Editing Tàrrega

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tàrrega
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Catalonia|Municipality]]
| official_name = Tàrrega
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| image_caption =Tarrega with the tower of the Santa Maria de l'Alba de Tàrrega visible
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| image_shield = Escut de Tàrrega.svg
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| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[File:Bandera de la provincia de Lérida.svg|20px|Lleida]]&nbsp;[[Province of Lleida|Lleida]]
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| population_demonym = targarí, targarina
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| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| postal_code = 25300
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Rosa Maria Perelló Escoda (2015)<ref name=municat>{{cite web|url=http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=2521730008|title=Ajuntament de Tàrrega|publisher=[[Generalitat of Catalonia]]|access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref>
| leader_party = [[Convergència i Unió|CiU]]
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[[File:Ajuntament Tàrrega 2114.jpg|thumb|The town hall (Ajuntament)]]
'''Tàrrega''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈta.re.ɣa}}, {{IPA|ca|ˈtaɾ.ɣa, ˈtaɾ.ɣɛ|label=locally}}) is a town and [[municipality]] located in the [[Urgell (comarca)|Urgell]] [[Comarques of Catalonia|comarca]], [[Province of Lleida]], [[Catalonia]]. According to the 2020 census ([[Statistical Institute of Catalonia]]), the town has a population of 17,445.

The village has a [[Mediterranean climate]] with certain influences from the [[Continental climate]]. Local attractions include a park at [[Sant Eloi]] mountain ({{convert|420|m}}) with a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church of the 13th century. Its [[Theatre festival|theatre fair]], held annually each September, attracts over 100,000 people a year.

==History==
Tàrrega's growth began in the 11th century, when Count Ramon Berenguer I conquered its castle. Located at a strategic crossroad, [[Middle Ages|medieval]] Tàrrega became an important economic and territorial possession. Indications of the town's vitality at the time include its Jewish community, its fairs and markets, and its large amount of artisans (especially [[goldsmith]]s). This period of prosperity was ended by the [[Black Death]], which depopulated the town. 

On 26 July 1348, the Jews of Tàrrega were victims of one of the earliest episodes of anti-Jewish violence related to the Black Death. Both Christian and Jewish sources attest to the murders. It is estimated that 800 Jews were murdered.<ref>1Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 12, pg. 65, </ref> (In 2007, excavations in Tàrrega identified the possible location of the medieval Jewish cemetery. Subsequent excavations confirmed that multiple individuals buried in six communal graves had suffered violent deaths.)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/tmg/vol1/iss1/5/|title = The Black Death and Its Consequences for the Jewish Community in Tàrrega: Lessons from History and Archeology|journal = The Medieval Globe|date = January 2014|volume = 1|issue = 1|last1 = Colet|first1 = Anna|last2 = Muntané i Santiveri|first2 = Josep Xavier|last3 = Ventura|first3 = Jordi Ruíz|last4 = Saula|first4 = Oriol|last5 = Subirà De Galdàcano|first5 = Eulàlia M.|last6 = Jáuregui|first6 = Clara|doi = 10.5040/9781641899406.0007|isbn = 9781641899406}}</ref>

Construction of Tàrrega's walls began to monopolize its resources, spurred by the fear of feudal violence. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, Tàrrega began to take on a more rural character, [[Oligarchy|controlled]] by rich local families. A series of wars in the region caused instability in the city, as well as three revolts of [[Carlism|Carlists]].

[[File:FAÇANA GÒTICA CRIST.MATEU.JPG|thumb|Gothic façade of the Cristalleria Mateu, building that it finds to Carme's street, near the Palace of the Marquises of the Floresta, in Tàrrega.]]
[[File:Tàrrega cal Maymó crop2.jpg|thumb|Maimó house.]]
In the second half of 19th century, Tàrrega underwent a revival. Important events in this time included the inauguration of a railway line connecting the town with [[Manresa]] and [[Lleida]] in 1860, reconstruction of the walls after a [[flood]] in 1874, and the granting of the title of city by [[Monarchy of Spain|King]] [[Alfonso XII of Spain|Alfonso XII]] in 1884. This period also saw the establishment of modern [[infrastructure]] in the city.

==Geography==
The city of Tàrrega is arranged around the square of Carme, better known as "the Courtyard" ({{langx|ca|el Pati}}). The square features a statue of the classical composer [[Ramon Carnicer]], a famous Tàrrega resident. Adjacent to the square is the Convent of Carme, a [[Renaissance]] cloister which dates to the 16th century. Notable buildings in the town square include the town council building, built in 1674, as well as the 19th century [[Modern architecture|modernist]] [[chamber of commerce]] building and the 1910 [[La Caixa]] [[Savings bank (Spain)|savings bank]].

Other local landmarks include the museum on the main street, which still preserves some noble rooms{{clarify|date=July 2012}} from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the church of Saint Anthony ({{langx|ca|Sant Antoni}}) in the square of the same name, which dates back to the 14th century. Higher up are the ruins of the castle of [[Count of Barcelona|Count]] [[Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer]], constructed in 1056. Little remains of the castle.

The municipality includes the villages of [[El Talladell]], [[Claravalls]], [[Altet]], [[Santa Maria de Montmagastrell]], [[La Figuerosa]], [[Riudovelles]], and [[Conill (Tàrrega)|Conill]] (abandoned).

== Economy ==
Tárrega is the home town of Borges Agricultural and Industrial Edible Oils, parent company of the [[Borges (company)|Borges Group]], a food company, founded in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Borges International » Empresas del grupo |url=https://www.borgesinternationalgroup.com/empresas-del-grupo/#1491219892583-8d0860f0-3c9b |access-date=2025-05-20 |language=es-ES}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
*[[Mossèn Azà]], poet
*[[Joan Capdevila]], footballer
*[[Ramon Carnicer]], [[Music of Catalonia|Catalan]] composer
*[[Alfonso Costafreda]], poet
*[[Francesc Marsà Figueras]], painter
*[[Josep Güell i Guillaumet]], musician
*[[Josep Minguell]], painter
*[[Manuel de Pedrolo]], [[Catalan literature|Catalan]] author
*[[Anton Tartera]], painter

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|http://www.tarrega.cat}}
*[http://www.firatarrega.com/ Official website] of Tàrrega's fair
* [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=2521730008 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Tàrrega
|N  = [[Ossó de Sió]]
|NE = [[Els Plans de Sió]]
|E  = [[Granyanella]]
|SE = [[Granyena de Segarra]]
|S  = [[Verdú]]
|SW = [[Vilagrassa]]
|W  = [[Anglesola]]
|NW = [[Puigverd d'Agramunt]]<br>[[Tornabous]]<br>[[Barbens]]
}}
{{Urgell}}
{{Municipalities in Lleida|state=autocollapse}}
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[[Category:Municipalities in Urgell]]
[[Category:Populated places in Urgell]]