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{{Short description|City in Catalonia, Spain}}
{{About|the city, capital of the [[province of Girona]]|other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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| population_urban   = 156423
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| other_name         = ''Gerona'' <!-- (Spanish) -->
| settlement_type    = [[Municipalities of Catalonia|Municipality]]
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| leader_party       = Guanyem Girona
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Lluc Salellas i Vilar (2023)
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'''Girona''' ({{IPA|ca|ʒiˈɾonə|lang|Pronunciation of Girona in Catalan.ogg}}; {{langx|es|'''Gerona'''}} {{IPA|es|xeˈɾona||Pronunciation_of_Girona_in_Spanish.ogg}}) is the [[capital city]] of the [[Province of Girona]] in the [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous community]] of [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]], at the confluence of the [[Ter River|Ter]], [[Onyar]], Galligants, and [[Güell]] rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Idescat. El municipi en xifres |url=https://www.idescat.cat/emex/?id=170792 |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.idescat.cat}}</ref> but the population of the Girona–[[Salt, Spain|Salt]] urban area is estimated to be about 156,400 (2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idescat.cat/emex/?id=170792|title=Idescat. El municipi en xifres|website=www.idescat.cat}}</ref> Girona is also capital of the ''[[Comarques of Catalonia|comarca]]'' of the [[Gironès]] and the [[vegueria]] of Girona. Since much of the old quarter of this ancient city has been preserved, Girona is a popular tourist destination. The city is located {{convert|99|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Barcelona]].

==History==
[[File:Riu Onyar a Girona, c. 1852.jpg|thumb|Onyar river in Girona, c. 1852|left]]
The first historical inhabitants in the region were [[Iberians]]; Girona is the ancient ''Gerunda'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iñesta |first=Enric Cabrejas |date=2016-12-26 |title=Per què es diu Girona? |url=https://www.diaridegirona.cat/girona/2016/12/26/per-diu-girona-49087367.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Diari de Girona |language=ca}}</ref> a city of the [[Ausetani]]. Later, the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] built a [[citadel]] there, which was given the name of ''Gerunda''. The [[Visigoths]] ruled in Girona until it was conquered by the [[Moors]] in 715. [[Charlemagne]] reconquered it in 785 and made it one of the fourteen original [[counties]] of Catalonia. It was sacked by the Moors in 827, 842, 845, 935, and 982. [[Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona|Wilfred the Hairy]] incorporated Girona into the [[County of Barcelona]] in 878.

In the 11th century, [[Alfonso II of Aragon|Alfonso II of Aragon and I of Barcelona]] declared Girona a city. The ancient county became a [[duchy]] within the [[Principality of Catalonia]] in 1351 when King [[Peter III of Aragon]] gave the title of [[Duke]] to his first-born son, John. In 1414, King [[Ferdinand I of Aragon|Ferdinand I]] in turn gave the title of [[Principality of Girona|Prince of Girona]] to his first-born son, [[Alfonso V of Aragon|Alfonso]]. The title is currently carried by Princess [[Leonor, Princess of Asturias|Leonor]] of [[Principality of Asturias|Asturias]], the second since the 16th century to do so.

The earliest documented evidence of a [[Jews of Catalonia|Jewish Catalan community]] in Girona dates to about 885.<ref name="Alberch">{{cite book |author=Ramon Alberch i Fugueras |title=Jewry Guide of Girona |publisher=Certeza and the City Council of Girona |year=2005 |isbn=978-8472131859 |location=Girona, Spain |pages=131}}</ref>  The 12th century saw the [[Jew]]ish community of Girona flourish, having one of the most important [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] schools in Europe. The [[Rabbi]] of Girona, [[Nahmanides|Moshe ben Nahman Gerondi]] (better known as Nahmanides or Ramban) was appointed Great Rabbi of Catalonia. Centred on the [[Jewish quarter (diaspora)|Jewish Call]] (Call Jueu), the Jewish community of Girona came to an end in 1492,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-18 |title=Girona {{!}} Spain, Map, History, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Girona-Spain |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> when the [[Catholic Monarchs]] outlawed Judaism throughout [[Spain]] and Jews were given the choice of conversion or exile (see [[Alhambra Decree]]). For 400 years before that time, the Jewish cemetery was located beside the road to France, just north of the old city between the mountain [[Montjuïc (Girona)|Montjuïc]], or ''Jewish Mountain'' in medieval Catalan, and the river Ter.<ref name="Alberch" />

