Llers

Llers municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Girona
Comarca :	Alt Empordà
Coordinates	42 ° 17 ′  N , 2 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 17 ′  N , 2 ° 55 ′  E
Height :	142  msnm
Area :	22 km²
Residents :	1,239 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	56.32 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	17093
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Carles Fortiana i Costa
Website :	www.ddgi.catllers

Llers is a Catalan municipality in the province of Girona in northeastern Spain . It is located about 6 kilometers northwest of Figueres , the capital of the Comarca Alt Empordà .

Despite the population of just over 1000, the area around Llers was one of the wealthiest in Catalonia in the Middle Ages, with eleven castles alone on an area of ​​around 30 hectares. Today Llers is primarily a dormitory city for Figueres.

TP Ferro Concesionaria, SA, or TP Ferro for short, has been located in Llers since 2003 and is the installer and operator of the LGV Perpignan – Figueres , the high-speed rail line through the Pyrenees .

Web links

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

• Topographic map and data of the Generalitat at Llers

Individual evidence

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).