Les Planes D'Hostoles
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Les Planes d'Hostoles () is a village and municipality in the
province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...
and
autonomous community The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...
of
Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 1,694. From 1900, Les Planes d'Hostoles was linked to
Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...
by the narrow gauge Olot–Girona railway, which was extended to Sant Feliu de Pallerols in 1902 and
Olot Olot (; ) is the capital city of the ''Catalonia/Comarques, comarca'' of Garrotxa, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The city is known for its natural landscape, including four volcanoes scattered around the city center. The municipali ...
in 1911. The line closed in 1969 and has since been converted into a greenway. In this Área there are lots of waterfalls.Arnau i Serra, Joan
El Riu Brugent i el seu entorn
Ajuntament de les Planes d'hostoles. 2005. 105 pp. .
To visit them you need to book a ticket on th
protected Space of the river Brugent


Notable residents

* Francesc Arnau (1975–2021), footballer * Carla Simón (1986-), filmmaker


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Government data pages
Municipalities in Garrotxa {{Girona-geo-stub