Porqueres
Porqueres is a municipality located in the county of Pla de l'Estany, in the province of Girona, in the autonomous region of Catalunya of Spain. The municipality is made up of several villages.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 4,800 residents
- Description: Spanish municipality
- Postal code: 17834
- Neighbors: Banyoles
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Santa Maria de Porqueres and Estanyol de la Cendra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Banyoles and Pujarnol.
Banyoles
Banyoles is in Girona is the capital of watersports thanks to its stunning natural lake, the largest in Catalonia, and its rich historical heritage. The town boasts medieval charm with landmarks such as the Gothic-style Church of Santa Maria dels Turers and the Monastery of Sant Esteve.Pujarnol
Hamlet
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Pujarnol is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km southwest of Porqueres.
Camós
Village
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Camós is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 15.7 square kilometres and the population in 2014 was 686. Camós is situated 3½ km southeast of Porqueres.
Porqueres
- Category: municipality of Catalonia
- Location: Porqueres, Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Porqueres” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Porqueres”
- Arabic: “بوركيراس”
- Aragonese: “Porqueres”
- Armenian: “Պորկերես”
- Asturian: “Porqueres”
- Basque: “Porqueres”
- Catalan: “Porqueres”
- Cebuano: “Porqueres”
- Chechen: “Поркерес”
- Chinese: “波尔克雷斯”
- Dimli (individual language): “Porqueres”
- Dutch: “Porqueres”
- French: “Porqueres”
- Galician: “Porqueres”
- Georgian: “პორკერესი”
- German: “Porqueres”
- Hungarian: “Porqueres”
- Interlingua: “Porqueres”
- Irish: “Porqueres”
- Italian: “Porqueres”
- Japanese: “ポルケレス”
- Kazakh: “Поркерас”
- Kazakh: “Поркерес”
- Ladin: “Porqueres”
- Latin: “Porqueres”
- Lombard: “Porqueres”
- Malay: “Porqueres”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Porqueres”
- Persian: “پرکرس”
- Polish: “Porqueres”
- Portuguese: “Porqueres”
- Russian: “Поркерес”
- South Azerbaijani: “پرکرس”
- Spanish: “Porqueras”
- Spanish: “Porqueres”
- Swedish: “Porqueres”
- Tahitian: “Porqueres”
- Tatar: “Поркерес”
- Turkish: “Porqueres”
- Uzbek: “Porqueras”
- Venetian: “Porqueres”
- Waray (Philippines): “Porqueres”
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