Girona has undergone twenty-five [[siege]]s throughout its history.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=de Castro |first=Álvarez |date=2025-11-25 |title=ÁLVAREZ DE CASTRO POR D. CARLOS BANÚS Y COMAS |url=https://aleph.csic.es/imagenes/mad01/0017_FACN/P_000035230_832157_V07.pdf |journal=Asociación Española para el Progreso de las Ciencias, Congreso de Granada |language=es |location=Granada |volume=7 |via=Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades}}</ref> It was besieged by the French royal armies under [[Charles de Monchy d'Hocquincourt]] in 1653, under [[Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds]] in 1684, and twice in 1694 under [[Anne Jules de Noailles]]. During the [[Third siege of Girona (Peninsular War)|Third siege of Girona]] of the [[Peninsular War]], the city was besieged from May to December 1809 by 35,000 French [[Napoleon]]ic troops under Vergier, [[Charles-Pierre Augereau|Augereau]] and [[Laurent, marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr|Gouvion Saint-Cyr]]. Continuously under heavy bombardment, Girona held out obstinately under the leadership of [[Mariano Álvarez de Castro|Álvarez de Castro]] until disease and famine compelled it to capitulate on 12 December.  Girona was the centre of the [[Ter (department)|Ter department]] during the French rule, which lasted from 1809 to 1813. The defensive [[city wall]]s of the western side were demolished at the turn of the 20th century to allow for the expansion of the city, while the walls of the eastern side remained untouched but abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enderroc de la muralla del Mercadal, a la ciutat de Girona. |url=https://patrimoni.gencat.cat/ca/catalunyapaisdarxius/recurs-digital/recurs/document/enderroc-de-la-muralla-del-mercadal-a-la-ciutat-de-girona/ |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=Catalunya País d'Arxius |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |language=ca}}</ref>

Between 1983 and 2003, the missing parts of the city walls on the eastern side of the city were reconstructed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-24 |title=The historical walls of Girona - How the rise and fall of historical walls shaped a city |url=https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/the-historical-walls-of-girona |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.europeana.eu |language=en-GB}}</ref> A walking route following the walls, known as ''el Passeig de la Muralla'', is now a popular tourist route around the old city.

== Geography ==
Girona was founded in a strategic location along a natural corridor between the [[Empordà]] plain and the [[Catalan Coastal Depression]], thereby connecting the [[Costa Brava]] and [[France]] to the north with [[Barcelona]] and other population centres in the south of Catalonia. This corridor is a [[Defile (geography)|defile]] formed by the [[Ter river]] between the [[Gavarres]] massif and the [[Catalan Transversal Range]].

The Ter river is the most important water course in the region. In Girona it flows through the north of the town, from southwest to northeast. It is in Girona where the Ter meets the [[Onyar]], the second largest river in the area. The Onyar crosses the city from south to north and it has historically conditioned the city's development, as catastrophic floods have periodically affected the town since historic times.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ribas Palom |first1=Anna |title=Girona i les inundacions |url=https://cdn.girona.cat/sgdap/sgdapdocs/ConfAMGi_2015_Ribas.pdf |publisher=Ajuntament de Girona |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref>

=== Seismic activity ===
Girona is located in a seismic zone, which means it occasionally has [[earthquakes]] throughout the year. Most of them are not felt, and some are felt as a minor vibration or light shaking. The strongest earthquake recorded in Girona was the magnitude 6.7 Principality of Catalonia 1428 earthquake.

=== Climate ===
According to the [[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system|Köppen climate classification]], Girona has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (''Cfa''), with hot summers and cool winters. In winter, frost occurs frequently (41.3 days per year from November to March), but snowfall is quite rare. Temperatures in winter can drop to below {{convert|-2|°C|°F|abbr=on}}/{{convert|-3|°C|°F|abbr=on}}, especially during days with [[thermal inversion]]. Maximum temperatures in summer above {{convert|40|°C|°F|abbr=on}} are very rare. Average annual rainfall is usually slightly above {{convert|700|mm|inches|abbr=on}}. The wettest seasons are autumn (September–November) and spring (April–early June). [[Thunderstorms]] can occur throughout the year, more frequently in summer, averaging 23.9 days per year. but usually there still is a significant arid period.<ref>{{cite web |title=Climatologia. El Gironès. 1971-2000 |url=https://static-m.meteo.cat/wordpressweb/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/06103704/el_Giron%C3%A8s.pdf |publisher=Servei Meteorològic de Catalunya |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> This can be seen through the natural vegetation around the city, as drought-tolerant oaks (''[[Quercus ilex]]'' and, to a lesser extent, ''[[Quercus suber]]'' and ''[[Quercus pubescens]]'') and pines (''[[Pinus pinaster]]'', ''[[Pinus pinea]]'' and ''[[Pinus halepensis]]'') dominate the majority of plant communities.

