Deltebre has a surface of 95,01 km2. and an altitude of 6 meters of the level of the sea. It belongs to the region of the Baix Ebre (Province of Tarragona). The Municipality of Deltebre re-groups the towns of Cava and Jesus and Maria.


Some interesting history facts of Deltebre...

It is during the half of the XVII century when there is certainty of a permanent population. In XII century the lands of the delta of the Ebro arrived until the island of Grace and during XVI century the lands arrived until the beach of the Marquise. A small part of the population lived on the hunting, the fishing and of the extraction of the marine salt. Commerce with Majorca and some Italian cities existed. Initially the population that dedicated itself to the commerce established then self’s in the left of the Delta, and the shepherds in the interior. In year 1818 the first parish was constructed. King Alfonso XII, in 1912 approved the construction of the channel that is located to the left of the Ebro. In years 60 the Delta, increases the production of fruit with an improvement of the local economy. It is in the 1977 when Deltebre takes an own place due to the segregation from the municipalities of Cava and Jesus Maria from the Municipality of Tortosa.

Map of Deltebre.