Cunit

Cunit, Baix Penedès
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Cunit within Baix Penedès, Catalonia.
Cunit, Baix Penedès Location in Catalonia
Coordinates: 41°11′54″N 1°38′26″E / 41.19833°N 1.64056°E / 41.19833; 1.64056Coordinates: 41°11′54″N 1°38′26″E / 41.19833°N 1.64056°E / 41.19833; 1.64056
Country	Spain
Government
• mayor	Montserrat Carreras García (2015)
Area
• Total	9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2014)
• Total	11,989
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Postal code	43881
Area code(s)	977
Website	cunit.cat

Cunit is a coastal town on the Golden Coast (Costa Daurada in Catalan) in the Baix Penedès region part of the province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the northeast coast of Spain on the Mediterranean Sea.

It is located in the district of Baix Penedès and the province of Tarragona but is included in the third crown of the Urban Region of Barcelona. Bordered by Segur de Calafell (location of the municipality of Calafell), in the same area, as well as Cubelles in the district of Garraf and Castellet i la Gornal in the region of Alt Penedès, both from the province of Barcelona.

Cunit origins date back to prehistoric times, with archaeological remains found dating back to 3700 BC.

The first settlers are documented in a total of six well-documented sources.

This is a large and dispersed settlement. It is similar to neighbouring coastal settlements of the Baix Penedès which used to trade a great deal with punicobusitans traders. A relationship that no doubt had its own weight in the transformation of the habits and customs of the early settlers.

The 1590, although the town had been almost depopulated by the incursions of the Saracen pirates and Turkey (1581), the Mas of Vilaseca remained populated. There are also references to a fishing settlement on the beach, documented in 1638 in 1670, residents from time immemorial were licensed to fish on Sundays and religious holidays, on payment of a stipend of one tenth of the catch to the local parish.

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