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'''Reus''' ({{IPA-ca|ˈrɛws}}) is the capital of ], in the province of ], in ], Spain. The area has always been an important producer of wines and spirits, and gained continental importance at the time of the ] plague. Nowadays it is known by its commercial activity, for being a centre for ] and as the birthplace of architect ].

==Name==

The origin of the name is a source of discussion. One of the theories is that Reus comes from the ] word used to describe convict prisoners (''reus''), and as such, it would be a Roman penitentiary. Currently, the most accepted theory is that the name has ] roots, from the root ''red'' that originated the name ''redis'' (or ''reddis''), that would approximately mean ''place in the way'' / ''place in the roads'', or said alternatively, an inhabited place in a cross-road.

==History==

=== Foundation and early history ===

Around 1150 ] repopulated the region of Reus, after receiving it on 3 June 1154. On 5 June 1154 the ] gave two-thirds of Reus to ], as a ], with the order to build a church. On 29 June 1159, the distribution of income from ecclesiastical goods, the third of its Reus parish of Santa Maria was awarded to the camerlengo, starting the duplicity of governing the town. The camerlengo has the third of Reus parish. At this time the city was known as Redis or '''Reddis'''. The castellan ] gave the title of town to Reus on 3 August 1183, giving the ownership of houses and gardens, establishing a ] to pay for farmland and reserving justice, but recognizing its ] towards the archbishopric of Tarragona. On 2 June 1186 the camerlengo ] confirmed the rights given by the castellan Bernard de Bell-lloc.

===Camerlengo, Popes and Archbishops of Tarragona===
In 1305 Reus revolted against the Archbishop ], who wanted that the citizens of Reus pay for rebuilding the walls of ]. In 1309 the king of Aragon gave to Reus the right to do market on Mondays. The dynasty of Bell-lloc castellans became extinct in 1327 and then ] became the new castellan, but in 1335 the castellan was sold to ], who lost it on 1345. Pere Mulet heirs sold their rights to ] in 1349. The camerlengo ] disputed domain to the Archbishop ], which sent an army that decimated the town. A second attack was repulsed. A third attack led military occupation of the town and Reus was sacked. The camerlengo Pere Roger de Belfort, nephew of Pope ], who was living in ] with his uncle, he persuaded the Pope to call the ] and the ] received a commitment for peace.
Pere Roger de Belfort gave the roses of his coat to coat of arms of the town and later he became Pope ], keeping it as a camerlengo of Reus, so the coat of arms was crowned with adorned with papal tiara and keys of St. Peter.
]

===Catalan Revolt war and the Archduke Charles===
At the beginning of the ] the town had 1200 houses, but reduced to 800 by the end of the war. On 16 December 1640 was declared an enemy of the fatherland by the Parliament and confiscated the goods of the inhabitants, as a response to the inactive participation in the war. In 1641 it was occupied by the French general ].

Reus was loyal to ] until 1705, but this year, under the direction of ], revolted in favor of the ]. On 3 July 1706 the ] came to the town. In 1707 fell shortly to the ], but in 1709 Reus surrendered to the ]. In 1710 Reus returned again to the field of Archduke Charles. On 5 June 1712 the wife of the Archduke, ], gave the title of ] to Reus. In 1713 Reus was occupied finally by the ].

===Growth in the eighteenth century===
] in 1823, published in the work Views in Spain.]]
In the eighteenth century Reus had phenomenal growth and became the second city of the ]. The walls were completely demolished in 1766. The town developed the textile trade and the ] trade. In this last contribution was the first center, the others were ] and ]. From this time it’s the popular sentence "Reus, Paris and London”, because Reus was one of the centers of the liquor marquet. The construction of a canal between Reus and Salou, proposed by ] was granted in 1805, but it was stopped because of the ]. At this time Reus had consulates in the United States, ], England, ], ], ], ], ], the ], France, ], ] and ].

===19th and 20th centuries ===
] in Reus, 1940]]
In 1854 the ] was founded. In 1856 the railway between Reus and Tarragona was built. In 1884 the ] was founded and in 1893 was celebrated the Assembly of the ]. In 1886 ] founded the Catalan newspaper '']''. In 1895 the ] killed big areas of ] in the region of Reus and many of this areas were changed to ].

In 1931 Reus voted for the ]. In 1936 ] bombed the city until his rebel army occupied the city on 15 January 1939, starting with the dictatorship of Franco until his death in 1975.

The first democratic mayor after Franco was ], lawyer of Reus. In 1983 ] was the new mayor of the city, but he died in a car accident on the road from Reus to Cambrils, then his successor was ]. After him, ] was the mayor until 1999, replaced by ], who occupied the position until 2011, when the current mayor, ], started.

