Terra Alta - Definition and Overview

Terra Alta is a sparsely populated inland comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Gandesa. It is also known as Castellania, a name dating back to its medieval status as a fiefdom held by the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem under the then-monarchy of Catalonia and Aragon.

Municipalities

Population figures are for 2002.

Official comarcal web site (in Catalan) (http://www.terra-alta.altanet.org/)
IDESCAT: statistical information about Terra Alta (in Catalan) (http://www.idescat.es/servlet/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=2&V1=37&PDF=FALSE&VOK=Confirmar)
information about Terra Alta from the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan) (http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=0&cod=8103790004&err=0)

Comarques of Catalonia
Alt Camp \| Alt Empordà \| Alt Penedès \| Alt Urgell \| Alta Ribagorça \| Anoia \| Bages \| Baix Camp \| Baix Ebre \| Baix Empordà \| Baix Llobregat \| Baix Penedès \| Baixa Cerdanya \| Barcelonès \| Berguedà \| Conca de Barberà \| Garraf \| Garrigues \| Garrotxa \| Gironès \| Maresme \| Montsià \| Noguera \| Osona \| Pallars Jussà \| Pallars Sobirà \| Pla de l'Estany \| Pla d'Urgell \| Priorat \| Ribera d'Ebre \| Ripollès \| Segarra \| Segrià \| Selva \| Solsonès \| Tarragonès \| Terra Alta \| Urgell \| Val d'Aran \| Vallès Occidental \| Vallès Oriental
Historical Comarques
North Catalonia: Alta Cerdanya \| Capcir \| Conflent \| Rosselló \| Vallespir

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