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Province of Girona

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Country
  
Spain

Area rank
  
Ranked

Official language(s)
  
Catalan and Spanish

Capital
  
Girona

University
  
University of Girona

Autonomous community
  
Catalonia

Demonym(s)
  
Gironí, gironina (ca)

Parliament
  
Cortes Generales

Population
  
756,156 (2014)

Province of Girona httpsfarm8staticflickrcom72637449308130c14

Clubs and Teams
  
Girona FC, UE Llagostera, Uni Girona CB

Points of interest
  
Onyar, Lake of Banyoles, Cinema Museum, Esglesia de Sant Feliu, Girona Art Museum

Destinations
  
Girona, Lloret de Mar, Cadaqués, Figueres, Tossa de Mar

Girona ([ʒiˈɾonə], Spanish: Gerona; French: Gérone) is a province of Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Lleida, on the southwest by the province of Barcelona, on the north by France, and on the east by the Mediterranean Sea.

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Map of Province of Girona, Spain

756,810 people (as of 2015) live in the province. Its capital and largest city is Girona, with an urban area (including the neighbouring municipalities of Salt, Sarrià de Ter and Vilablareix) representing, with a total population of 144,709, a 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 municipalities, including Girona city (population 96,722), Figueres (pop. 44,765), Lloret de Mar (pop. 40,282), Blanes (pop. 39,834), Olot (33,725), Salt (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, Cadaqués, Camprodon, Palamós, Puigcerdà or Ripoll.

The municipality of Llívia, which is an exclave 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 municipalities except Fogars de la Selva)
  • 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 and Viladrau)

    • References

    Province of Girona Wikipedia
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