Salou

Summary

Salou is a municipality of Catalonia^[1]. Salou ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_catalonia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Salou is located in Tarragonès^[3].
• Salou is in the country of Spain^[4].
• Salou is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[5].
• Salou's head of government is recorded as Pere Granados Carrillo^[6].
• Salou's image is recorded as Salou004.JPG^[7].
• Salou's instance of is recorded as municipality of Catalonia^[8].
• Salou's capital is recorded as Salou^[9].
• Salou's official language is recorded as Catalan^[10].
• Salou's official language is recorded as Spanish^[11].
• Salou's flag image is recorded as Bandera de Salou.svg^[12].
• Salou's shares border with is recorded as Vila-seca^[13].
• Salou's shares border with is recorded as Cambrils^[14].
• Salou's coat of arms image is recorded as Escut de Salou.svg^[15].
• Salou's flag is recorded as flag of Salou^[16].
• Salou's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 143066151^[17].
• Salou's GND ID is recorded as 4415773-3^[18].
• Salou's coat of arms is recorded as Q20106750^[19].
• Salou's locator map image is recorded as Localització de Salou.png^[20].
• Salou's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80089390^[21].
• Salou's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 124089623^[22].
• Salou's postal code is recorded as 43840^[23].
• Salou's part of is recorded as Q107556148^[24].
• Salou's Commons category is recorded as Salou^[25].
• Salou's licence plate code is recorded as T^[26].
• Salou's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 343188^[27].

Body

Geography

Salou is in the country of Spain^[4]. Salou is located in Tarragonès^[3]. Salou is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[5]. Salou's part of is recorded as Q107556148^[24].

Physical Characteristics

Salou's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.10'}^[28]. Salou's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+26752'}^[30], {'amount': '+26601'}^[31], {'amount': '+26193'}^[32], {'amount': '+27016'}^[33], {'amount': '+26649'}^[34], and {'amount': '+25754'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Salou's instance of is recorded as municipality of Catalonia^[8].

History and Context

+1989-10-30T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Salou^[36].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Salou include Salou^[37], a former railway station^[38], in Spain^[39].

Why It Matters

Salou ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_catalonia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).^[2] Salou has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40]

Entities named for Salou include Salou^[37], a former railway station^[38], in Spain^[39].