Comarca Alt Empordà Website www.vilajuiga.cat Area 13.1 km² Local time Monday 12:11 PM | Demonym(s) Figuerenc, figuerenca Elevation 31 m Population 1,190 (2014) | |
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Weather 18°C, Wind NW at 39 km/h, 48% Humidity | ||
Vilajuïga is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
Map of 17493 Vilaju%C3%AFga, Province of Girona, Spain
Vilajuïga's area is home to a group of Megalithic dolmens. Starting from the 10th century AD it was a possession of the monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. In the nearby is also the Quermançó Castle, documented from 1073.
The mineral water, Aigua de Vilajuïga, comes from here. It was reputed to be the only water drunk by the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.
References
Vilajuïga Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA