Conca de Barberà

The comarca of Conca de Barberà is divided into three geographical zones. The lowland sector consists of the physical Conca de Barberà region: the valleys of the Rivers Francolí and Anguera (Conca means a river valley, and Barberà is one of the principal villages in the valley).{{cite web|url=http://www.enciclopedia.cat/EC-GEC-0019208.xml|title=la Conca de Barberà|publisher=Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana|accessdate=2015-10-14}} The capital of the comarca, Montblanc is at the southern end of this sector at the confluence of these two rivers. The northern edge of the Conca is marked by the Serra del Tallat escarpment, which separates it from the Baixa Segarra ("Lower Segarra") region, and the south-western zone of the comarca is formed by the Prades Mountains, part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. which straddle the border between Conca de Barberà and the adjoining comarcas of Alt Camp, Baix Camp, Garrigues and Priorat.{{cite book |title=Philip's Modern School Atlas |year=1973 |publisher=George Philip & Son |isbn=0-540-05278-7 |page=37 }} These rounded limestone outcrops are clad in forests of pine, oak and chestnut. The climate of the comarca is transitional between a Mediterranean climate and the continental inland climate. The rainfall averages {{convert|550|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}, mostly falling in spring and autumn. It can be foggy in winter and the temperature can rise to {{convert|38|°C}} in summer. The comarca has a rich and diverse flora and fauna.{{cite book|author=Màrius Domingo de Pedro|title=Els ocells a la Conca de Barberà |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Rn4kpUgfr4C&pg=PA9 |year=2005 |publisher=Cossetània Edicions |isbn=978-84-9791-128-3 |pages=9–}}

The northern Serra del Tallat region is the site of several wind farms. When the Catalan Government’s Energy Plan 2006–2015 was prepared with proposals that affected the comarca of Conca de Barberà, opinion was divided. Some municipalities favoured the construction of the wind turbines as generating income which would benefit the community, while others objected to the imposition of such projects by the Catalan authorities without sufficient input by the affected municipalities.{{cite book|author=Giuseppe Munda|title=Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation for a Sustainable Economy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kXFyfQsd44C&pg=PA48|year=2007 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-540-73703-2 |pages=48–}} In January 2012 it was announced that wind power production in Catalonia had reached 1,000 megawatts, enough to supply over four percent of Catalonia's power needs.{{cite news |title=Wind power production in Catalonia reaches 1,000 megawatts |url=http://www.catalannewsagency.com/society-science/item/wind-power-production-in-catalonia-reaches-1000-megawatts |newspaper=Catalan News Agency |date=25 January 2012 |accessdate=14 October 2015}}

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• [http://www.concadebarbera.cat/ Official website] {{in lang|ca}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20040131171316/http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=6&cod=8101670005 Information about Conca de Barberà on the site of the la Generalitat de Catalunya] {{in lang|ca}}

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| N = Segarra

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| E = Anoia

| SE = Alt Camp

| S = Baix Camp

| SW = Priorat

| W = Garrigues

| NW = Urgell

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