The people from this town are called Riudomenc/riudomenca.
Riudoms was a Roman rural settlement (some archaeological
remains and coins were discovered), that was depopulated when
the Muslims dominated the region in the 8th century. Conquered
by the Norman Robert d'Aguiló under the orders of the Catalan
count, the lordship of Riudoms was granted to Arnau de Palomar
on 24 January 1150. A castle was constructed and a town born at
side. Although it is widely accepted that he was born in Reus,
this village is considered by some people the place of birth of
the architect Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, designer of the Sagrada
Família church in Barcelona and the most famous creator of the
artistic movement of Modernisme.