La Sénia
Encyclopedia
La Sénia is a municipality
in the comarca
of Montsià
in
Catalonia
, Spain
.
This town is located in a plain by the Sénia River
at the western end of the Montsià comarca. The limestone
massif of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit
rises a few miles west of the town.
There are important celebrations every year in September in honor of Our Lady of Pallerols.
s where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey.
Formerly there was an aerodrome
in La Sénia. It was reconverted to a military airfield during the Spanish Civil War
, first by the Spanish Republican Air Force
, and subsequently by the Aviación Nacional
. The airfield was abandoned shortly after the war was over.
La Sénia experienced an economic boom during the 1990s as the local industries producing furniture
profited from the real estate bubble
in Spain. The town is now suffering much as a consequence of the late-2000s recession. La Sénia is part of the Taula del Sénia
free association of municipalities.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the comarca
Comarques of Catalonia
This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US "county" or a UK "district". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona...
of Montsià
Montsià
Montsià is the southernmost comarca of Catalonia in Spain. Its capital and largest city is Amposta.-History:The Montsià was first established as a separate administrative comarca in 1936 and was named after the Serra del Montsià mountain range...
in
Catalonia
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...
, Spain
Spain
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.
This town is located in a plain by the Sénia River
Sénia River
The Sénia River is a river in the provinces of Castellón and Tarragona, Spain. It begins its course at 1,200 m in the Barranc del Salt, Ports de Beseit. limestone massif near La Pobla de Benifassà....
at the western end of the Montsià comarca. The limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
massif of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit
Ports de Tortosa-Beseit
Ports de Tortosa-Beseit , also known as Ports de Beseit, or simply as Els Ports or Lo Port by locals, is a limestone mountain massif located at the north-eastern end of the Sistema Ibérico, a complex system of mountain ranges and massifs in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. Its highest point is...
rises a few miles west of the town.
There are important celebrations every year in September in honor of Our Lady of Pallerols.
History
La Sénia was an important resting point for wayfarers and transhumant cattle herders in the past with roadside innINN
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s where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey.
Formerly there was an aerodrome
Aerodrome
An aerodrome, airdrome or airfield is a term for any location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve cargo, passengers or neither...
in La Sénia. It was reconverted to a military airfield during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
, first by the Spanish Republican Air Force
Spanish Republican Air Force
The Spanish Republican Air Force, , was the air arm of the Second Spanish Republic, the legally established government of Spain between 1931 and 1939...
, and subsequently by the Aviación Nacional
Aviación Nacional
Aviación Nacional or Fuerza Aérea Nacional may refer to any of the following military air units supporting General Franco in the Spanish Civil War:*Condor Legion, of Nazi Germany*Aviazione Legionaria, of Fascist Italy...
. The airfield was abandoned shortly after the war was over.
La Sénia experienced an economic boom during the 1990s as the local industries producing furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
profited from the real estate bubble
Real estate bubble
A real estate bubble or property bubble is a type of economic bubble that occurs periodically in local or global real estate markets...
in Spain. The town is now suffering much as a consequence of the late-2000s recession. La Sénia is part of the Taula del Sénia
Taula del Sénia
The Taula del Sénia or Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia is a mancomunitat or free association of municipalities made up of 22 towns, totalling up to 100,000 people, of some of the comarcas that make up the center of the historical region of Ilercavonia , Spain...
free association of municipalities.