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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = El Vendrell
| native_name             = 
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Catalonia|Municipality]]
| image_skyline           = Spain.Catalonia.Tarragona.El.Vendrell.jpeg
| imagesize               = 250px
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| image_caption           = El Vendrell
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| pushpin_map             = Spain Catalonia
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Catalonia
| coordinates             = {{coord|41|13|13|N|1|32|05|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Spain}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Community]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Comarques of Catalonia|Comarca]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Catalonia}}
| subdivision_name2       = [[Tarragona (province)|Tarragona]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Baix Penedès]]
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| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Kenneth Martínez, del PSC (2019)<ref name=municat>{{cite web|url=http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=4316340003|title=Ajuntament del Vendrell|publisher=[[Generalitat of Catalonia]]|access-date=2015-11-13}}</ref>
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=idescat>{{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/?lang=en&id=431634|title=El municipi en xifres: El Vendrell|publisher=[[Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya|Statistical Institute of Catalonia]]|access-date=2015-11-23}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 36.8
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| elevation_m             = 10
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| blank_name              = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info              = [[Mediterranean climate#Hot-summer Mediterranean climate|Csa]] 
| website                 = {{URL|elvendrell.net}}
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}}

'''El Vendrell''' ({{IPA|ca|əl βənˈdɾeʎ}}) is a town located in the province of [[Tarragona]], [[Catalonia]], in the [[wine]]-growing region of [[Penedès (DO)|Penedès]]. It is wedged between the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[Catalan Coastal Range|coastal range]]. El Vendrell is the capital of the [[Baix Penedès]] ''[[comarques of Catalonia|comarca]]'' and a tourist spot, with the beaches of [[Comarruga]], {{illm|Barri Marítim de Sant Salvador|lt=Sant Salvador|ca|Barri Marítim de Sant Salvador}} and El Vendrell.

It is the source of the Catalan [[family name]] "[[Vendrell]]".

==Notable people from El Vendrell==
*[[Pau Casals]]
*[[Àngel Guimerà]]
*[[Andreu Nin]]
*[[Josep Nin i Tudó]]
*[[Manuel Nin]]

== Demographics ==
It has a population of {{Population WD}}.{{Catalan city demography table
| pop_1900=5,103 
| pop_1930=5,081 
| pop_1950=5,224 
| pop_1970=8,903 
| pop_1986=13,448 
| pop_2001=26,820 
| pop_2008=35,821
| pop_2014=36,719
| latest_year=2014}}

==Sports==
The city has a [[roller hockey (quad)|roller hockey]] team, {{Interlanguage link multi|Club d'Esports Vendrell|ca}}, one of the most important in [[Spain]], which plays in the main League [[OK Liga]].

The city also has two amateur football clubs, Club d'Esports Vendrell (CD Vendrell) and UE Tancat. Both are members of the [[Catalan Football Federation|Federació Catalana de Futbol.]]

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. {{ISBN|84-87135-01-3}} (Spanish). {{ISBN|84-87135-02-1}} (Catalan).

== External links ==
{{commonscat}}
* [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=4316340003 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = El Vendrell
|N  = [[Santa Oliva]]
|NE = [[Bellvei]]
|E  = [[Calafell]]
|SE = 
|S  = ''[[Balearic Sea]]''
|SW = 
|W  = [[Roda de Berà]]
|NW = [[Albinyana]]
}}
{{Baix Penedes}}
{{Municipalities in Tarragona|state=autocollapse}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vendrell, El}}
[[Category:Municipalities in Baix Penedès]]
[[Category:Populated places in Baix Penedès]]


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