Girona province
Girona Catalonia , Spain |
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Designations | |
Catalan name : | Girona |
Spanish name : | Gerona |
Basic data | |
Autonomous Community : | Catalonia |
Capital : | Girona |
Official languages : | Catalan , Spanish |
Area : | 5,910 km² |
Residents : | 771.044 (Jan. 1, 2019) |
Population density : | 130.46 inhabitants / km² |
ISO 3166-2 : | ES-GI |
Website : | ddgi.cat |
Location of the province of Girona | |
The province of Girona ( Spanish Gerona ) is the northeastern and smallest of the four provinces of the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia . Its capital is the city of Girona .
location
The province borders - starting in the north, in a clockwise direction - with France ( Département Pyrénées-Orientales ), the Mediterranean Sea and the Catalan provinces of Barcelona and Lleida .
Biggest places
Status: 2019
local community | Spanish name | Residents |
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Girona | Gerona | 101,852 |
Figueres | Figueras | 46,654 |
Lloret de Mar | Lloret de Mar | 38,373 |
Blanes | Blanes | 39,028 |
Olot | Olot | 35,228 |
Salt | Salt | 31,362 |
Palafrugell | Palafrugell | 22,974 |
Sant Feliu de Guíxols | San Felíu de Guíxols | 21,925 |
Roses | Rosas | 19,550 |
Banyoles | Bañolas | 19,826 |
Palamós | Palamós | 17,910 |
Santa Coloma de Farners | Santa Coloma de Farners | 13,143 |
Castelló d'Empúries | Castellón de Ampurias | 10,906 |
Torroella de Montgrí | Torroella de Montgrí | 11,645 |
Population development of the province
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Administrative division
The province consists of the eight comarques :
Comarca | population | Area (km²) | Capital |
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Alt Empordà | 112,439 | 1,357.5 | Figueres |
Baix Empordà | 115,566 | 701.7 | La Bisbal d'Empordà |
Cerdanya | 16,065 | 546.6 | Puigcerdà |
Garrotxa | 50,616 | 735.4 | Olot |
Gironès | 154.274 | 575.4 | Girona |
Pla de l'Estany | 27.141 | 262.8 | Banyoles |
Ripollès | 26,162 | 956.2 | Ripoll |
Selva | 136,738 | 995.1 | Santa Coloma de Farners |
Figures from 2004 according to the "Institute for Statistics Catalonia"
Location of the individual comarques in the province of Girona
Web links
Commons : Province of Girona - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- News and information from the province of Girona
- Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (Catalan Statistics Institute)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).