Sils (Girona)

Municipality of Sils
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Girona
Comarca :	Selva
Coordinates	41 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  E
Height :	76  msnm
Area :	30 km²
Residents :	6,093 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	203.1 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	17193
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Eduard Colomé Ribas
Website :	www.sils.cat

Sils is a Catalan municipality in the province of Girona in northeastern Spain . It is in the comarca of Selva .

geography

Local division

In addition to Sils, there are the districts of la Barceloneta, les Comes, la Granota, Massabé, Urbanització King Parc, Urbanització de les Mallorquines, Vallcanera, Vallcanera Parc and Veïnat de les Mallorquines.

Culture

The festival in honor of the patron saints Sant Cosme and Sant Damià takes place in the week of September 26th.

Attractions

For the listed buildings see the list of cultural monuments in Sils (Girona) .

Església Santa Maria de Sils

Santa Maria de Sils

Santa Maria de Sils is a 12th century parish church. A tombstone to the right of the church door dates back to 1313. The church received its current form as a baroque building with neoclassical elements in 1759. The chapel is in the Gothic style. The door with a niche dates from 1802. An altarpiece from 1613 is documented, which no longer exists. The top of the bell tower with green ceramic dome and original wrought iron structure was designed in 1907 by the modernist architect Rafael Masó i Valentí from Girona.

Església Santa Eulàlia de Vallcanera

Santa Eulàlia de Vallcanera

Santa Eulàlia de Vallcanera is a parish church from the 10th century. The church was consecrated in the name of the patroness Eulalia of Mérida in 969, when the parish was separated from that of Caldes de Malavella . Since 1245 the church was under the monastery of Sant Pere Cercada. In the 18th century the building and the church tower were completed. Remains of the Romanesque apse are hidden by the neighboring house (until 1972 rectory).

Espai Natural Protegit de l'Estany de Sils

Bridge in the Estany de Sils

Estany de Sils is a wetland and nature reserve. It is part of the Pla d'Espais d'Interès Natural (PEIN), a support plan for nature reserves in Catalonia and the European Natura 2000 program. Since the middle of the 19th century, work began on draining the marshland to create arable land and to combat malaria. However, a core area of ​​the marshland was preserved and became a refuge for many rare species. In 1998 the city of Sils and Acciónatura started a program to protect and expand the nature reserve. Private adjoining areas were acquired, the water areas were reduced to year-round waters, the areas were renatured and paths and viewing points were set up that enable the site to be used without disturbing visitors.

Museums

• Automobile Museum Col.lecció d'Automòbils Salvador Claret

photos

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  railway station

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  town hall

Web links

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

• Ajuntament de Sils in Catalan
• Information from the Comarca La Selva about Sils in Catalan
• Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya in 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).
2. ↑ Website Col.lecció d'Automòbils Salvador Claret ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Spanish and Catalan