Llançà
Llançà is a small town of 4,900 people on the coast of northern Catalonia, Spain. It is an important fishing port and tourist centre, and is a pre-stage in the Catalan Way of St.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 2,130 residents
- Description: municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain
- Postal code: 17490
- Neighbors: Colera, El Port de la Selva, and Rabós
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llança train station and Castell de Llançà.
Castell de Llançà
Historic building
Photo: Enfo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castell de Llançà is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colera and El Port de la Selva.
Colera
Photo: cecilia rey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colera is a small coastal village on the northern Costa Brava, in the comarca of Alt Empordà, between Portbou and Llançà near the French border. Sheltered in a quiet bay where the Albera mountains meet the Mediterranean, it offers uncrowded pebble beaches, clear waters and a laid‑back atmosphere even in high season.
El Port de la Selva
El Port de la Selva is a small fishing town on the northern Costa Brava, in the comarca of Alt Empordà, on the rugged coast of Cap de Creus. Set around a natural bay and working harbour, it mixes whitewashed houses, a long town beach and a relaxed seaside atmosphere.
La Selva de Mar
Village
Photo: Viatgepercatalunya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Selva de Mar is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. It is quite small with a population of about 197. The nearest town is El Port de la Selva, a common destination for beach-going tourists. La Selva de Mar is situated 5 km southeast of Llançà.
Llançà
- Categories: municipality of Catalonia and locality
- Location: Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.3617° or 42° 21′ 42″ northLongitude
3.1512° or 3° 9′ 4″ eastPopulation
2,130Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
8FJ59562+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 446977448OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3118287Wikidata ID
Q11339
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Llançà” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Llançà”
- Arabic: “يانسا”
- Aragonese: “Llançà”
- Armenian: “Լիանսա”
- Asturian: “Llançà”
- Basque: “Llançà”
- Catalan: “Llançà”
- Cebuano: “Llançà”
- Chechen: “Льянса”
- Chinese: “良斯萨”
- Chinese: “良萨”
- Dutch: “Llançà”
- Esperanto: “Llançà”
- French: “Llanca”
- French: “Llança”
- French: “Llançà”
- Galician: “Llançà”
- Georgian: “ლიანსა”
- German: “Llanca”
- German: “Llançà”
- Hungarian: “Llançà”
- Interlingua: “Llançà”
- Irish: “Llançà”
- Italian: “Llançà”
- Japanese: “リャンサ”
- Kazakh: “Льянса”
- Kazakh: “Льянсса”
- Ladin: “Llançà”
- Latin: “Llançà”
- Lithuanian: “Ljansa”
- Lombard: “Llançà”
- Malay: “Llançà”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Llançà”
- Pampanga: “Llançà”
- Persian: “یانسا”
- Persian: “یانکا”
- Polish: “Llançà”
- Portuguese: “Llançà”
- Romanian: “Llançà”
- Russian: “Льянса”
- Russian: “Льянсса”
- South Azerbaijani: “یانکا”
- Spanish: “Llançà”
- Spanish: “Llansa”
- Spanish: “Llansá”
- Swedish: “Llançà”
- Tahitian: “Llançà”
- Tatar: “Льянса”
- Turkish: “Llançà”
- Ukrainian: “Лянса”
- Uzbek: “Llansá”
- Venetian: “Llançà”
- Vietnamese: “Llançà”
- Waray (Philippines): “Llançà”
- Welsh: “Llançà”
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