Castellfollit de la Roca
Castellfollit de la Roca municipality | ||
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Catalonia | |
Province : | Girona | |
Comarca : | Garrotxa | |
Coordinates | 42 ° 13 ' N , 2 ° 33' E | |
Height : | 296 msnm | |
Area : | 0.73 km² | |
Residents : | 961 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 1,316.44 inhabitants / km² | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 17046 | |
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Official language : | Castilian , Catalan | |
Mayor : | Moisès Coromina i Soler | |
Website : | www.castellfollitdelaroca.org |
Castellfollit de la Roca is a Catalan municipality in the province of Girona in northeastern Spain with 961 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).
location
The place is located in the Comarca Garrotxa on a rock massif made of basalt rock more than fifty meters high . The original appearance of a typical Catalan village, whose houses were mainly built from volcanic rock from the surrounding area, has largely been preserved.
Worth seeing
- The lookout point - Mirador - at the far end of the village offers a view of the volcanic rock formations of the Garrotxa region .
- The 13th century church of Sant Salvador, now used as a cultural center.
- The Museu d'Embotits sausage museum .
Web links
Commons : Castellfollit de la Roca - Collection of images, videos and audio files
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).