Móra d'Ebre

The Renfe railway line between Tarragona and Zaragoza runs along the left bank of the river, with a station at Móra la Nova opposite the urban centre of Móra d'Ebre.

• Name — Móra d'Ebre • Settlement Type — Municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Spain • Subdivision Type1 — Community • Subdivision Name1 — Catalonia • Subdivision Type2 — Province • Subdivision Name2 — Tarragona • Subdivision Type3 — Comarca • Subdivision Name3 — Ribera d'Ebre • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Joan Piñol Mora (2015) • Area Total Km2 — 45.1 • Elevation M — 142 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Demonym — Morenc • Postal Code — 43740 • Blank Name — Climate • Blank Info — Csa • Website — moradebre.cat

The most ancient settlements in the area date to 4th millennium BC, to the Neolithic culture of the ditch sepulchres. Later the Iberians lived here until the Roman conquest. The area was reconquered from the Moors in 1153, by count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona. Later the town became part of the Barony of Entença. The baronial castle of Móra d'Ebre is located on a hill overlooking the river and the town. It is now in a state of semi-ruin, for it was used as a fortress during the Spanish Civil War and was heavily shelled and bombed. Nowadays some reconstruction has taken place in the western side. Many of the houses of the town are also in a ruinous state and reconstruction has only been haphazard.

• Ton Alcover (born 1990), footballer • Ernesto Domínguez (born 1941), footballer • Benito Messeguer (1930–1982), Spanish-Mexican artist