==Demography==
Reus was for long the second city of ] with a population of 14,440 in 1787 and 27,257 in 1860. It was overtaken by ] and ] between 1900 and 1930. The population barely grew between 1920 and 1930, with 30,266 and 35,950 inhabitants, respectively. From then, the population growth has been substantial, from 41,014 inhabitants in 1960 to 108,100 inhabitants that the city has as of the end of 2008. ], mostly from ],{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} has been a portion of that increase. About 6% are Muslim and 8% from other religions.

According to the 2006 official Spanish ] (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística), Reus is the 9th most populous city in Catalonia and the 59th in Spain.

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! width="15%" | 1900
! width="15%" | 1930
! width="15%" | 1950
! width="15%" | 1970
! width="15%" | 1986
! width="15%" | 2006
! width="15%" | 2011

|-
| align="center" | 26,681
| align="center" | 31,299
| align="center" | 35,950
| align="center" | 59,904
| align="center" | 81,145
| align="center" | 101,767
| align="center" | 106,709
|-
|}

==Climate==
The ] subtype for this climate is "]
" (Mediterranean Climate).<ref></ref>

{{Weather box
|location = ](1981-2010) <small>(between Reus - {{convert|3|km|2|abbr=on}} and Tarragona - {{convert|7|km|2|abbr=on}})</small>
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 24.2
|Feb record high C = 25.0
|Mar record high C = 27.7
|Apr record high C = 30.2
|May record high C = 32.8
|Jun record high C = 36.8
|Jul record high C = 37.4
|Aug record high C = 38.0
|Sep record high C = 33.8
|Oct record high C = 32.5
|Nov record high C = 28.8
|Dec record high C = 22.6
|year record high C = 38.0
|Jan high C = 14.1
|Feb high C = 14.9
|Mar high C = 17.1
|Apr high C = 19.0
|May high C = 22.2
|Jun high C = 26.3
|Jul high C = 29.3
|Aug high C = 29.4
|Sep high C = 26.3
|Oct high C = 22.3
|Nov high C = 17.5
|Dec high C = 14.6
|year high C = 21.1
|Jan mean C = 9.0
|Feb mean C = 9.7
|Mar mean C = 11.9
|Apr mean C = 13.8
|May mean C = 17.2
|Jun mean C = 21.2
|Jul mean C = 24.2
|Aug mean C = 24.6
|Sep mean C = 21.5
|Oct mean C = 17.5
|Nov mean C = 12.6
|Dec mean C = 9.7
|year mean C = 16.1
|Jan low C = 3.9
|Feb low C = 4.5
|Mar low C = 6.6
|Apr low C = 8.6
|May low C = 12.1
|Jun low C = 16.1
|Jul low C = 19.1
|Aug low C = 19.7
|Sep low C = 16.6
|Oct low C = 12.7
|Nov low C = 7.6
|Dec low C = 4.7
|year low C = 11.1
|Jan record low C = -7.6
|Feb record low C = -8.0
|Mar record low C = -5.4
|Apr record low C = 1.0
|May record low C = 3.6
|Jun record low C = 7.4
|Jul record low C = 10.5
|Aug record low C = 10.8
|Sep record low C = 5.5
|Oct record low C = 0.2
|Nov record low C = -4.0
|Dec record low C = -7.5
|year record low C = -8.0
|Jan precipitation mm = 29
|Feb precipitation mm = 28
|Mar precipitation mm = 28
|Apr precipitation mm = 37
|May precipitation mm = 54
|Jun precipitation mm = 25
|Jul precipitation mm = 15
|Aug precipitation mm = 42
|Sep precipitation mm = 77
|Oct precipitation mm = 75
|Nov precipitation mm = 53
|Dec precipitation mm = 36
|year precipitation mm = 500
|Jan precipitation days = 4
|Feb precipitation days = 4
|Mar precipitation days = 4
|Apr precipitation days = 5
|May precipitation days = 5
|Jun precipitation days = 3
|Jul precipitation days = 2
|Aug precipitation days = 4
|Sep precipitation days = 5
|Oct precipitation days = 6
|Nov precipitation days = 4
|Dec precipitation days = 4
|unit precipitation days = 1&nbsp;mm
|year precipitation days = 50
|Jan sun = 157
|Feb sun = 162
|Mar sun = 197
|Apr sun = 222
|May sun = 251
|Jun sun = 274
|Jul sun = 306
|Aug sun = 265
|Sep sun = 209
|Oct sun = 182
|Nov sun = 157
|Dec sun = 145
|source 1 = ]<ref>{{cite web
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|title=Valores Climatológicos Normales. Tarragona - Reús / Aeropuerto
|accessdate=}}</ref>
|date=October 2015
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==Festivities==
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The principal Reus festivity is ''Sant Pere'' on June 29, declared of National Touristic Interest. One of the most characteristic and popular acts of these festivities is the so-called ''tronada'', which is a series of 29 little mortars ''masclets'' with bangers interleaved, arranged linearly around the ''Mercadal'' square (where the city hall is located), united by a hand craft gunpowder line. This line ends in a square shape in front of the city hall, with more bangers and 9 more ''masclets''. Also, on September 25, the ''Mare de Déu de la Misericòrdia'' is held.

