Vilajuïga

Vilajuïga
Municipality

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Vilajuïga
Vilajuïga

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: 42°19′41″N 3°5′43″E / 42.32806°N 3.09528°E / 42.32806; 3.09528
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province Girona
Comarca Alt Empordà
Government
 • Mayor Joana Cobo Ortiz (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Elevation 31 m (102 ft)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 1,190
 • Density 91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Figuerenc, figuerenca
Website www.vilajuiga.cat
A man in Spanish costume advertising Vilajuïga mineral water. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, c. 1912.

Vilajuïga is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Vilajuïga's area is home to a group of Megalithic dolmens. Starting from the 10th century AD it was a possession of the monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. In the nearby is also the Quermançó Castle, documented from 1073.

The mineral water, Aigua de Vilajuïga, comes from here. It was reputed to be the only water drunk by the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament de Vilajuïga". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Vilajuïga". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ↑ Robert-Sterkendries, M. "A man in Spanish costume advertising Vilajuïga mineral water. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, c. 1912.". Wellcome Library.



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