Reus
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Reus is the capital of the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, located at 117 metres above sea level. The population in 1997 was 90,993 and reached 100,000 in 2005.
Reus is an important commercial city with a great sense of civic pride. People from Reus have a reputation for openmindedness and are very proud to live in their city.
The area has always been an important producer of wines and spirits, and gained continental importance at the time of the Phylloxera plague.
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[edit] Tourism in Reus
In recent years tourism in Reus has expanded as more and more people flock to the Costa Dorada for their summer holidays or some winter sun.
Recently Reus Airport has started to receive low cost flights from Ryanair who fly to Reus from four different Europèan locations. From Reus Airport you can easily reach both the resort town of Salou and one of Europe's biggest theme parks at Port Aventura.
[edit] Flag of Reus
The first flag of Reus was in use from 1774 to 1943. The flag was dark red with the city arms in the centre.
In 1943 the flag was changed because the colour red seemed to be associated with the left, defeated in the civil war (1936-39). As the historic city arms were argent with a heraldic rose the new flag was white with a heraldic rose in the center. Minor changes to the rose in the flag were made after 1943.
Currently the rose has a new version, taken from the city emblem. The emblem itself has official status. This presumably also applies to the flag also but this has not been confirmed by the local government.
[edit] History
In 1852 the architect Antoni Gaudí was baptised in the city, where some claim he was also born.
On July 20 1996, a bomb planted by ETA at Reus airport injured 53 people, many of them British [1]. Further bombs exploded at Cambrils and Salou.
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L'Albiol | L'Aleixar | Alforja | Almoster | Arbolí | L'Argentera | Les Borges del Camp | Botarell | Cambrils | Capafonts | Castellvell del Camp | Colldejou | Duesaigües | La Febró | Maspujols | Mont-roig del Camp | Montbrió del Camp | Prades | Pratdip | Reus | Riudecanyes | Riudecols | Riudoms | La Selva del Camp | Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant | Vilanova d'Escornalbou | Vilaplana | Vinyols i els Arcs |
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