Calaf
{{About|the Catalan town|the opera character Calàf|Turandot}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Calaf
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| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Calaf.JPG
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| image_flag = Bandera_de_Calaf.svg
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| image_shield = Escut de Calaf.svg
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| pushpin_map = Spain Province of Barcelona#Spain
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Catalonia
| coordinates = {{coord|41|44|N|1|31|E|region:ES_type:city|display=inline}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}}
| subdivision_type1 = Community
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Catalonia}}
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Barcelona
| subdivision_type3 = Comarca
| subdivision_name3 = Anoia
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Jordi Badia Perea (2015){{cite web|url=http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=0803120002|title=Ajuntament de Calaf|publisher=Generalitat of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-13}}
| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/?lang=en&id=080312|title=El municipi en xifres: Calaf|publisher=Statistical Institute of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-23}}
| area_total_km2 = 9.2
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 680
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Calafins
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| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 08280
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| website = {{url|www.calaf.cat}}
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Calaf ({{IPA|ca|kəˈlaf}}) is the main town in the northern portion of the comarca of the Anoia in
Catalonia, Spain, situated on the Calaf Plain. The town holds an important weekly livestock market.
It is served by the main N-II road from Barcelona to Lleida, the Renfe railway line from Manresa to Lleida
and the C-1412 road from Igualada to Ponts. Calaf also has an exit from the new C25 that crosses Catalonia from Girona to Lleida. The remains of Calaf castle dominate the town from a hilltop.
Subdivisions
The village of La Pineda (population (2005): 195) is included within the municipality of Calaf.
References
{{Reflist}}
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. {{ISBN|84-87135-01-3}} (Spanish). {{ISBN|84-87135-02-1}} (Catalan).
External links
{{Commons category|Calaf}}
- [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=0803120002 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020623223440/http://www.diba.es/municipis/munview.asp?Ine=08031&Vista=1 Information from the] Diputació de Barcelona
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060617015959/http://www.calaf.diba.es/ Consorci Turístic de l'Alta Anoia]
- [http://www.casaldecalaf.org/ Casal de Calaf]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, association
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Calaf
|N = Calonge de Segarra
|NE = Sant Pere Sallavinera
|E =
|SE = Els Prats de Rei
|SW = Pujalt
|W =
|NW =
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{{Anoia}}
{{Municipalities in Barcelona}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities in Anoia
Category:Populated places in Anoia
{{Barcelona-geo-stub}}