Country Spain Province Province of Girona | Comarca Baix Empordà Community Catalonia | |
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Municipality Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura | ||
Cruïlles is a village in the Baix Empordà, now part of the municipality of Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura, which is the administrative center and location of City Hall. It was its own municipality until 1973, when it merged with Monells and Sant Sadurní de l'Heura to form the current municipality.
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Map of 17116 Cru%C3%AFlles, Province of Girona, Spain
In 2005 it was the second most populated village in the municipality after Puigventós with 250 inhabitants.
Geography
The expansive borders of Cruïlles extend from the plains of Empordà to finally encompass much of the massifs of the Gavarres. The village is located at the Pla de Cruïlles, above the Daró river and at the foot of the rural road GI-664 between la Bisbal d'Empordà and Cassà de la Selva, a few miles from la Bisbal.
History
The town was the seat of the lords of Cruïlles, which, in the thirteenth century, was also Peratallada.