Reus, Joan Prim's Monument

Reus is the capital of the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, located at 117 metres above sea level. The population in 1997 was 90,993 and reached 100,000 in 2005. Image File history File linksMetadata Catalonia-Reus-Prim-Monument. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Catalonia-Reus-Prim-Monument. ... Joan Prim, Spanish general and statesman General Juan Prim, Marquis of los Castillejos, Count of Reus (December 12, 1814 – December 30, 1870), Spanish soldier and statesman, was the son of Lieut. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Other Catalan comarques Province Tarragona Capital Reus Largest city Reus Demonym   Population (2001) 145,675 hab. ... A picture from the air Tarragona Ampitheatre Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ...

Reus is an important commercial city with a great sense of civic pride. People from Reus have a reputation for openmindedness and are very proud to live in their city.

The area has always been an important producer of wines and spirits, and gained continental importance at the time of the Phylloxera plague. Grape Phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, family Phylloxeridae, superfamily Aphidoidea) is a serious pest of commercial grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America. ...

Tourism in Reus

In recent years tourism in Reus has expanded as more and more people flock to the Costa Dorada for their summer holidays or some winter sun.

Recently the airport at Reus has started to receive low cost flights from Ryanair who fly to Reus from four different Europèan locations. From Reus Airport you can easily reach both the resort town of Salou and one of Europe's biggest theme parks at Port Aventura. Salou (Greek Salauris) is a seaside resort and tourist center in Catalonia, about 10 km from Tarragona on the Costa Dorada, Spain. ...

Flag of Reus

The first flag of Reus was in use from 1774 to 1943. The flag was dark red with the city arms in the centre.

In 1943 the flag was changed because the colour red seemed to be associated with the left, defeated in the civil war (1936-39). As the historic city arms were argent with a heraldic rose the new flag was white with a heraldic rose in the center. Minor changes to the rose in the flag were made after 1943.

Currently the rose has a new version, taken from the city emblem. The emblem itself has official status. This presumably also applies to the flag also but this has not been confirmed by the local government.

External Links

• Reus Airport