Priorat

Priorat
Priorat
Comarca
	Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Region	Camp de Tarragona
Province	Tarragona
Capital	Falset
Municipalities	List Bellmunt del Priorat, La Bisbal de Falset, Cabacés, Capçanes, Cornudella de Montsant, Falset, La Figuera, Gratallops, Els Guiamets, El Lloar, Margalef, Marçà, El Masroig, El Molar, La Morera de Montsant, Poboleda, Porrera, Pradell de la Teixeta, Siurana (Tarragona), La Torre de Fontaubella, Torroja del Priorat, Ulldemolins, La Vilella Alta, La Vilella Baixa;
Government
• Body	Priorat Comarcal Council
• President	Sergi Méndez (ERC)
Area
• Total	498.61 km2 (192.51 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	9,345
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Prioratí, prioratina
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality	Falset

Priorat (Western Catalan: [pɾi.oˈɾat]) is a comarca (county) in Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The region is named due to the monastery of Scala Dei which held many properties and the capital is now the town of Falset.

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