Traiguera is a town and municipality

Municipality

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 in the Baix Maestrat

Baix Maestrat

Baix Maestrat is a comarca in the province of Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain.- Municipalities :*Alcalà de Xivert*Benicarló*Càlig*Canet lo Roig*Castell de Cabres*Cervera del Maestre*Chert/Xert*La Jana*Peñíscola*La Pobla de Benifassà...

 comarca, province of Castelló

Castellón (province)

Castellón or Castelló is a province in the northern part of the Valencian Community, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Valencia to the south, Teruel to the west, Tarragona to the north, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east. The western side of the province is in the mountainous...

, Valencian Community

Valencian Community

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, Spain. It 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.

The town is located in a central position in the comarca, north of the Muntanyes de Cervera. The Serra de Sant Pere

Serra de Sant Pere

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 mountain range rises on the western side of Traiguera. This town was mentioned as part of Ilercavonia

Ilercavonia

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 by Ptolemy

Ptolemy

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Besides Mediterranean agriculture, mainly almond

Almond

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s, olive

Olive

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s and orange

Orange (fruit)

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s, the town has a traditional ceramic

Ceramic

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 industry, much affected now by the current crisis. The name of the place 'Traiguera' comes from Aegilops geniculata

Aegilops geniculata

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, a coarse cereal

Cereal

Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...

 that was cultivated until the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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One of the main tourist attractions is the Santuari de la Font de la Salut, located among mountains 2 km south of the town.

External links

• Web oficial de l'Ajuntament de Traiguera
• Informació de Traiguera
• Imatge de Traiguera: Memòria visual del Segle XX
• País Valencià, poble a poble, comarca a comarca, de Paco González Ramírez, d'on se n'ha tret informació amb el seu consentiment.
• Institut Valencià d'Estadística.
• Portal de la Direcció General d'Administració Local de la Generalitat.