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| location = Girona Airport (1991-2020), extremes (1973-present)
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| Jan record high C = 24.6
| Feb record high C = 25.8
| Mar record high C = 29.0
| Apr record high C = 31.6
| May record high C = 37.3
| Jun record high C = 43.0
| Jul record high C = 41.3
| Aug record high C = 42.5
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== Main sights ==

{{See also|Category:Museums in Girona}}

Girona is a popular destination for tourists and day-trippers from Barcelona. The old town stands on the steep hill of the Caputxins to the east of the river Onyar, while the more modern section stands on the plains to the west. The city has a number of ''[[Art Nouveau]]'' buildings including the ''Farinera Teixidor'' by Rafael Masó.

=== Cathedral ===
[[File:Cathedral in Girona.JPG|thumb|upright|Girona cathedral during the annual flower exhibition]]
The ancient cathedral, which stood on the site of the present one, was used by the Moors as a mosque, and after their final expulsion was either entirely remodelled or rebuilt. The [[Girona Cathedral|existing structure]] is one of the most important monuments of the school of the Majorcan architect Jaume Fabre and an excellent example of Catalan Gothic architecture. It is approached in ninety steps. An aisle and chapels surround the choir, which opens by three arches into the nave, of which the pointed stone vault is the second widest in the world (22.98 m), second only to that of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catedral de Santa Maria de Girona {{!}} Patrimoni Cultural. Generalitat de Catalunya |url=https://patrimoni.gencat.cat/ca/coleccio/catedral-de-santa-maria-de-girona |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=patrimoni.gencat.cat |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya}}</ref> Among its interior decorations is the 14th century altarpiece which is the work of Valencian silversmith Pere Berneç. It is divided into three tiers of statuettes and reliefs, framed in canopied niches of cast and hammered silver.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Retaule de plata daurada {{!}} Fons Patrimonial. |url=https://catedraldegirona.cat/obres/retaule-de-plata-daurada/ |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=patrimoni.gencat.cat}}</ref> A gold and silver altar-frontal was carried off by the French in 1809. The cathedral contains the tombs of [[Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer]] and his wife.

=== Old fortifications ===
The old fortifications are another popular sight. Historically, these played a vital role in protecting Girona from invaders for hundreds of years. The city wall of the old town was an important military construction built in Roman times in the 1st century BC. It was thoroughly rebuilt under the reign of Peter III the Ceremonious in the second half of the 14th century, with the Roman wall used as a foundation. At the start of the 16th century, the wall was absorbed into the city and the walled precinct lost its military value. Bit by bit, the wall was degrading, as parts were gradually altered from the inside and the outside, until the walls were almost entirely demolished at the beginning of the 20th century. The remaining walls and lookout towers that make up these fortifications are today split in two – a small section to the north of the old town, and a much larger section to the east and south which was reconstructed in the period 1983–2003. It is now possible to walk the walls and climb the towers, from which visitors can enjoy panoramic views of Girona and the surrounding countryside.

=== Sant Feliu ===
[[File:Girona 095.JPG|thumb|upright|The Collegiate Church of Sant Feliu, as seen from the river Onyar]]
The [[Collegiate Church]] of [[Church of St. Felix, Girona|Sant Feliu]] is noteworthy from an architectural point of view. Its principal style is 14th-century Gothic, although the façade dates from the 18th, and it is one of the few Spanish churches that possesses a genuine spire. It contains, besides the sepulchre of its patron and the tomb of the valiant Álvarez, a chapel dedicated to St. Narcissus, who according to tradition was one of the early bishops of the See of Girona.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2002/feb/14/spain.gerona |title=Catalonia got the cream |first=Jon |last=Dennis |date=14 February 2002 |access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

=== Sant Pere de Galligants ===
[[File:Sant Pere de Galligants.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Sant Pere de Galligants]]
The [[Benedictine]] church of the monastery of [[Sant Pere de Galligants]] is in the early Romanesque style, dating to about the year 1130, though the monastery dates to about 950. The monastery slightly predates the [[Monastery of St. Daniel (Girona)|Monastery of St. Daniel]].

