L'Escala

L'Escala
Municipality

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L'Escala
L'Escala

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°06′50″N 3°08′20″E / 42.114°N 3.139°E / 42.114; 3.139Coordinates: 42°06′50″N 3°08′20″E / 42.114°N 3.139°E / 42.114; 3.139
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Catalonia
Province Girona
Comarca Alt Empordà
Government
 • Alcalde Victor Puga Lòpez (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Elevation 14 m (46 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 10,143
 • Density 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s) escalenc/escalenca
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 17130
Website lescala-empuries.com

L'Escala (Spanish: La 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. 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 novel writer.

Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2001 2009
2515 2462 2475 3117 4721 5823 10.140

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament de l'Escala". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: L'Escala". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
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