Tordera is a city in the
comarca of
Maresme,
province of Barcelona
Barcelona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is . ,
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...
, Spain, situated 64 km from
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
and 36 km from
Girona
Girona (officially and in Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020. Girona is the capit ...
on the edge of the
Montnegre natural park. Its population as of 2010 was 15,641.
The economy used to be based on
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...
, especially
cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
production, but has diversified into
textile manufacturing
Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods ...
and
construction
Construction is a general term meaning the art and science to form objects, systems, or organizations,"Construction" def. 1.a. 1.b. and 1.c. ''Oxford English Dictionary'' Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) Oxford University Press 2009 and ...
. The
Tordera River
The Tordera ( ca, La Tordera) is a river of Catalonia (Spain). It flows through the town of Tordera.
Course
The river is long. Its source is in the Montseny Massif, and it discharges in the Mediterranean Sea. The river's average discharge is ...
flows through the town. The
Romanesque church of Saint Stephen is situated in the town centre: part of the
altar
An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in pagan ...
is original, but the rest of the building was renovated in the 16th and 18th centuries.
The
GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a staging point at Tordera. Stage 12 links northwards to
Lloret de Mar, a distance of , whilst stage 13 links southwards to
Hortsavinyà
Hortsavinyà is a village within the municipality of Tordera in the ''comarca'' of Maresme, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, has a ...
, a distance of .
References
External links
Official website
Government data pages
Municipalities in Maresme
{{Barcelona-geo-stub