Navata (Girona)

Navata municipality
Navata - View of the town with the Canigou massif
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Girona
Comarca :	Alt Empordà
Coordinates	42 ° 14 '  N , 2 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 14 '  N , 2 ° 52'  E
Height :	145  msnm
Area :	18.52 km²
Residents :	1,381 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	74.57 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	17744
Municipality number  ( INE ):	17111
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Website :	Navata

Navata is a place and a municipality ( municipi ) with 1,381 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Girona in the autonomous region of Catalonia . It is located in the Comarca Alt Empordà .

location

The place Navata is at an altitude of about 145 meters above sea level. d. The city of Figueres is about ten kilometers (driving distance) to the northeast and the provincial capital Girona is about 40 kilometers to the south. The hamlets of Canelles and Torremirona also belong to the municipality .

Population development

year	1960	1970	1981	1990	2000	2014
Residents	701	645	710	659	708	1,262

In the 19th century the community usually had over 1,000 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis in viticulture and the mechanization of agriculture only made themselves felt in the 1940s.

economy

Above all, agriculture (grain, sunflowers, etc.), but also keeping cattle and poultry in stalls, form the livelihood of the inhabitants. Since the 1960s, tourism has developed into an important source of income in the form of vacation rental.

history

In 1019 the connection of the church Sant Pere de Navata to the diocese of Girona is documented. The first mention of a castle ( castillo ) comes from 1099; in the High Middle Ages Navata belonged to the county of Empúries .

Attractions

Portal of Sant Pere

• The portal unfortunately badly preserved of about one kilometer south of the present village standing old parish church ( Església vella de Sant Pere de Can Miró ) ( 42 ° 13 '3 "  N , 2 ° 52' 2"  O ) is a jewel of medieval architecture - It shows two set rotated columns , an also rotated inner archivolt arch and others with just recognizable decorations as well as a ' Lamb of God ' in the tympanum field . The completely preserved iron door fittings are still considered originals from the 12th or early 13th century; the spirally tapering bands resemble those of the Prieuré de Marcevol in Roussillon and a few other Romanesque door fittings in the Pyrenees . There is a small arched window above the portal; the west facade but also the nave show clear traces of a later elevation in the upper part, on which the simple bell gable ( espadanya ) was added. The nave is barrel vaulted .
• The new parish church ( Església nova de Sant Pere ) is a much larger building from the middle of the 17th century, which was not completed until a century later with the installation of the baroque portal, which has a niche figure of St. Peter shows. The rib-vaulted nave is accompanied by chapels. The apse is decorated with late Renaissance paintings from 1725.
• A wall with a round tower has been preserved from the medieval castle ( castell ).

literature

• Vicenç Buron: Esglésies Romàniques Catalanes. Artestudi Edicions, Barcelona 1977, pp. 34f, ISBN 84-85180-06-2 .

Web links

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

• Navata, old church of Sant Pere - photos + info (catalan)
• Navata, new church of Sant Pere - photos + info (catalan)

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).