occupied by forests of pines and holm oaks. In the cultivated lands, there are hazel, olive and almond trees, followed at a relative distance by the vineyard. In the few irrigated lands that exist, there are some fruit trees and vegetable gardens.

The only industrial activities are derivatives of the agriculture: one mill and one press.

Until the first years of the 20th.century, there were some exploitations of stone quarries of granite and extraction of barite.

Nowadays, the village is a Summer and a second house place to live.

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