• Source: Garrigues (comarca)

Garrigues (Western Catalan: [ɡaˈriɣes]) is a comarca (county) in Ponent, Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Les Borges Blanques. Its symbol (on the flag and shield in the right panel) is an olive branch, Garrigues being the center of olive cultivation (most of it without the necessity of irrigation) in all of Catalonia.




History


The cave paintings at Roca dels Moros, El Cogul, are the most important vestiges of prehistoric settlement in Garrigues. A Neolithic tomb has been found at Les Borges Blanques. During the Iberian era, the comarca was settled by the Ilergetians. There is documentation also for Roman summer residences and country villas, particularly in the north, but the Roman influence died out soon after.




Municipalities






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External links



Official comarcal Web site (in Catalan)
IDESCAT: statistical information about Garrigues (in Catalan)
Information about Garrigues on the site of the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
Detailed map of the comarca (text in Catalan)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Comarca di Spanyol
• Daftar munisipalitas di Lleida
• Garrigues (comarca)
• Garrigues
• Comarcas of Spain
• Les Borges Blanques
• Comarques of Catalonia
• Fulleda
• Castelldans
• José Espasa Anguera
• El Cogul
• La Floresta, Spain