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Girona (Catalan:Girona;Spanish: Gerona) is a province of eastern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Barcelona and Lleida, and by France and the Mediterranean Sea. Province locator map of Girona (created by Montrealais) File links The following pages link to this file: Girona (province) Categories: GFDL images ... Catalan (CatalÃ IPA: ) a Romance language, the national and official language of Catalunya (Catalonia) (On April 3rd 06 the central government of Spain finally recognised the right to define Catalonia as a NATION on the text of the Catalan Constitution) and the Principality of Andorra. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Capital Barcelona Official languages Catalan and Spanish In Val dAran, also Aranese. ... Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ... Lleida province Lleida is a province of eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ...

598,112 people (2002) live in the province. Its capital is Girona, where just over an eighth of the population of the province lives. Some towns in Girona province include Figueres, Puigcerdà, Olot, Banyoles, Blanes, Ripoll, Camprodon. Houses on the Onyar river in Girona Girona (Catalan: Girona, Spanish: Gerona, French: GÃ©rone) is a city located in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the rivers Ter and Onyar. ... Figueres Town church tower, Figueres Figueres is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Image:Puigcerda12. ... Olot is the capital of the comarca of Garrotxa, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Banyoles is a town in Spain near the French boarder and the Mediterrainen coast. ... Spanish surnames have been around since the 12th century Camilo Sesto - Singer from Spain ... Ripoll Ripoll is the capital of the comarca (county) of Ripollès, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Camprodon (height 988 m. ...

See also List of municipalities in Girona. This is a list of the municipalities in the province of Girona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. ...

Part of the territory of Girona, the municipality of Llívia, is an exclave separate from the rest of Spain and surrounded by France. LlÃvia is a town of Cerdagne, located in the Catalan comarca of Baixa Cerdanya, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain, that forms a Spanish exclave surrounded by French territory (PyrÃ©nÃ©es-Orientales dÃ©partement). ... D is Bs exclave, but is not an enclave. ...

The comarques of the province of Girona are: This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ...

Province Girona Capital Figueres Largest city Figueres Demonym Population (2002) 99,321 Area 1,342. ... Map of Baixa Cerdanya in Catalonia Cerdanya (French Cerdagne) is one of the historical Catalan counties in the eastern Pyrenees, bordering the county of Alt Urgell. ... Baix EmpordÃ is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, one of the two into which EmpordÃ was divided in the comarcal division of 1936. ... Garrotxa is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. ... GironÃ¨s is a comarca (county) in eastern Catalonia, bordering Selva, Baix EmpordÃ , Alt EmpordÃ and Garrotxa. ... Pla de lEstany is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. ... RipollÃ¨s is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. ... Selva is a coastal comarca (county) in Catalonia, located between the mountain range known as the Serralada Transversal or Puigsacalm and the Costa Brava (part of the Mediterranean coast). ...

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