=== Plaça de la Independència ===
[[File:Girona 007.JPG|thumb|right|The Independence Square monument honors the city's defenders during the sieges of 1808 and 1809.]]
The Plaça de la Independència is one of the best-known and busiest squares in Girona. Located in the Mercadal district in the city centre, it is also known as Plaça de Sant Agustí, after the former Convent of Sant Agustí. Its name refers to the 1808–1814 War of Spanish Independence, part of the larger [[Peninsular War]], against [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]].

The interest of the square lies in its 19th-century style, despite it being surrounded by identical austere neoclassical buildings with porches dedicated to the defenders of the city of Girona during the [[Third Siege of Girona|1808 and 1809 sieges]].
 
However, the symmetrical proportions of the square correspond more to contemporary interventions than its architectural past. The municipal architect Martí Sureda i Deulovol was the first to conceive a porticoed square with closed and neoclassical loops, and with some buildings having matching aesthetic proportions. The development of the area followed this scheme only in part, as the construction of the first theatres in the city did not follow the original concept of Martí Sureda.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martí Sureda i Deulovol {{!}} enciclopedia.cat |url=https://www.enciclopedia.cat/gran-enciclopedia-catalana/marti-sureda-i-deulovol |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.enciclopedia.cat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Plaza de la Independència {{!}} Turismo {{!}} Ayuntamiento de Girona |url=https://www.girona.cat/turisme/esp/monuments_independencia.php |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.girona.cat}}</ref> The surrounding part of the city is primarily constructed in the [[Noucentisme]] architectural style of the early 20th century, and the area is now a lively social and commercial hub with an abundance of cafés and restaurants, including some well-known historic establishments like the Café Royal, Cinema [[Albéniz]] and [[Casa Marieta]].<ref>{{cite web |title = Diari de Girona / 20 d'agost del 2000|url = http://streaming.ajgirona.org:9090/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf;publication=Diari%20de%20Girona;sort_publication=diari.de.girona;day=20;mes=08;año=2000;page=006;id=0000258777;filename=20000820;collection=pages;url_high=pages/Diari%20de%20Girona/2000/200008/20000820/20000820006.pdf;lang=ca;pdf_parameters=search=%22marieta%22&view=FitH;encoding=utf-8 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141104001329/http://streaming.ajgirona.org:9090/pandora/cgi-bin/Pandora.exe?xslt=show_pdf;publication=Diari%20de%20Girona;sort_publication=diari.de.girona;day=20;mes=08;a%C3%B1o=2000;page=006;id=0000258777;filename=20000820;collection=pages;url_high=pages/Diari%20de%20Girona/2000/200008/20000820/20000820006.pdf;lang=ca;pdf_parameters=search=%22marieta%22&view=FitH;encoding=utf-8 |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2014-11-04 }}</ref>

=== Cases de l'Onyar ===
[[File:Casas del Oñar (Cases de l'Onyar) en Gerona o Girona. Cataluña, España.jpg|thumb|Houses on the river Onyar]]

The picturesque houses overlooking the river Onyar are seen as an iconic image of Girona, but their current appearance is relatively recent. The houses were built over many years from the 17th to 20th century, although most date to the 19th century and were not originally seen with the multicoloured appearance of today. The façades were painted and restored in a palette of 29 colours, an idea conceived during the later years of the Franco dictatorship by local artists Enric Ansesa and James J. Faixó and ultimately realized in 1982. Ansesa has since related the symbolism of the colours as a "great signal of change" following the end of Francoism, contrasting this with the city of his youth which he described as a "Girona in black and white, a city of grief and funerals, of the religious fundamentalism of [[First Fridays Devotion|the first Fridays of the month]]”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fornells |first=Mariona Ferrer i |date=2025-04-06 |title=Enric Ansesa: "Les façanes de colors de l'Onyar a Girona es van pintar malgrat les pressions" |url=https://www.ara.cat/girona/enric-ansesa-artista-les-facanes-colors-l-onyar-de-girona-es-van-pintar-malgrat-les-pressions_128_5335895.html |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=Ara.cat |language=ca}}</ref>

One of these houses (at Ballesteries 29, Girona) is [[Masó House|Casa Masó]], the birthplace of the architect [[Rafael Masó i Valentí|Rafael Masó]] and an example of [[Noucentisme]] in Girona. Since 2006 it has been the headquarters of the [http://www.rafaelmaso.org Fundació Rafael Masó]. The façade abutting the river can be recognised by its unique white color.

