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Fornells may refer to: *Fornells, Menorca *Fornells de Mar, beach and bay in the Costa Brava (zipcode 17255) * Fornells de la Selva, suburb of Girona, 17458 *Fornells de Muntanya, hamlet near Planoles Planoles () is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by ...

Fornells, Menorca
Fornells is a village located in a bay in the north of the Balearic island of Menorca, Spain. Fornells is estimated to have a population of about 1000 people which increases in the summer due to tourism. Fornells' native people are known as ''Fornellers'' in the Catalan language and in Spanish. History The village was founded to serve a small defensive watch tower, built at the beginning of the 17th century as a defence against the Barbary pirates The Barbary pirates, or Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli. This area was known i ... for whom Fornells Bay provided the perfect safe haven. This watch tower proved to be insufficient, so in 1625 King Phillip IV of Spaiordered a castle to be added This project was not successful due to lack of funds. In 1637 the building project was recommenced as the castle of S ...
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Fornells De Mar
Fornells de Mar (zipcode 17255), also known as Platja de Fornells or simply Fornells, is a village, bay and port on the Costa Brava and in the municipality of Begur, Catalonia, Spain. It lies between and Tamariu. It was formerly mainly a fishing village and there is still some fishing activity. Fornells is the site of the Port d'Aiguablava, a marina with 61 moorings operated by the Club Nàutic Aiguablava. Within Fornells itself there are, from north to south, the larger beach of ''Platja Fonda'', and the smaller coves of ''Cala n’Estasia'', ''Cala Port de ses Orats'', ''Cala d’en Malaret'' and ''Cala Port d’Esclanyà''. Further to the south lies the beach of ''Cala d'Aiguablava The Cala d'Aiguablava is a small bay on the Costa Brava, Girona, Catalonia (Spain) near Begur and Palafrugell with a small beach (busy in the summer months) and a few mainly seafood restaurants. It is a popular mooring place for sailing and moto ...''. There are several hotels in Fornells vi ...
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Fornells De La Selva
Fornells de la Selva is a municipality in the comarca of Gironès that forms part of the urban area of Girona. The northern boundary is with the municipality of Girona; the southern is with Riudellots de la Selva and Campllong; the east with Quart and Llambilles; and the west with Vilablareix and Aiguaviva. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 2,479. Transportation Fornells de la Selva is located 7 km south of Girona via the N-IIa. It also has its own railway station (with ticket sales currently closed) which is served by Renfe's Regional line from Barcelona and to Portbou Portbou () is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of people (). Portbou is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point fo .... It is also 5 km from the Girona-Costa Brava Airport. References External links Government data pages Muni ...
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