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View of AlcanarEspencat · Public domain

Alcanar

Coastal town

Alcanar is a Spanish municipality of the Catalan comarca of Montsià, in the Tarragona province. It is a coastal town on the Mediterranean Sea. The Serra del Montsià range and its foothills rise above the town and its surroundings. It has a population of 10,104 (register office, 2025). It is the southernmost town in Catalonia, located just north of the border with the municipality of Vinaròs which is in the province of Castellón and part of the region of Valencia.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Alcanar
Province
Tarragona
Autonomous community
Cataluña
Population (INE 2025)
10,104
Altitude
77 m
Area (IGN)
44.7 km²
District
Montsiá
Postcode
43530
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What to see

  1. 1Convento de los Josepets
  2. 2Ermita de la Mare de Déu del Remei
  3. 3Iglesia de San Pedro
  4. 4Poblado Ibérico de la Moleta del Remei
  5. 5Torre de Alcanar Torre Carrer Nou)''
  6. 6Torre de Morralla
Data from WikidataSee more

What to do

  1. 1Hiking: GR 92 · Catalunya E33
  2. 2Platja de les Cases d'Alcanar
  3. 3Platja de les Figueres
  4. 4Hiking: Ermita del Remei-la Foradada
  5. 5Hiking: La Furadada del Montsià
  6. 6Street market
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

Photo gallery

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Foto: Juan Emilio Prades Bel (CC BY 4.0)

  • 14 places to stayIllustrative photo · Unsplash

    Accommodation

    14 places to stay in Alcanar

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  • 32 restaurantsIllustrative photo · David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Eat

    32 restaurants in Alcanar

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  • 6 experiencesIllustrative photo · Luis Rogelio HM · CC BY-SA 2.0

    Experiences

    6 experiences in Alcanar

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 977 73 20 13
    • Official website: www.alcanar.org
    • Email: aj.alcanar@altanet.org

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

  • Camping Alfacs· Campsite

    Phone: +34 977 74 05 61Website: www.alfacs.com

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes96 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, EV chargers, motorhomes, street market, nursery school.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Alcanar Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Alcanar

14 registered places to stay

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