Mas de Barberans

Mas de Barberans (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈmaz ðe βaɾβeˈɾans]) is a municipality in the comarca of Montsià in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Taula del Sénia free association of municipalities.

Mas de Barberans
Municipality
Mas de Barberans
Flag Coat of arms
Mas de Barberans Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 40°44′09″N 0°22′23″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Tarragona
Comarca	Montsià
Government
• mayor	Josep Maria Lleixà Lleixà (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	78.8 km2 (30.4 sq mi)
Elevation	348 m (1,142 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	577
• Density	7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Website	masdebarberans.net

Local crafts

This town is located at the feet of the eastern edge of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit. The inhabitants have traditionally specialized in weaving and making basketry articles with the leaves of the Mediterranean Fan Palm, locally known as paumes. These leaves were gathered in the Ports mountainsides during the summer. This trade died down in the 1970s.^[4]

See also

• Ports de Tortosa-Beseit

References

1. "Ajuntament de Mas de Barberans". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Mas de Barberans". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
4. El treball de la pauma Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Web de l'Ajuntament
• Government data pages (in Catalan)