L'Escala
L'Escala is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Costa Brava, located between the southern end of the Gulf of Roses and Cala (bay) Montgó. It is an important fishing port and tourist centre, and has a festival dedicated to its famous anchovies.
L'Escala
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The GE-513 road runs inland from the town. The Alfolí de la Sal, also known as the Pòsit Vell, is a seventeenth-century warehouse formerly used to store the salt necessary to preserve fish landed at the port: it is now a protected historic-artistic monument. The ruins of Empúries are located on the territory of the municipality, with Phoenician and Roman remains dating from 580 BC. L'Escala is the village of Víctor Català (pseudonym of Caterina Albert, 1869-1966) a famous novelist. The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, passes through L'Escala on its stage between Sant Martí d'Empúries and Torroella de Montgrí.
Fragment 0296c2 of the National Topographic Map of Spain in 2014 at a scale of 1:25000 printed and scanned with a resolution of 250 ppi. It shows L' Escala.
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Fragment 0296c2 of the National Topographic Map of Spain in 2002 at a scale of 1:25000 printed and scanned with a resolution of 250 ppi. It shows L Escala.
Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica · Instituto Geográfico Nacional (archived version)
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — L'Escala • Settlement Type — Municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Spain • Subdivision Type1 — Autonomous community • Subdivision Name1 — Catalonia • Subdivision Type2 — Province • Subdivision Name2 — Girona • Subdivision Type3 — Comarca • Subdivision Name3 — Alt Empordà • Elevation M — 14 • Area Total Km2 — 16.3 • Population Demonym — escalenc/escalenca • Population Density Km2 — auto • Blank Name Sec1 — Official language(s) • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 17130 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Leader Title — Alcalde • Leader Name — Josep Bofill (PSC)(2023) • Website — lescala-empuries.com
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• 1900 — 1930 — 1950 — 1970 — 1986 — 2001 — 2009 • 2515 — 2462 — 2475 — 3117 — 4721 — 5823 — 10.140
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- 1.Statistical Institute of Catalonia. El municipi en xifres: L'Escala.
- 2.Generalitat of Catalonia. Ajuntament de l'Escala.
- 3.Editorial PIOLET i Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà. Empordà Costa Brava - Nord. March 2012.
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1- Caterina AlbertIllustrator
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1- Caterina AlbertIllustrator
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