La Granadella (Catalan pronunciation: [la ɣɾanaˈðeʎɛ]) is a Spanish town (municipi) in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is situated in the county of Garrigues, in the province of Lleida.
La Granadella | |
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![]() View of La Granadella, Catalonia. | |
Coordinates: 41°21′25″N 0°39′59″E | |
Autonomous Community | ![]() |
Province | Lleida |
Comarca | Les Garrigues |
Government | |
• Mayor | Carlos Gibert Bernaus (2015)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 88.7 km2 (34.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 528 m (1,732 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 728 |
• Density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 25101 |
Calling code | +34 (Spain) |
Website | www |
The municipality covers an area of 89 km² (34 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 715.[2] As of 2006, it is twinned with the town of Pézilla-la-Rivière in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France.
Its principal economic activity is agriculture, especially in growing olives, almonds and cereals. It secondary economic activity is processing these crops, especially in making olive oil.
It contains a primary school and a small secondary school.
Its baroque 18th-century parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary of Grace.
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