Calonge

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Calonge

Location

General information

Province

Girona

Comarca

Baix Empordà

Demonym

Calongí, calongina

Land Area

33.57 km²

Altitude

22 m AMSL

Population

10,009 (2007)

Density

298.15 hab./km²

Calonge is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain.

The town comprises two parts, a medieval hill village and modern seaside resort. The main urban centre and original village is about 4 km inland from the Bay of Sant Antoni. The towers and walls of Calonge castle date from the thirteenth century.

The modern resort of Sant Antoni de Calonge is on the coast between Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Palamós.

The two parts are connected by GI-660 which then leads north through Las Gavarres mountains to La Bisbal d'Empordà. The C-31, the main north-south route through the Costa Brava splits the two parts.

[edit] Demography

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2001
3393	2796	2416	3941	4052	8282

[edit] References

Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

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