Cabanes is a well-situated, stable and prosperous village thanks to its fertile market-gardens, in the heart of the plain of the Empordà. Flat and humid terrain with a plentiful supply of water has made agriculture particularly productive in this area, and this is why, at time when many villages in the Alt Empordà are becoming de-populated partly due to difficult and uncompetitive agricultural conditions, Cabanes is inhabited by a large number of farming families who combine working the land (growing cereals, forage crops, maize, vegetables, olives and fruit) with rearing livestock (especially pigs and cattle).