=== Jewish heritage ===
[[File:Jewish Quarter Gerona.jpg|thumb|upright|A lane in the Jewish Quarter. Girona's Jewish community was lost as a result of the Expulsion.]]
The historic Jewish quarter or ''Call'' has been the centre of archaeological and restoration work in recent decades. In 1492, at the culmination of a period of increasing repression, the remaining Jewish community in Girona was forced to choose between conversion and expulsion. After the [[Expulsion of Jews from Spain|expulsion of the Jews]], the neighbourhood was sealed off and new houses were built over the old ones.<ref name="Alberch"/> When the dictator Francisco Franco died in November 1975, interest in the region's cultural history was revived. Some of the old buildings were excavated leading to the discovery of the home of [[Nahmanides]], which was sold to the city in 1987.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Catalonia Pays Homage to Nachmanides |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2005-02-01/ty-article/catalonia-pays-homage-to-nachmanides/0000017f-ded0-db22-a17f-fef1231f0000 |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref>

A rectangular indentation that once held a [[mezuzah]] can be seen at the entrance of a number of buildings in the ''Call'', such as the doorway of an old building on Carrer de Sant Llorenç. The Centre Bonastruc ça Porta on Carrer de la Força is the site of a 15th century synagogue, and the building today hosts the Girona Museum of Jewish History<ref name="JHM">{{cite web |work=Patronat Call de Girona |title=The Museum of Jewish History |url=https://www.girona.cat/call/eng/museu.php |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> and the [https://www.girona.cat/call/eng/institut.php Nahmanides Institute for Jewish Studies].<ref name="Alberch" /> Excavations in the early 2000s also turned up 1,200 old documents, including Talmudic commentaries, accounts of Jewish domestic life, a description of the ancient synagogue and the names of Girona Jews who converted to Christianity in 1492.<ref name=":0" />

== Culture ==

=== Popular culture ===
The ''Barri Vell'' and the [[Girona Cathedral]] have been the set of several films, e.g. ''[[The Monk (2011 film)|The Monk]]'' and [[The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones)#Filming|episode 10 of season 6]] of ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ddg |first=girona {{!}} |date=2015-05-24 |title=El rodatge de "Joc de Trons" a Girona crea expectació a les xarxes socials |url=https://www.diaridegirona.cat/girona/2015/05/24/rodatge-joc-trons-girona-crea-49191949.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Diari de Girona |language=ca}}</ref>

=== Sports ===
During the professional cycling season, various non-European pro cyclists have called Girona home, as illustrated in the book<ref>{{Cite book|title=Inside the Postal Bus: My Ride with Lance Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Cycling Team|first=Michael|last=Barry|date=10 April 2005|publisher=VeloPress |isbn=1931382611 }}</ref> by [[Michael Barry (cyclist)|Michael Barry]], written during his time with the US Postal Service cycling team. Between races, cyclists do their training rides outside the city, which provides excellent training terrain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cycling in Girona: bike riding traveller's guide |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/routes/cycling-in-girona-377321|newspaper=[[Cycling Weekly]]|date=25 April 2018| first=Michelle |last=Arthurs-Brennan}}</ref>

In the spring of 1997, [[Marty Jemison]], [[Tyler Hamilton]] and [[George Hincapie]] moved to Girona as teammates on the US Postal Service Professional Cycling Team. This was the first year that American cyclists started living in Girona and meeting for training rides at the Pont de Pedra. Later, other well-known professional cyclists such as [[Lance Armstrong]] came to live in the city.

Football is also widely popular. The local Football club is [[Girona FC]], who were promoted to [[La Liga]] in 2017. In December 2023, they recorded their first-ever league victory over [[FC Barcelona]] to temporarily reach the top of the table.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67678165|title=Girona top La Liga after famous win at Barcelona|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> The club's stadium is [[Estadi Montilivi]].

