Baix Empordà in

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(; en, Lower Empordà, italic=yes) or Bajo Ampurdán in Spanish () is a ''comarca'' (county) in the

province of Girona Girona (; es, Gerona ; french: Gérone) is a province of Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Lleida, on the southwest by the province of Barcelona, on the ...

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. It is one of the two ''comarca'' into which Empordà was divided in the comarcal division of 1936, the other one being

Alt Empordà Alt Empordà (, "Upper Empordà") is a comarca (county) in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, one of two into which Empordà was divided by the comarcal division of Catalonia in 1936, :ca:Divisió comarcal de 1936 the other one being Baix Empordà B ...

. It is popularly known as ''L'Empordanet'' ("the Little Empordà").

Geography

Extent

Baix Empordà is the southern portion of the historical region of Empordà. It includes the municipalities between the Montgrí Massif, just north of the river

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, and the Aro valley, in the south. It measure some from north to south, and from east to west, with a total area of . It borders

to the north, Gironès and Selva to the west and the

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to the east. The Mediterranean coast of the Baix Empordia is part of the

Costa Brava The Costa Brava (, ; "Wild Coast" or "Rough Coast") is a coastal region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. Whilst sources differ on the exact definition of the Costa Brava, it can be regarded as stretching from the town of Blanes, northeast ...

, and is a major tourist destination, including resorts such as Sant Feliu de Guíxols, s'Agaro, Platja d'Aro,

Sant Antoni de Calonge Sant Antoni de Calonge is a town which forms part of the city of Calonge. It is located in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. The town was built along the rocky coastline of northern Spain. There is a seaside promenade tha ...

, Palamós, La Fosca,

Calella de Palafrugell Calella de Palafrugell is one of three coastal towns belonging to the municipality of Palafrugell in the province of Girona, Spain. The other two towns are Llafranc, only to the north, and Tamariu, some to the north. All three towns are part of ...

, Llafranc, Tamariu,

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 fishi ...

and

l'Estartit L'Estartit (; es, Estartit, link=no) is a small town and seaside resort on the Costa Brava, on the northeastern coast of Spain, located in the province of Girona, Catalonia. The town is situated between the foothills of the Montgrí Massif and ...

. The

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of Baix Empordia is La Bisbal d'Empordà, which is some from the coast, but several of the ''comarca''s coastal municipalities have significantly larger populations, most notably Palafrugell, Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Palamós. There are 37 municipalities within the ''comarca''.

Municipalities

References

External links

Official comarcal web site (in Catalan)Tourist comarcal web site Miscellaneous related information on the web site of the Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baix Emporda Comarques of the Province of Girona