Montblanc (cat. Montblanc) is a town and municipality of Catalonia, capital of the county of Conca de Barberà. It has a population of 7,559 (2018) and with an area of 91.11 km². It is the largest municipality in the region.
The town has the title of Ducal Villa since 1387. The old town was declared a Monumental and Artistic Complex in 1947. In 1998 the cave paintings of the area were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as a site of the Rock Art of the The Mediterranean arch of the Iberian peninsula. Montblanc is located to the south of the region, at the center of a depression formed by the rivers Anguera and Francolí. The municipal territory is delimited, broadly, by the Miramar mountain range and the Prades Mountains.
Etymology
The town owes its name to the hill that is located in the center of the old town, known as the Pla de Santa Bàrbara. This hill (or mont) was not cultivated, since it gave very little fruits and it was considered barren, or albis meaning white in medieval Catalan. Thus came the place name of Montis Albis that originated that of Montblanc.
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