Alcover

INDEX• BRIEF HISTORY OF ALCOVER• LOCATION• SITES• ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES• CLIMATE AND VEGETATION• OUR INSTITUTE

Alcover is a rural village where we can distinguish an old part and a new part in its urban structure. It belongs to the region of Alt Camp, at the botom of the serra de Mussara and avant Mediterranean coast of Tarragona.It is crossed by the river Glorieta is 243 meters above the sea is a place of high natural value.The village has many traditional festivals, such as fair robbers carried out in October and is part of the cultural heritage of the town.

LOCATION OF ALCOVERAlcover geographical coordinates for GPS and maps: 41.2667 N, 1.1667 W

NEARBY ATTRACTIONS

There are well-known sites such as Port Aventura, Prades, beaches of Salou and Tarragona, Tarraco, etc. We also have close (1 hour) Barcelona, a city well known worldwide for cultural monuments such as the Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell and FC Barcelona team.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITYAlcover is a traditional rural village

but currently comprises some industries employing the

population. It also has close industrial estate benchmark Catalan

and Spanish as the Tarragona petrochemical complex, highlighted

by the chemical industry. At local level, the Cator, the Ponderosa,

Alcover Chemical factory beer or Rosita are outstanding.

THE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION• The clima:

• The maximum temperature of any year is about 25 degrees and the minimum is seven degrees.

• Vegetation:

• trees and pines common here in Alcover, pine, holm, oak

HIGHSCHOOL• The institute of this town was made in 1999-2000. Initially it had 130 students and

14 teachers, but currently, has 300 students and 29 teachers. In each level there are two class groups with approximately 28 students per classroom. http://iesalcover.com/ visit our website or follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/fontsdelglorieta/

• The institute has achieved over 32 years awards and honors in recognition of his educational work. Not all students are the same people there are some who come from the Shore, from Milan, Valls, etc.

• Our institute has conducted numerous exchanges and Comenius and Erasmus programs you see on the web http://alcovertravelsto4.blogspot.com.es

THE END• André Felipe Moreira

• Josep Ramon Borràs

• Hugo Santiago Ruiz