Pla de l'Estany () is a comarca (county) in the Girona region in

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. Its name means "plain of the lake", the lake in question being the

Lake of Banyoles Lake of Banyoles (or Estany de Banyoles) is a natural lake located in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' "Pla de l'Estany", Province of Girona, in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. It is named after the nearby town of Banyoles, to which it belo ...

Banyoles Banyoles () is a city of 20,168 inhabitants (2021) located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. The town is the capital of the Catalan ''comarca'' " Pla de l'Estany". Although an established industrial centre many of th ...

is also the name of the capital of the comarca and home to over half of its people. Pla de l'Estany was established as a separate comarca in 1988 on the basis of a

referendum A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate (rather than their Representative democracy, representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either bin ...

; prior to that it had constituted the northwest part of the comarca of

Gironès Gironès (; ) is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county) in eastern Catalonia, Spain, bordering Selva (comarca), Selva, Baix Empordà, Alt Empordà, Pla de l'Estany and Garrotxa. , more than half of the comarca's 175,148 inhabitants live in the ...

. The comarca borders the comarques of Garrotxa,

Alt Empordà Alt Empordà (; ; "Upper Empordà") is a Comarques of Catalonia, comarca (county) located in the Comarques Gironines, Girona region, in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of two comarques into which Empordà was divided by the comarca division of Catalo ...

, and

. Pla de l'Estany is largely agricultural, but has also long had industries in textiles, furniture, leather, iron, and copper.

Municipalities

References

External links

Official comarcal web site (in Catalan)
{{Coord, 42, 07, 02, N, 2, 46, 11, E, region:ES-CT_type:adm2nd_source:cawiki, display=title Comarques of the Province of Girona