Girona

The Province of Girona is a province in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of , . It is bordered on the northwest by the , on the southwest by the , on the north by , and on the east by the Mediterranean Sea.
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is the chief city of Província de 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.

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is a small city in , , with a population of 40,000. It is the seat of the Alt Empordà county in the Girona Province and has a wealth of history spanning many centuries that has been preserved and shown in several museums in the area and in the compact Old Town.

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Llívia is a town in the comarca of Cerdanya, province of Girona, , . It is a Spanish enclave surrounded by the French département of .

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The is a coastal region in north , in the northeast of . It comprises 3 comarques : Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà and La Selva. It has rocky cliffs and a mix of pebble beaches and sandy beaches.

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The is a mountainous region in , , in the northeast of , which is full of nature and sports resorts.

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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.

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in Girona, is the capital of the Ripollés region. It sits at the confluence of the Ter river and its tributary Freser, in the Catalan Pre-Pyrenees. It had a population of 10,700 inhabitants in 2024.

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is in Girona. it has been a leading tourist area since the nineteenth century.

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is a town and municipality of 2,400 people in Girona province, and is a stage in Catalan Way of St. James. At the northeastern end of the La Selva region, the municipality extends throughout the entire lower Brugent valley.

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is a town in the Ripollès region of . It occupies the centre of a valley in the Pre-Pyrenees, crossed by the Ter River and surrounded by high mountains such as the Serra Cavallera.

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is a town of 1,000 people in Girona province, on the right bank of the Fluvià, and is a stage in the Catalan Way of St. James. It has the remains of the old medieval wall and the episcopal castle.

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is a spa town and capital of the comarca of the Selva, in , Spain, and of the judicial district of Santa Coloma. It is situated on the edge of the Selva Depression and of the .

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is in Girona, the best example of volcanic landscape on the . It has about forty volcanic cones and more than 20 basaltic lava flows. None of its many volcanoes are still active.

Girona

Latitude of center
41.9892° or 41° 59′ 21″ north
Longitude of center
2.8111° or 2° 48′ 40″ east
Population
787,000
Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)
Geo­Names ID
6355230
Wiki­data ID
Q7194
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Girona” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Girona”
  • Afrikaans: “Provinsie Gerona”
  • Afrikaans: “Provinsie Girona”
  • Albanian: “Provinca Girona”
  • Arabic: “جرندة”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة جرندة”
  • Aragonese: “Chirona”
  • Aragonese: “Provincia de Chirona”
  • Asturian: “Girona (provincia)”
  • Asturian: “provincia de Girona”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Girona”
  • Asturian: “provincia de Xerona”
  • Asturian: “provincia de Xirona”
  • Asturian: “Xerona (provincia)”
  • Asturian: “Xerona”
  • Asturian: “Xirona (provincia)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Jirona vilayəti”
  • Basque: “Girona”
  • Basque: “Gironako probintzia”
  • Bavarian: “Provinz Girona”
  • Belarusian: “Жырона (правінцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Жырона”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Жырона”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Херона”
  • Belarusian: “Херона (правінцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Херона”
  • Bengali: “গিরোনা প্রদেশ”
  • Breton: “Proviñs Girona”
  • Bulgarian: “Херона”
  • Catalan: “Girona”
  • Catalan: “província de Girona”
  • Catalan: “Província de Girona”
  • Cebuano: “Província de Girona”
  • Chinese: “Girona Séng”
  • Chinese: “赫罗纳省”
  • Chinese: “赫羅納省”
  • Corsican: “pruvincia di Ghjirona”
  • Corsican: “pruvincia di Ghjiruna”
  • Corsican: “pruvincia di Girona”
  • Croatian: “Girona”
  • Czech: “Provincie Girona”
  • Danish: “Girona (provins)”
  • Danish: “Girona”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Girona (wılayet)”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Girona”
  • Dutch: “Gerona (provincie)”
  • Dutch: “Gerona”
  • Dutch: “Girona (provincie)”
  • Dutch: “Girona”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ĝirono”
  • Estonian: “Girona provints”
  • Finnish: “Girona”
  • French: “Gérone”
  • French: “province de Gérone”
  • French: “Province de Gérone”
  • French: “province de Gironne”
  • Galician: “provincia de Girona”
  • Galician: “provincia de Xirona”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Xirona”
  • Galician: “Xirona”
  • Georgian: “ხერონის პროვინცია”
  • German: “Girona”
  • German: “Provinz Girona”
  • Greek: “Ζιρόνα”
  • Greek: “Χιρόνα”
  • Gujarati: “ગિરૉના પ્રાંત”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Girona-sén”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ז’ירונה”
  • Hindi: “गिरोना प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Girona”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Girona”
  • Interlingua: “Provincia de Girona”
  • Interlingua: “Provincia Girona”
  • Interlingue: “Provincia de Girona”
  • Italian: “Girona”
  • Italian: “provincia di Gerona”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Gerona”
  • Italian: “provincia di Girona”
  • Japanese: “ジローナ（ヘローナ）”
  • Japanese: “ジローナ県”
  • Kannada: “ಗಿರೊನಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Жирона”
  • Kazakh: “Херона”
  • Korean: “지로나도”
  • Korean: “지로나주”
  • Kurdish: “parêzgeha Gironayê”
  • Ladin: “Provinzia de Girona”
  • Ladino: “Djirona”
  • Ladino: “Provinsia de Djirona”
  • Latin: “Provincia Gerundensis”
  • Latvian: “Žironas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Žironos provincija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Provënz Gerona”
  • Macedonian: “Жирона”
  • Macedonian: “Херона”
  • Malay: “Daearah Girona”
  • Marathi: “गिरोना प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “خرنا اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Girona Séng”
  • Mingrelian: “ხერონაშ პროვინცია”
  • Northern Frisian: “Girona (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Girona”
  • Northern Luri: “خئرونا”
  • Northern Sami: “Girona eanangoddi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Girona (provins)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Girona”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Provinsen Girona”
  • Norwegian: “Girona”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Girona”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “província de Girona”
  • Ossetian: “Жиронæ”
  • Ossetian: “Херонæ”
  • Pampanga: “Girona”
  • Persian: “استان خرنا”
  • Persian: “استان ژیرونا”
  • Polish: “Girona”
  • Portuguese: “Gerunda”
  • Portuguese: “Girona”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Girona”
  • Russian: “Жирона”
  • Russian: “Херона”
  • Scots: “Province o Girona”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Girona”
  • Serbian: “Покрајина Ђирона”
  • Serbian: “Провинција Ђирона”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gerona”
  • Sinhala: “ගරෝනා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Girona”
  • Slovenian: “provincia de Girona”
  • South Azerbaijani: “خیرونا اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gerona (provincia)”
  • Spanish: “Gerona”
  • Spanish: “Girona (provincia)”
  • Spanish: “Girona”
  • Spanish: “provincia de Gerona”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gerona”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Girona”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Gerona”
  • Swedish: “Girona”
  • Tamil: “கிரோனா மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “గిరోనా ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “గిరోనా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดเฆโรนา”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดฌิโรนา”
  • Turkish: “Gerona ili”
  • Turkish: “Girona”
  • Ukrainian: “Жирона”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ جیرونا”
  • Uzbek: “Girona”
  • Venetian: “Provincia de Xirona”
  • Vietnamese: “Girona”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Girona”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Provincia de Girona”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Girona”
  • Western Armenian: “Կիրոնա”
  • Wu Chinese: “赫罗纳省”
  • Yue Chinese: “赫羅納省”

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