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Torroella de Montgrí

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Country
  
Comarca
  
Baix Empordà

Demonym(s)
  
Montgrins

Elevation
  
31 m

Local time
  
Monday 3:00 PM

Autonomous community
  
Judicial district
  
La Bisbal d'Empordà

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
11,381 (2014)

Province
  
Torroella de Montgrí httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Weather
  
18°C, Wind N at 23 km/h, 44% Humidity

Torroella de Montgrí is a coastal municipality on the Costa Brava, and small town in Catalonia, Spain. The town lies on the north bank of the Ter river, a few kilometres before it flows into the Mediterranean. The beach resort of L'Estartit also is part of the municipality, as are the Medes Islands and a large part of the Montgrí Massif.

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Map of Torroella de Montgr%C3%AD, Province of Girona, Spain

Features

The town is 22 km east of Girona and 5 km west of the resort of L'Estartit. It lies on the junction of the C-31 and GI-641.

The town was originally the Royal Port for the Kings of Aragon before the river started silting up and a new port was founded at l'Estartit

The town retains its medieval core and walls and hosts a market every Monday.

Montgrí Massif

The town is towered over by the Montgrí Massif on its northern side. The Montgrí is a long mountain formation that looks like a sleeping bishop seen from afar. Its vegetation consists mostly of low Mediterranean scrub among rocks.

The maximum height of the range is 308m and it is topped by an ancient fortress in the middle, the Montgrí Castle.

References

Torroella de Montgrí Wikipedia


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