Girona
Girona is the chief city of Província de Girona in Catalonia, northeast Spain. In 2023 the city had a population of 104,320, with about another 50,000 in the adjoining town of Salt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Girona Railway Station and Josep Trueta University Hospital.
Girona Railway Station
Railway station
Girona is a railway station serving the city of Girona in Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the northern part of the municipality, lying at approximately 1 kilometre southwest of the city's historical centre.
Josep Trueta University Hospital
Hospital
Photo: 1997, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Josep Trueta University Hospital is a public hospital in the city of Girona in Catalonia. It was opened on 13 April 1956 in honour of the Catalan surgeon Josep Trueta.
Masó House
Historic building
Photo: FundMaso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Masó House is the birthplace of Rafael Masó i Valentí. It is also one of the most important works of architecture in Girona, in Catalonia, Spain. Offering unparalleled views of the city, it is the only one of the famous houses on the Onyar River open to the public.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salt and Sarrià de Ter.
Salt
Town
Photo: Manel Zaera, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salt is a municipality in the comarca of the Gironès in Catalonia. It is situated on the right bank of the Ter next to Girona, with which it was merged from 1974 to 1984.
Sarrià de Ter
Village
Photo: Aracelifoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sarrià de Ter is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the metropolitan area of the city of Girona. Sarrià de Ter is situated 3½ km north of Girona.
Girona
- Type: Locality with 97,200 residents
- Also known as: “17079”
- Location: Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.9825° or 41° 58′ 57″ northLongitude
2.8308° or 2° 49′ 51″ eastPopulation
97,200Elevation
151 metres (495 feet)Open location code
8FH4XRJJ+X8GeoNames ID
6534067
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Girona” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جرندة”
- Aragonese: “Chirona”
- Armenian: “Խիրոնա”
- Asturian: “Xerona”
- Belarusian: “Горад Жырона”
- Bulgarian: “Херона”
- Chinese: “赫罗纳”
- Dutch: “Gerona”
- Esperanto: “Ĝirono”
- French: “Gérone”
- Galician: “Xirona”
- Greek: “Ζιρόνα”
- Hakka Chinese: “Kit-lò-na̍p-sén”
- Hebrew: “זירונה”
- Interlingue: “Gerona”
- Japanese: “ジローナ”
- Korean: “지로나”
- Ladino: “Djirona”
- Latin: “Gerunda”
- Latvian: “Žirona”
- Lithuanian: “Cherona”
- Ossetian: “Херонæ”
- Persian: “خیرونا”
- Russian: “Жирона”
- Serbian: “Ђирона”
- Spanish: “Girona”
- Ukrainian: “Жирона”
- Urdu: “جیرونا”
- Western Panjabi: “گیرونا”
- Yiddish: “זשיראנע”
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