La Muga al seu pas per Boadella d'Empordà

The Muga is a river in Catalonia, Spain, that rises in the Alberes mountains of the eastern Pyrenees and enters the Mediterranean Sea at the

Gulf of Roses The Gulf of Roses ( ca, Golf de Roses ) is the most northeastern bay on the Catalonia, Catalan coast of Spain. The bay is wide and is formed by the valley of the Fluvià river but also contains the estuaries of the Manol and the Muga River, Muga ...

. The river is long. Its source is below the summit of Montnegre, elevation . The river passes through the village of

Pont de Molins Pont de Molins is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by i ...

and passes through the

Boadella Reservoir Boadella reservoir ( ca, Pantà de Boadella) is a reservoir located on the Muga river, near Darnius, Catalonia, Spain. The dam is located at Darnius while the main water body is also within the boundaries of Sant Llorenç de la Muga, Terrades and M ...

, where the river is dammed. The Muga Valley was entrusted to the County of Empúries by Ramon Berenguer III after being in the

County of Besalú The County of Besalú ( ca, Comtat de Besalú, ; la, Comitatus Bisuldunensis) was one of the landlocked medieval Catalan counties near the Mediterranean coastline. It was roughly coterminous with the modern ''comarca'' of Garrotxa and at various t ...

. The local population suffered in both the Peninsular War and Spanish Civil War.

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Rivers of Spain Rivers of Catalonia {{Spain-river-stub

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