Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant
Encyclopedia
Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant (bəndəˈʎɔz i ɫuspitəˈɫɛd də ɫimˈfan) is a municipality
in the comarca
of the Baix Camp
in Catalonia
, Spain
. It is situated in the south-west of the comarca, between the Serra de Llaberia
range and the coast.
The town of Vandellòs is some 15 km inland, connected with the AP-7
autopista and the N-340 road (which run near to the coast) by the C-44 road. The town of L'Hospitalet de l'Infant is on the coast, and is an important tourist centre: it is served by a station on the RENFE
railway line between Tarragona
and Valencia
.
(INES). A rupture of a cooling pipe leading to a leak of sea water in Vandellòs-II on 25 August 2004 was classified as a level 2 incident: it led to a fine of more than 1.5 million euro
s for the owners of the power
station.
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 the Baix Camp
Baix Camp
Baix Camp is a comarca of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. It is one of the three comarques into which Camp de Tarragona was divided in the comarcal division of 1936....
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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. It is situated in the south-west of the comarca, between the Serra de Llaberia
Serra de Llaberia
Serra de Llaberia is a mountain chain in Catalonia, Spain located between the Prades and the Tivissa-Vandellòs Mountains.It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range...
range and the coast.
The town of Vandellòs is some 15 km inland, connected with the AP-7
Autopista AP-7
The Autopista AP-7 is a Spanish autopista . It is a toll motorway that runs along the Mediterranean coast of Spain.AP-7 has two different sections :...
autopista and the N-340 road (which run near to the coast) by the C-44 road. The town of L'Hospitalet de l'Infant is on the coast, and is an important tourist centre: it is served by a station on the RENFE
RENFE
Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
railway line between Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia on the north-east of Spain, by the Mediterranean. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the capital of the Catalan comarca Tarragonès. In the medieval and modern times it was the capital of the Vegueria of Tarragona...
and Valencia
Valencia (city in Spain)
Valencia or València is the capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third largest city in Spain, with a population of 809,267 in 2010. It is the 15th-most populous municipality in the European Union...
.
Nuclear power stations
The nuclear power stations Vandellòs I and II are situated on the coast near l'Hospitalet de l'Infant. They are the site of the two most serious incidents at Catalan nuclear power stations. A fire at Vandellòs-I in 1983 was classified as a level 3 incident on the International Nuclear Event ScaleInternational Nuclear Event Scale
The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale was introduced in 1990 by the International Atomic Energy Agency in order to enable prompt communication of safety significance information in case of nuclear accidents....
(INES). A rupture of a cooling pipe leading to a leak of sea water in Vandellòs-II on 25 August 2004 was classified as a level 2 incident: it led to a fine of more than 1.5 million euro
Euro
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s for the owners of the power
station.