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MUNICIPAL COAT OF ARMS |
FLAG OF SALOU |
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Coat of arms tiling of azure. A golden sailed gold ship with 4 masts and with a silver open tower above. A mural village crown as a crest. |
Landscaped flag, of two by three proportions, blue with a yellow band of 1/6 wide of the total vertical length of the flag, situated in the inferior third of the flag and with a white tower (as it is in the municipal coat of arms) of a 2/5 of the high of the clothes located in the top left-hand corner. |
| Name for the people | Salouencs |
| Creation of the municipality | 27-1-1990 |
| Autonomous Region | Catalonia |
| Shire | Tarragonès |
| Province | Tarragona |
| Touristic Zone | Costa Daurada |
| Other festivals | 15th August and 30th October |
| Area | 15,13 km2 |
| Beaches | 3,52 Km |
| Altitude | 4 m |
| Highest point | 77 m (Cap Salou) |
| Climate | Mediterranian |
| Population (a 30-11-2006) | 22.451 inhabitants |
| Maximum population (agost) | 178.629 inhabitants |
| Communications | |
| A7 Motorway | Exit number 35 in Salou |
| A2 Motorway | 33 Km. away |
| Highways | wo, heading Tarragona and Reus |
| Railway | Railway station of Salou. France-Barcelona-Valencia route |
| Commercial Port | Port of Tarragona, 11 Km. away |
| Airport | Airport of Reus, 10 Km. away |
| Airport of El Prat (Barcelona), 92 Km. away | |
| Basic bibliography |
| - Anton Clavé, Salvador.- Diferenciació i Reestructuració de l'Espai Turístic.- Procesos i tendències al litoral de Tarragona.-Ed. El Medol.- Tarragona, 1997.- 301 pàg. |
| - M. Cirera Saló i C. Cirera Saló.- Carta de Població de Salou. Any 1194 Ed. Ajuntament de Salou, 1994.- 69 pàg. |
| - Guinovart Grau, Josep Maria.- Salou Ed. Escudo de Oro.-Barcelona, 1999.- 32 pàg 50 fotografies. |
| - Guinovart, Josep M i Cirera Maite.- Salou Lliure, 10 anys 1989-1999 Ed. Ajuntament de Salou, 1999.- 80 pàg |
| - Llorach, Josep M.- Els Sistemes Naturals de Salou.-Ed. Escola de Natura Cel Rogent.- Reus, 1995.- 118 pàg. |
| - Morell i Torrademè, Josep El Port de Salou en el Segle XVIII Ed. IE Ramon Berenguer IV.- Tarragona 1986.- 281 pàg. |
| - Salou ciutat de futur.- Ed. Ajuntament de Salou, 2000.- 56 pàg. |