Salt, Spain

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Salt (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a municipality in the comarca of the Gironès in Catalonia. It is situated on the right bank of the Ter next to Girona, with which it was merged from 1974 to 1984. The A-7 autopista and N-141 road pass through the municipality.

From 1895, Salt was the temporary Girona terminus of the narrow gauge Olot–Girona railway, until the short section to Girona railway station was opened in 1898. Initially the line ran only as far as Amer, but it was extended to Les Planes d'Hostoles in 1900, Sant Feliu de Pallerols in 1902 and Olot in 1911. The line closed in 1969 and has since been converted into a greenway.[1][2]

Demonography

Largest groups of foreign residents
Nationality Population (2013)
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 5,032
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 1,863
File:Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras 1,272
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 728
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 554

Salt is known for its elevated ethnic diversity. Over 77 nationalities are represented in the population of Salt: In 2011, 17,739 (56%) were Spanish, 5,032 (15%) were Moroccan; 1,863 (6%) Gambians; 1,272 (4%) Honduran; 728 (2%) Malian, and 554 (1.7%) Senegalese.[3]

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2007
2280 5360 5956 11,365 21,081 27,673

Manufacturing

Salt is the home of Gas Gas, who manufacture and export off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles worldwide from their Salt base.[4]

Notable people

  • Lluís Dilmé i Romagós (b. 1960), architect and urban planner
  • Delfí Geli (b. 1969), footballer
  • Anna Allen (b. 1977), actress

References

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Bibliography

  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. Template:ISBN (Spanish). Template:ISBN (Catalan).

External links

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