Camprodon

Camprodon parish
	The Pont Nou in Camprodon
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Girona
Comarca :	Ripollès
Coordinates	42 ° 19 ′ N , 2 ° 22 ′ E Coordinates: 42 ° 19 ′ N , 2 ° 22 ′ E
Height :	988 msnm
Area :	103.3 km²
Residents :	2,281 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	22.08 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number ( INE ):	17039
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Esteve Pujol i Badà
Website :	webspobles.ddgi.cat/sites/camprodon/default.aspx

Camprodon is a place in the Spanish Pyrenees . It is located in the valley of the same name on the river Ter in the Comarca Ripollès in Catalonia and is about 75 kilometers northeast of Girona and 10 kilometers south of the border with France. The city's landmark is the Pont nou ('New Bridge').

The municipality has 2281 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). Tourism plays an important economic role. Camprodon is the starting point for several major tourist destinations such as Setcases (Vallter-2000). The cookies GALETES Birba from the factory GALETES Camprodon apply throughout Spain as a delicacy.

Community structure

Sons and daughters

Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), composer
Joaquim Claret i Vallès (1879–1964), sculptor
Marc Solà Pastoret (* 1985), ski mountaineer

Web links

Commons : Camprodon - collection of images, videos and audio files

Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya on Camprodon

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).

[1] 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).