Province of Girona

Province of Girona
Província de Girona (Catalan)
Province

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Country Spain
Autonomous community  Catalonia
Capital Girona
Government
  President Joan Giraut i Cot (CiU)
Area
  Total 5,905 km2 (2,280 sq mi)
Area rank Ranked
Population (2013)
  Total 753.054[1]
  Rank Ranked
Demonym(s) Gironí, gironina (ca)
Official language(s) Catalan and Spanish
Parliament Cortes Generales
Website www.ddgi.cat

Girona (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒiˈɾonə], Spanish: Gerona; French: Gérone) is a province of Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Lleida, on the southwest by the province of Barcelona, on the north by France, and on the east by the Mediterranean Sea.

756,810 people (as of 2015) live in the province. Its capital and largest city is Girona, with an urban area (including the neighbouring municipalities of Salt, Sarrià de Ter and Vilablareix) representing, with a total population of 144,709, a 19,2% of the population. The Girona area acts as an industrial, commercial and service hub for a significant part of the province.

Municipalities of Girona

The province has 222 municipalities, including Girona city (population 96,722), Figueres (pop. 44,765), Lloret de Mar (pop. 40,282), Blanes (pop. 39,834), Olot (33,725), Salt (pop. 30,389), Palafrugell (pop. 22,816) and Sant Feliu de Guíxols (pop. 21,814), as well as some significant and historical towns such as Banyoles, Besalú, Cadaqués, Camprodon, Palamós, Puigcerdà or Ripoll.

The municipality of Llívia, which is an exclave separated from the rest of Spain and surrounded by France, is also officially part of this province.

Comarques of Girona

Since the division by provinces in Spain and the division by comarques in Catalonia do not completely match, the term comarques of the province of Girona is not accurate. However, a list of the comarques that are included—totally or partially—in the province of Girona can be made:

Notes and references

  1. - Idescat. (Catalan Statistics Institute)

See also

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Gerona (province).

Coordinates: 42°10′N 2°40′E / 42.167°N 2.667°E / 42.167; 2.667

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