Miravet
Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
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Miravet (Catalan pronunciation: [miraˈβet]) is a municipality in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 703 (register office, 2025) 
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Miravet | |
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Inner courtyard at Miravet castle | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Miravet Location in Catalonia | |
| Coordinates: 41°2′N 0°36′E | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Community |  Catalonia |
| Province |  Tarragona |
| Comarca | Ribera d'Ebre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antoni Borrell Vives (2015)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.3 km2 (12.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[3] | |
• Total | 703 |
| • Density | 21.8/km2 (56.4/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
The village and the castle was founded by the Moors and rebuilt by the Knights Templar and transformed into a fortress-monastery, after the conquest of 1153. It is considered to be the largest fortified complex in Catalonia[citation needed], and one of the best examples of Romanesque, religious and military, architecture of the Templar order in the whole Western world.[citation needed]
History
In the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939 it was one of the scenes of the Battle of the Ebro. The 4th November 1938, the fascists occupied Miravent and continued east of the Ebro river.
