Garrotxa

Garrotxa
	The location of the Comarca Garrotxa in Catalonia
Basic data
Province:	Girona
Main place:	Olot
Surface:	735.4 km²
Residents:	57,590 (2019)
Municipalities:	21st

The Comarca Garrotxa is located in the province of Girona of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia ( Spain ). The community association has an area of 735.4 km² and 57,590 inhabitants (2019).

location

The association of municipalities is located in the eastern part of Catalonia, northwest of the provincial capital Girona . It borders in the north-east on the Comarca Alt Empordà , in the east on Pla de l'Estany , in the south-east on Gironès , in the south on Selva , in the south-west on Osona , in the north-west on Ripollès and in the far north on the Republic of France . Together with the comarcas Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà , Gironès, Pla de l'Estany, Selva and Ripollès, the region forms the territory of Comarques Gironines . Barcelona is about 150 km southwest.

The district is located in the Pyrenees and can be divided into two scenic zones by the Fluvià river : The Alta Garrotxa (German: Upper Garrotxa), in the western and northern parts, forms a rugged, rocky and impassable area with gorges, crevices and caves . The basin of the Fluvià and its tributaries in the southeastern part of the Comarca form the Baixa Garrotxa (Eng .: Lower Garrotxa), with pastures, forests and streams.

In the center of the district is the Garrotxa Volcanoes Nature Reserve , a landscape with more than forty wooded volcanoes , the crater edges of which rise between 10 and 160 m. The diameter of the crater varies from 300 to 1,500 m. The Croscat volcano last erupted about 11,500 years ago. In 1985 the Catalan Parliament declared the volcanic zone a natural park.

Santa Margarida volcano

vegetation

Dominant trees are oak , cork oak , holm oak and beech .

economy

The most important branch of the economy is cattle breeding, especially the keeping of cattle on pastures, but also of pigs and sheep. Industrial companies in the textile, meat, paper and leather industries have settled in the comarca.

Communities

Status: 2019

Map of the Comarca Garrotxa

local community	Pop.	Area (km²)	local community	Pop.	Area (km²)	local community	Pop.	Area (km²)
Argelaguer	397	12.72	Olot	35,228	29.07	Sant Ferriol	243	41.69
Besalú	2492	4.77	Les Planes d'Hostoles	1683	36.97	Sant Jaume de Llierca	865	7.11
Beuda	190	35.53	Les Preses	1788	9.43	Sant Joan les Fonts	3006	31.98
Castellfollit de la Roca	961	0.67	Riudaura	478	24.10	Santa Pau	1565	48.84
Maià de Montcal	449	16.88	Sales de Llierca	154	36.29	Tortellà	809	10.93
Mieres	318	26.12	Sant Aniol de Finestres	341	47.56	La Vall de Bianya	1264	93.85
Montagut i Oix	916	93.69	Sant Feliu de Pallerols	1371	34.99	La Vall d'en Bas	3072	90.61