The
Fraternity of the virgin olive oil of “Les Garrigues
is a non-profit organisation. Its good are to divulge
and promote the extra olive oil produced in the delimited
geographical area of “Les Garrigues”.
This olive oil holds a origin denomination called
“Les Garrigues”.This area includes Lleida’s
regions of “Les Garrigues” and parts of
El Segria and Urgell.This located in the southern
part of Lleida Province and includes an approximated
cultivated area of 35.000 hec.
It includes the municipal areas of about 48 settlements
with an aperage production of 6.000.000 kg of olive
oil. This olive oil produced in this region is the
most prestigious in Spain.
In Garrigues, all the olive oil that is elaborated
comes from the arbequina olive, being allowed some
small procentage quantity of verdiell in the bleding.
We have to bear in mind that the arbequina olive gets
its name from the village of Arbeca in “Les
Garrigues”.
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