Calafell is a municipality located in the province of Tarragona , in the region of the Bajo Penedés ( Catalonia , Spain ). In 2019, according to the National Institute of Statistics, it had a population of 26,538 inhabitants. The term has three main nuclei, called Calafell, Segur de Calafell and "La Playa de Calafell".
The first population of Calafell dates from the Iberian era, built during the second half of the 6th century BC and abandoned in the 1st century BC; Currently, his remains can be visited at the site of the Iberian Citadel of Calafell . Later in the same place a great Roman domus belonging to a patrician family was built. Calafell means small castle and comes from Latin and Arabic. It appears documented in 999 as l'Espluga de Calafell and belonged to the municipality of Castellet.
In Calafell there is one of the most significant Iberian deposits in Spain, the Iberian Ciutadella and in 1997 another prehistoric site was discovered in Cova Foradada.
Calafell is a tourist municipality where there is a wide variety of leisure and entertainment proposals throughout the year. One of the main economic activities is tourism, especially in the Calafell beach area, an activity that began to develop strongly in the 1960s. There are numerous apartment buildings and hotels. Tourism in Calafell lies above all in the gastronomic offer, especially in the products of the area such as wine and fish; Also during the summer season it has a large number of marine leisure offers, such as dinghy sailing , windsurfing, and dolphin surfing.
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