Vila-seca

Vila-seca (; literally 'Dry-town') is a municipality of the comarca of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of .

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Settlement.name: Vila-seca
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Vila_seca.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Sant Esteve church
Settlement.image_shield: Escut_de_Vilaseca.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Catalonia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Catalonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Community
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Catalonia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tarragona
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Tarragonès
Settlement.government_type: Mayor–council
Settlement.governing_body: Ajuntament de Vila-seca

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Vila-seca
Demonym: Vila-secà, vila-secana
Population: 22522
Area: 21.60
Elevation: 45
Official website: www.vila-seca.cat
Image: Vila seca.jpg
Households: 74
Licence plate code: T

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Commons category: Vila-seca
postal code: 43480
female population: 11074
P8168: Reuben Brainin
inception: 1200-00-00
male population: 11113

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Vila-seca (; literally 'Dry-town') is a municipality of the comarca of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of .

The historical name was Vila-seca de Solcina and since the 80's known as Vila-seca i Salou until Salou was segregated from Vila-seca on 1989, however the municipality includes the urban areas of La Plana and La Pineda. Vila-seca has a large petrochemical complex shared with Tarragona and La Canonja, including Repsol complex in El Morell makes one of the greatest petrochemical areas of Europe like Ludwigshafen am Rhein.