Selva () is a coastal comarque (county) in

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, located between the mountain range known as the

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and the

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(part of the

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coast). Unusually, it is divided between the provinces of

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

and

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, with

Fogars de la Selva Fogars de la Selva is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''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 us ...

being part of Barcelona province and all other municipalities falling inside Girona province. Also unusually, its capital,

Santa Coloma de Farners Santa Coloma de Farners () is a spa town and capital of the ''comarca'' of the Selva, in Catalonia, Spain, and of the judicial district of Santa Coloma. It is situated on the edge of the Selva Depression and of the Guilleries. The local economy ...

, is no longer among its larger municipalities, with the coastal towns of Blanes and

Lloret de Mar Lloret de Mar (; ) is a Mediterranean coastal town in Catalonia, Spain. It is south of Girona and northeast of Barcelona. With a population of 38,402 in 2021, it is the second largest town in the Selva comarca of Catalonia. Lloret de Mar attra ...

having far surpassed it in size. Selva borders the comarques of Maresme, Vallès Oriental, Osona, Garrotxa, Gironès, and

Baix Empordà Baix Empordà in Catalan (; en, Lower Empordà, italic=yes) or Bajo Ampurdán in Spanish () is a ''comarca'' (county) in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is one of the two ''comarca'' into which Empordà was divided in the comarcal d ...

Municipalities

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Official tourism websiteOfficial comarcal web site (in Catalan)
{{Authority control Comarques of the Province of Girona