L'Escala

L'Escala
Municipality

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L'Escala

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°7′29.19″N 3°7′54.75″E / 42.1247750°N 3.1318750°ECoordinates: 42°7′29.19″N 3°7′54.75″E / 42.1247750°N 3.1318750°E
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Catalonia
Province Girona
Comarca Alt Empordà
Government
  Alcalde Estanis Puig (Socialists' Party of Catalonia)
Area
  Total 16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation 14 m (46 ft)
Population (2010)
  Total 10,387
  Density 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demonym escalenc/escalenca
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 17130
Website Official website

L'Escala (Castilian 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

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L'alt Empordá (Catalan ror High Emporium) Is a Comarca in nord-west Spain. The capital of L'Alt Emporda is Figueres The city of Dali