Miravet

Miravet () is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of .

Key facts

Settlement.name: Miravet
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Image:Castelldemiravet.png
Settlement.image_caption: Inner courtyard at Miravet castle
Settlement.image_shield: Escut de Miravet.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Catalonia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Catalonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 23px|border Tarragona
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ribera d'Ebre
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Antoni Borrell Vives (2015)
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 32.3
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Official name: Miravet
Demonym: miravetà
Population: 685
Area: 32.30
Elevation: 43
Official website: www.miravet.cat
Image: Catalunya Miravet poble vell.JPG
Households: 87
Licence plate code: T

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Commons category: Miravet
postal code: 43747
P8168: Adam Przeworski
male population: 369
female population: 322

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Miravet () is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of .

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, and one of the best examples of Romanesque, religious and military, architecture of the Templar order in the whole Western world.