La Granadella
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La Granadella is a Spanish town in the autonomous community of Catalonia
. It is situated in the county of Garrigues
, in the province of Lleida
.
It covers an area of 89 km² and has 779 inhabitants, as of 2001. 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
.
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
. It is situated in the county of Garrigues
Garrigues
Les Garrigues is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Les Borges Blanques. Its symbol is an olive branch, Les Garrigues being the center of olive cultivation in all of Catalonia...
, in the province of Lleida
Lleida (province)
thumb|250px|Monastery of [[Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes]].Lleida is a province of north-eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the countries of France and...
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It covers an area of 89 km² and has 779 inhabitants, as of 2001. As of 2006, it is twinned with the town of Pézilla-la-Rivière
Pézilla-la-Rivière
Pézilla-la-Rivière is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.-References:*...
in the Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :...
department of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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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
Olive oil
Olive oil is an oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. It is commonly used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps...
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It contains a primary school and a small secondary school.
Its baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
18th century parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary of Grace
Titles of Mary
Mary is known by many titles , epithets , invocations and other names ....
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