The city has a [[roller hockey (quad)|roller hockey]] team, [[GEiEG]], one of the most important in Spain, which competes in the [[OK Liga]].

==Education==
The city is the home of the [[Jaume Vicens Vives Secondary School]], as well as the [[University of Girona|Universitat de Girona]] (University of Girona).

== Economy and infrastructure ==
===Transport===
[[File:GironaPasseigDeLaMuralla.jpg|thumb|Girona landmarks include [[Girona Cathedral|Saint Mary's Cathedral]] (left) and the City Walls Walkway (right).]]

====Road====
The town is on the [[Autopista AP-7]] and N-II. The city is also the hub of the local road network with routes to the coast and inland towards the Pyrenees.

====Buses====
The city has a comprehensive urban bus service operated by private companies. There are also services to the other towns in the Girona province and long-distance buses.

====Rail====
Girona is served at its new [[Girona railway station|railway station]] to the west of the Old Town. There are conventional trains from [[Barcelona]] to [[Portbou]] and the French border.

Girona is also an important stop on the [[AVE]] services from Paris, Marseille, Toulouse and Figueres to Barcelona, and from Figueres to Barcelona and Madrid.

The journey time to Barcelona is approximately 1 hour 35 minutes on the stopping "Regional" trains, 1 hour and 15 minutes by conventional train ("Media Distancia") or 37 minutes on the [[AVE]]. Madrid is reached in 3&nbsp;h 45&nbsp;min, also on the AVE.

====Airport====
{{main|Girona–Costa Brava Airport}}

The town's airport, Girona-Costa Brava, is {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=off}} south of the town centre. It grew tremendously principally as a result of [[Ryanair]] choosing it as one of their European hubs, but then shrank again after they relocated most of the flights to [[Barcelona El Prat]].

[[Girona airport|Girona Airport]] is approximately a 30-minute bus ride from the bus terminal and train station in Girona city, and an hour from [[Barcelona]] centre, {{convert|92|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south. The bus stops in the centre of Barcelona, at the ''[[Estació d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord]]'', Barcelona's main bus terminal.

Most low-cost airlines mention "Barcelona" in their descriptions of Girona airport.

