Girona (; es, Gerona ; french: Gérone) is a

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, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of

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. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Lleida, on the southwest by the

province of Barcelona Barcelona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The province is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea. Its area is .

, on the north by

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( Pyrénées-Orientales), and on the east by the

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. The population of the province in 2016 was 739,607. Its capital and largest city is

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020. Girona is the capit ...

, with an

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(including the neighbouring municipalities of

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, Sarrià de Ter and Vilablareix) representing, with a total population of 144,709, 19.2% of the population. The Girona area acts as an industrial, commercial and service hub for a significant part of the province.

Municipalities of Girona

The province has 222

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, including Girona city (population 96,722),

Figueres Figueres (, ; , es, Figueras, ) is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large mus ...

(pop. 44,765), Lloret de Mar (pop. 40,282), Blanes (pop. 39,834), Olot (33,725),

(pop. 30,389), Palafrugell (pop. 22,816) and Sant Feliu de Guíxols (pop. 21,814), as well as some significant and historical towns such as Banyoles,

Besalú Besalú () is a town in the '' comarca'' of Garrotxa, in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The town's importance was greater in the early Middle Ages, as capital of the county of Besalú, whose territory was roughly the same size as the current ''coma ...

, Cadaqués, Camprodon, Palamós,

Puigcerdà Puigcerdà (; es, Puigcerdá) is the capital of the '' Catalan comarca'' of Cerdanya, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, northern Spain, near the Segre River and on the border with France (it abuts directly onto the French town of Bourg-Ma ...

Ripoll Ripoll () is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Ripollès, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on confluence of the Ter River and its tributary Freser, next to the Pyrenees near the French border. The population was 11, ...

. The municipality of

Llívia Llívia (; es, Llivia ) is a town in the ''comarca'' of Cerdanya, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is a Spanish exclave surrounded by the French ''département'' of Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2009, the municipality of Llívia had a total ...

, which is an

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separated from the rest of Spain and surrounded by France, is also officially part of this province.

''Comarques'' of Girona

Since the division by provinces in Spain and the division by '' comarques'' in Catalonia do not completely match, the term ''comarques of the province of Girona'' is not accurate. However, a list of the ''comarques'' that are included—totally or partially—in the province of Girona can be made: * Fully included: ** l' Alt Empordà ** el Baix Empordà ** la Garrotxa ** el Gironès ** el Pla de l'Estany ** el Ripollès * Partially included: ** la Selva (all

except

Fogars de la Selva Fogars de la Selva is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated to the north of the Montnegre range, and is linked to Tordera by a local road. The village used to be called Fogars de Tordera, and is the on ...

) ** la Cerdanya (only its eastern half) ** Osona (this ''comarca'' is generally not listed as part of Girona, since only three of its municipalities are part of this province: Espinelves,

Vidrà Vidrà is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Osona in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Ges river, between the Bellmunt and Milany ranges, in the north of the ''comarca''. It is linked to Sant Quirze de Besora by a local r ...

and Viladrau)

Population

The historical population is given in the following chart: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) ImageSize = width:600 height:auto barincrement:30 PlotArea = left:40 bottom:40 top:20 right:20 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:800 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = late ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:100 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:50 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo PlotData= color:skyblue width:20 shift:(-50,-5) fontsize:M anchor:till bar:1877 from:0 till:306 text:305,658 bar:1887 from:0 till:311 text:311,153 bar:1900 from:0 till:304 text:303,829 bar:1910 from:0 till:324 text:324,378 bar:1920 from:0 till:331 text:330,774 bar:1930 from:0 till:331 text:331,389 bar:1940 from:0 till:325 text:324,766 bar:1950 from:0 till:322 text:322,371 bar:1960 from:0 till:352 text:351,645 bar:1970 from:0 till:412 text:412,357 bar:1980 from:0 till:467 text:467,000 bar:1990 from:0 till:510 text:509,628 bar:2000 from:0 till:566 text:565,304 bar:2010 from:0 till:752 text:751,806 bar:2020 from:0 till:782 text:781,788 TextData= pos:(35,20) fontsize:M text:"Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, INE"

Notes and references

External links

news and information of the province of Girona

Xanascat the National Network of Youth Hostels of Catalonia

rural tourism in Girona

Tourism guide of Girona province, Hotels, Restaurants, Guides, Campings & more of Girona

An excentric guide to Girona province
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Municipalities of Girona

''Comarques'' of Girona

Population

See also

Notes and references

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