Flix ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˈfliʃ] ) is a town in the comarca of Ribera d'Ebre , Catalonia , Spain. Situated on a promontory by the Ebro river, the town occupied an important strategic position. Situated on the Madrid – Barcelona railway line, it expanded in the early twentieth century with the construction of a hydroelectric power station in 1948 and a large chemical plant , Electroquímica de Flix .
9-480: [REDACTED] Look up flix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flix may refer to: Computing [ edit ] Flix (programming language) , a functional programming language South Florida Internet Exchange (FL-IX) Flix, a video encoding and publishing software from On2 Technologies Entertainment [ edit ] Flix (TV network) ,
18-590: A slang term for films See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Flix Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Flix . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flix&oldid=1247862422 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
27-582: A subscription television channel owned by Showtime Trix & Flix , official mascots for UEFA Euro 2008 Other uses [ edit ] Flix, Spain , a town in Catalonia, Spain. Flix SE, German mobility service provider FlixBus FlixTrain Flix Miranda , electrical engineer An alternate spelling of "flicks", a slang term for films See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Flix Topics referred to by
36-470: A video encoding and publishing software from On2 Technologies Entertainment [ edit ] Flix (TV network) , a subscription television channel owned by Showtime Trix & Flix , official mascots for UEFA Euro 2008 Other uses [ edit ] Flix, Spain , a town in Catalonia, Spain. Flix SE, German mobility service provider FlixBus FlixTrain Flix Miranda , electrical engineer An alternate spelling of "flicks",
45-409: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages flix [REDACTED] Look up flix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flix may refer to: Computing [ edit ] Flix (programming language) , a functional programming language South Florida Internet Exchange (FL-IX) Flix,
54-638: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Flix, Spain One of the main tourist attractions is fishing in the horseshoe-shaped bend in the river (day ticket). Every year there is a large international fishing competition in Flix. Flix was the site of a battle in the Spanish Civil War in 1938. The Battle of the Iron Bridge was fought between
63-635: The International Brigades and the Fascists as part of the Battle of the Ebro . The operation was initially a success for the republicans with the construction of the iron bridge nearly complete by the 3rd Division. However at the end they had lost 3,000 soldiers and the battle. Today there is a memorial to this battle at Flix. In 2005, the existence of a vast polluted area on the shores of
72-573: The Flix Reservoir was disclosed. The environmental disaster involving large quantities of toxic waste was caused by the Ercros chemical factory , located by the shore of the artificial lake. Following this disclosure, an ambitious plan to clean up the area was drawn. This plan involves the building of containment barriers and the removal and treatment of the hazardous chemical waste. The population of Flix has grown since 1900 and peaked in
81-462: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Flix . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flix&oldid=1247862422 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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