== Government ==
===Results of the elections since 1931===
{{See also|List of mayors of Girona}}
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! colspan="5" |City councelors in the City Council of Girona since 1931
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{{colbegin|colwidth=12.5em}}
{{legend|#37c837|[[Republican Catalanist Party|PCR]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#ffacac|''Other left''|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Regionalist League of Catalonia}}|[[Regionalist League of Catalonia|LR]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#00ccff|''Other monarchists''|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#80b3ff|''Other right''|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Traditionalist Communion}}|[[Regionalist League of Catalonia|LR]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia}}|[[Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia|PSUC]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}|[[Popular Unity Candidacy|CUP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}|[[Popular Unity Candidacy|Guanyem Girona]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens}}|[[Initiative for Catalonia Greens|IC]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left}}|[[Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left|ICV–EUiA]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}|[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Centrists of Catalonia}}|[[Centrists of Catalonia|UCD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}}|[[Together for Catalonia (2017)|Junts]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}|[[Together for Catalonia (2020)|TriasxBCN]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Convergence and Union}}|[[Convergence and Union|CiU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|[[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Cs]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}|[[People's Alliance (Spain)|AP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}|[[People's Party of Catalonia|PP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Vox (political party)}}|[[Vox (political party)|Vox]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{colend}}
{{hidden end}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Election
! Distribution
! colspan="2" |[[Mayor of Girona|Mayor]]
! Government {{small|Composition}}	
|-
| rowspan="2" align=center|[[1931 Spanish local elections#Catalonia|1931]]
| rowspan="2" |
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:11em; color:white;" | 11
| style="background:#37c837; width:4em; color:white;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Regionalist League of Catalonia}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5
| style="background:#00ccff; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
|}
| Miquel Santaló ([[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]) {{small|(1931-1934)}} 
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFEFD5;"| Santaló<br/>{{small|[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]}}
|-
| Josep Maria Dalmau ([[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]) {{small|(1934)}} 
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFEFD5;"| Dalmau<br/>{{small|[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]}}
|-
| rowspan="7" align=center|[[1934 Catalan local elections|1934]]
| rowspan="7" |
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:6em; color:white;" | 6
| style="background:#ffacac; width:1em; color:white;" | 1
| style="background:{{party color|Regionalist League of Catalonia}}; width:10em; color:white;" | 10
| style="background:{{party color|Traditionalist Communion}}; width:6em; color:white;" | 6
| style="background:#80B3FF; width:1em; color:white;" | 1
|}
| Francesc Tomàs ([[Regionalist League of Catalonia|Lliga]]) {{small|(1934-1936)}}<br>
| style="background:{{party color|Regionalist League of Catalonia}};"|
| style="text-align:center; background:#f8e7a0;"| Tomàs<br/>{{small|[[Regionalist League of Catalonia|Lliga]]}}
|-
| Llorenç Busquets ([[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]) {{small|(1936)}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFEFD5;"| Busquets I<br/>{{small|[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]}}
|-
| Joaquim de Camps ([[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]) {{small|(1936)}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFEFD5;"| De Camps<br/>{{small|[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]}}
|-
| Expedit Duran ([[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]]) {{small|(1936-1937)}}
| style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|
| style="text-align:center; background:#E9E9E9;"| Duran<br/>{{small|[[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]]–[[Federación Anarquista Ibérica|FAI]]}}
|-
| Llorenç Busquets ([[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]) {{small|(1937)}}
| rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFEFD5;"| Busquets II<br/>{{small|[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]}}
|-
| Pere Cerezo ([[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]) {{small|(1937-1939)}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FFEFD5;"| Cerezo<br/>{{small|[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]}}
|-
| Joan Ballesta ([[Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia|PSUC]]) {{small|(1939)}}
| style="background:{{party color|Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia}};"|
| style="text-align:center; background:#CCFFF8;"| Ballesta<br/>{{small|[[Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia|PSUC]]–[[Confederación Nacional del Trabajo|CNT]]–[[Unión General de Trabajadores|UGT]]}}
|-
| colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE; text-align:center;"| {{smaller|''1939–1979: [[Francoist dictatorship]].<br>During this interval, no elections were held.''}}
| rowspan="1" colspan="3" style="background:#EEEEEE;" | ''Directly appointed by the [[Government Delegation (Spain)#Government Delegation|Civil Governor of Girona]]''
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1979 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|1979]]
| 
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:9em; color:white;" | 9
| style="background:{{party color|Centrists of Catalonia}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:7em; color:white;" | 7
|}
| rowspan="6" | [[Joaquim Nadal]] ([[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]) {{small|(1979-2002)}}
| rowspan="9" style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"|
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Nadal I<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1983 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|1983]]
|
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:15em; color:white;" | 15
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:6em; color:white;" | 6
| style="background:{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
|}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Nadal II<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1987 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|1987]]
|
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:14em; color:white;" | 14
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:9em; color:white;" | 9
| style="background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
|}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Nadal III<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1991 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|1991]]
|
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:13em; color:white;" | 13
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:9em; color:white;" | 9
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
|}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Nadal IV<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1995 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|1995]]
| 
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:14em; color:white;" | 14
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
|}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Nadal V<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 1999 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|1999]]
| rowspan="2" |
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:14em; color:white;" | 14
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:6em; color:white;" | 6
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
|}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Nadal VI<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | Anna Pagans ([[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]) {{small|(2002-2011)}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Pagans I<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2003 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|2003]]
| 
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:11em; color:white;" | 11
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:5em; color:white;" | 5
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
|}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Pagans II<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2007 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|2007]]
|
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:10em; color:white;" | 10
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:6em; color:white;" | 6
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
|}
| style="text-align:center; background:#FCD8DA;"| Pagans III<br/>{{small|[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia|PSC]]}}
|-
| align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2011 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|2011]]
|
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Initiative for Catalonia Greens–United and Alternative Left}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
| style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:7em; color:white;" | 7
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:10em; color:white;" | 10
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
|}
| rowspan="2" | [[Carles Puigdemont]] ([[Convergence and Union|CiU]]) {{small|(2011-2016)}}
| rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}};"|
| style="text-align:center; background:#DCE7F8;"| Puigdemont I<br/>{{small|[[Convergence and Union|CiU]]}}
|-
| rowspan="3" align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2015 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|2015]]
| rowspan="3" |
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Convergence and Union}}; width:10em; color:white;" | 10
| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1
|}
| style="text-align:center; background:#DCE7F8;"| Puigdemont II<br/>{{small|[[Convergence and Union|CiU]]}}
|-
| Albert Ballesta ([[Convergence and Union|CiU]]) {{small|(2016)}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#DCE7F8;"| Ballesta<br/>{{small|[[Convergence and Union|CiU]]}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Marta Madrenas i Mir|Marta Madrenas]] ([[Convergence and Union|CiU]], [[Together for Catalonia (2017)|JxCat]], [[Together for Catalonia (2020)|Junts]]) {{small|(2016-2023)}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#DCE7F8;"| Madrenas I<br/>{{small|[[Convergence and Union|CiU]], [[Together for Catalonia (2017)|JxCat]]}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align=center|[[Results breakdown of the 2019 Spanish local elections (Catalonia)#Girona|2019]]
| rowspan="2" |
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}; width:6em; color:white;" | 6
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:4em; color:white;" | 4
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:6em; color:white;" | 6
| style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}}; width:9em; color:white;" | 9
| style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:2em; color:white;" | 2
|}
| style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2017)}};"|
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#D2ECE7;"| Madrenas II<br/>{{small|[[Together for Catalonia (2017)|JxCat]] until Sept 2020}}<br>{{small|[[Together for Catalonia (2020)|Junts]]–[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]] from Sept 2020}}
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}};"|
|-
| align=center|[[2023 Spanish local elections|2023]]
|
{| style="width:50em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;"
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}}; width:8em; color:white;" | 8
| style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; width:3em; color:white;" | 3
| style="background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}}; width:8em; color:white;" | 8
| style="background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}}; width:6em; color:white;" | 6
| style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Catalonia}}; width:1em; color:white;" | 1
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| rowspan="1" | Lluc Salellas ([[Popular Unity Candidacy|CUP]])
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFF899;"| Salellas<br/>{{small|[[Popular Unity Candidacy|Guanyem]]–[[Together for Catalonia (2020)|Junts]]–[[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]]}}
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==Notable people==
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*[[Maria Pilar Bruguera Sábat]] (1906–1994), Roman Catholic nun and physician
*[[Josep Maria Corredor i Pomés]] (1912-1981), cultural activist
*[[Carme García]] (born 1974), visually impaired para-alpine skier, blind sailor and journalist
*[[Fidel Roig Matons]] (1887–1977), Catalan painter and musician
*[[Miguel Molina (racing driver)|Miguel Molina]] (born 1989), racing driver
*[[Josep Maria Nadal i Farreras]] (1949–), scholar of Catalan language

