Benifallet is situated in the west part of the Baix Ebre county. It is bordering to the Ribera de Ebro and Terra Alta counties.

The municipality has an area of 62.61 Km², and it is divided by the Ebro river into two parts.

It is crossed by many mountain ranges and hills. The most important one is, in the left side, the Cardó mountain Range whose highest point is at a height of 941 metres (this is also the highest point of the municipality). The Ebro river crosses these lands and forms one defile of about 10 km. It goes from the Roca Folletera, which was the historical frontier of the lands of Tortosa, closed to Miravet, to Asut de Xerta. It is also known with the names "Pas de Barrufermes" or the Benifallet deviation, and it separates the "cubeta of the Móra de la Vall Aluvial of the Baix Ebre county.

Because of the rugged relief of the region, there are many gullies that throw their water into the Ebro river. Some of them are: the Racó del Mas gully, that picks up the water of the Cardó Valley, and from the Vallada de Costumá which is another tributary that arrives by its left. By the right hand side, it arrives the Valle gully. This is the same name that the last part of the Canaletes river, which is born in the Puertos de San Juan, takes.

COMMUNICATIONS

* The C-230, which nowadays is the Ebro Axis, from Tortosa and in the Xerta direction.

* The toll road A-7, exit of Hospitalet del Infant, through Tivisa and Ebro Axis in the Ginestar direction.

* The toll road A-7, exit of the Ametlla de Mar, by the N-340 and the county road to El Perelló and Rasquera.

* The Toll road A-2, exit of Fraga, continuing by the C-242 and toMaials through the Baix Ebre, in the Móra la Nova direction.

* The N-420, to Reus and Falset, and from Móra la Nova, by the Ebro Axis.

* The C-230 from Gandesa, to the Pinell de Brai.

* The county road from Tortosa to Benifallet, in the Tivenys direction.

WEATHER AND VEGETATION

The weather is temperated, typical of the mediterranean lands. The temperatures are regular and mild. It does not rain frequently. The relief has an influence over the temperatures. It helps to smooth them. The vegetation is composed by bushes and palm heart. The white pine and the rosemary, thyme, white rosemary, etc., are found in every site of the municipality. The Ribera vegetation is formed by poplar-trees, elm trees, reeds, etc. In the Cardó Mountains we can see the scene of the typical holm-oak wood, with the holm-oaks, the yews, a few oak trees, and the bushes as the mistletoe, the butcher's broom, the wild cherry trees, and the honey suckle.

ORANGE TREES

In one sense, it seems that the houses of the village are lost between the lands of orange trees, that spread from the mountain to the river side. In spring, the marvelous perfume of the orange flowers can be smelt in every place. In the Winter months, it is time to pick up the oranges and the mandarins. When the weather is better, the flowers of the almond and the peach-trees put the colors to the fields.

AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE-BREEDING

Benifallet, with a population of one thousand inhabitants, is an agricultural village. It has some lands with the typical Mediterranean crops, as the almond and the hazel trees, but also there are many fruit trees. In the irrigated lands, the most important fruit tree is the peach-tree, with many different kinds. During the months of May, June and July the main occupation is the trade of the peaches. At the end of autumn and winter, the economic activity is centered on the oranges and mandarins, very well known in Europe.
There are some pigs and chicken farms.

HUNTING AND FISHING

The small game typical of Benifallet is composed by rabbits, red partridge, etc. In the big game we can find some wild boards in the mountains. In the Ebro river, the fishermen have a good supply of fishes, as the carps, the red mullets, the eels, the "sirulo" (see the picture), etc. The "sirulo" is similar to a shark, and nowadays it is the biggest animal of the river. It can weight 90 kg or more.

INDUSTRY AND SERVICES

The service sector is maybe one of the most surprising sectors. Even though the population of Benifallet is not very large, there are 32 services. In them we can include the tourism and all the activities that are its complements, for example, the restaurants hotels, etc.
In the industry the exports and imports of citrus fruits and sweet fruits are very important. They also make a typical cake, called "pastissets".

GASTRONOMY

The typical meals of the village are: the grilled meat (mainly lamb and rabbit meat), the snails with a special sauce, and the "botifarres d'arrós", the "botifarres de ceba", and the sausages, very world-known. The typical desserts are the "coraçons", the honey cakes, and the most important one, the "pastissets", whose quality and fame are world-known.

EQUIPMENTS

In the sector of services, Benifallet has a center of Health Assistance, with a doctor and a nurse. There is a Chemistry, a petrol station situated in the Ebro axis, a library, a "Casa Cultural", and the new swimming-pools.