Other noteworthy festivities are the ] and the ''Anada a l'Antiga'' towards ]. Most of the neighborhoods have their own festivities.

Besides the major festivities, Reus holds many festivals, for example ''Cos'', a festival dedicated to mime, or ''El Trapezi'', a festival with circus spectacles. In every odd numbered year the Reus Institut Municipal d’Accio Cultural presents the ''Biennals Internacionals de Fotografia Medalla Gaudi''. This bi-annual exhibition features fine art photographers from around the world working in Alternative Photographic Processes (such as Platinum Printing, Gum Dichromate, Etc.). At each Biennal they award the Medalla Gaudi award to a select few artists and purchase their work for the Institut Municipal d’Accio Cultural's permanent collection.

==Main sights==
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===Catalan Modernist edifices===
The city of Reus has many ] buildings. Although ] was born in Reus, there are no buildings designed by him; there are, however, numerous ] from his colleagues as ], ] and ].
* ], ] (1901–1908)
* ], ] (1901)
* ], ] (1910–1912)
* ], ] (1899–1919)
* ], ] (1910)
* Escoles Prat de la Riba, Pere Caselles i Tarrats (1911)
* Escorxador, Pere Caselles i Tarrats (1899)
* Estació Enològica, Pere Caselles i Tarrats (1906–1910)
* Casa Munné, Pere Caselles i Tarrats (1904)
* Casa Sardà, Pere Caselles i Tarrats (1896)
* Casa Marco, ] (1926)
* Xalet Serra, ] (1911)

===Other sights===
* Castell del Cambrer
* Campanar de Reus
* Town Hall
* Palau Bofarull
* Centre de Lectura
* Museu Salvador Vila-seca
* Teatre Fortuny
* ]

==Sport==
The city has a ] team ], one of the most important in Spain, and dispute the main league ].

The ] team is ].

==Tourism==
]
In recent years, tourism in Reus has expanded as more and more people come to the ] region for their summer holidays or some winter sun. Nowadays, the largest group of tourists comes from Russia, followed by France and Holland.<ref>Tourism in Reus|http://www.reusdigital.cat/index.php?command=show_news&news_id=14564</ref>

Reus is close to the resort town of ] and one of Europe's biggest theme parks at ]. Official transfer from Reus Airport to ], ], ], and ]. Tour companies and buses operate services to Reus from tourist destinations in the region such as ], La Pineda and ].

The accommodation in Reus consists of small hotels, hostels, and major chained hotels owned by ] and ].

Recently ] has started to receive low cost flights from ] that fly to Reus from many different European locations and North Africa. The airport also receives major charter flights from the ]. ] is another airport which serves the area for those destinations not served by ].

==Flag of Reus==
The first ] 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 color 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, but this has not been confirmed by the local government.

==Notable people==
* ] (1805–1882), guitarist and composer
* ] (1814–1870), military general and politician
* ] (1816–1878), bishop
* ] (1836–1913), painter
* ] (1838–1874), painter
* ] (1846–1896), painter
* ] (1849–1902), painter
* ] (1849–1923), ballerina and dance teacher
* ], (1852–1926), architect
* ] (19th-century), painter
*] (1907–1995), painter
* ] (1912–1994), psychiatrist
* ] (born 1991), football player
* ] (born 1992), football player

==Twin cities==
Reus is ] with:<ref>, sister cities in website of City Council of Reus</ref>

* {{Flagicon|Argentina}} ], ], since 1994
* {{Flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} ], ], since 1995
* {{Flagicon|Spain}} ], Spain, since 1998
* {{Flagicon|Western Sahara}} ], ], since 2000
* {{Flagicon|Cuba}} ], ], since 2000
* {{Flagicon|Spain}} ], Spain, since 2008

==References==
* This article incorporates information from the revision as of 19 August 2010 of the equivalent article on the ].
* 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).
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==External links==
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|S = ]
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