==Twin towns – sister cities==
Girona is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
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*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Reggio Emilia]], [[Italy]], since 1982<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Ciutats agermanades amb Girona |url=https://web.girona.cat/relacionsexternes/agermanaments |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=Ajuntament de Girona}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Albi]], [[France]], since 1985<ref name=":1" />
*{{flagicon|NCA}} [[Bluefields]], [[Nicaragua]], since 1987<ref name=":1" />
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Perpignan]], France, since 1988
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*{{flagicon|ESH}} [[Farsia]], [[Western Sahara]], since 1997<ref name=":1" />
*{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Nueva Gerona|Nueva Girona]], [[Cuba]] (under negotiation since 1991)
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[United States]]<ref>(currently pending agreement - negotiation started in 2006)</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[Wakefield]], [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="Wakefield twinning">{{cite web|url=http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/TownTwinning/twintowns.htmclick |title=Wakefield's twin towns |access-date=14 July 2013 |work=Wakefield City Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017025315/http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/TownTwinning/twintowns.htmclick |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>

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* Girona is a member city of [[Eurotowns network]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurotowns.org/|title=Eurotowns – network of medium-sized cities|website=Eurotowns}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Girona (ship)|La Girona]]''
*[[List of mayors of Girona]]
*[[Sant Feliu Pedestrian Bridge]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Girona}}
*{{wikivoyage inline|Girona}}
*[http://www.girona.cat/ Official website]
* [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=1707920002 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Girona
|N  = [[Sant Julià de Ramis]]
|NE = [[Celrà]]
|E  = [[Juià]]
|SE = [[Quart, Girona|Quart]]
|S  = [[Fornells de la Selva]]
|SW = [[Vilablareix]]
|W  = [[Sant Gregori]]<br>[[Salt, Girona|Salt]]
|NW = [[Sarrià de Ter]]
}}

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