Province of Girona

Province of Spain

Province in Catalonia, Spain

Province of Girona

Província de Girona (Catalan)
Provincia de Gerona (Spanish)

Province

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Map of Spain with the Province of Girona highlighted

Coordinates: 42°10′N 2°40′E﻿ / ﻿42.167°N 2.667°E﻿ / 42.167; 2.667
Country| Spain
Autonomous community|  Catalonia
Capital| Girona
Government

• President| Miquel Noguer i Planas[2] (Junts)
Area

• Total

| 5,910 km2 (2,280 sq mi)
• Rank| Ranked
Population

(2021)

• Total

| 786,596[1]
• Rank| Ranked
Demonym(s)| Gironí, gironina (ca), gerundense (es)
ISO 3166 code| ES-GI
Official language(s)| Catalan and Spanish
Parliament| Cortes Generales
Website| www.ddgi.cat

The Province of Girona (Catalan: província de Girona [pɾuˈvinsiə ðə ʒiˈɾonə]; Spanish: provincia de Gerona [pɾoˈβinθja ðe xeˈɾona]) is a province in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered on the northwest by the province of Lleida, on the southwest by the province of Barcelona, on the north by France (Pyrénées-Orientales), and on the east by the Mediterranean Sea.

The population of the province in 2016 was 739,607. Its capital and largest city is Girona, with an urban area (including the neighbouring municipalities of Salt, Sarrià de Ter and Vilablareix) representing, with a total population of 144,709, 19.2% of the population. The Girona area acts as an industrial, commercial and service hub for a significant part of the province.

## Municipalities of Girona

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Girona and the river Onyar

The province has 222 municipalities, including Girona city (population 96,722), Figueres (pop. 44,765), Lloret de Mar (pop. 40,282), Blanes (pop. 39,834), Olot (33,725), Salt (pop. 30,389), Palafrugell (pop. 22,816) and Sant Feliu de Guíxols (pop. 21,814), as well as some significant and historical towns such as Banyoles, Besalú, Cadaqués, Camprodon, Palamós, Puigcerdà or Ripoll.

The municipality of Llívia, which is an exclave separated from the rest of Spain and surrounded by France, is also officially part of this province.

## Comarques of Girona

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Since the division by provinces in Spain and the division by comarques in Catalonia do not completely match, the term comarques of the province of Girona is not accurate. However, a list of the comarques that are included—totally or partially—in the province of Girona can be made:

* Fully included:
* l'Alt Empordà
* el Baix Empordà
* la Garrotxa
* el Gironès
* el Pla de l'Estany
* el Ripollès
* Partially included:
* la Selva (all municipalities except Fogars de la Selva)
* la Cerdanya (only its eastern half)
* Osona (this comarca is generally not listed as part of Girona, since only three of its municipalities are part of this province: Espinelves, Vidrà and Viladrau)

## Composition of the Provincial Deputation

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Provincial Deputation of Girona

Diputació de Girona (Catalan)
Diputación de Girona (Spanish)

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Type
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Provincial Deputation

History
Founded| 1822 (1822)
Disbanded| 1931–1939
Structure
Seats| 27

Political groups

| Government (18)

* Junts (10)
* ERC (8)

Opposition (9)

* PSC (5)
* CUP (2)
* IdS [ca] (1)
* TxE [ca] (1)

Length of term

| 4 years
Agency overview
Employees| 810[3]
Annual budget| €197 million[4]
Website| https://www.ddgi.cat/

Key to parties

CUP

PSUC

ICV

ERC

PSC

JxCat

Junts

CC–UCD

CiU

Election  | Distribution
1979 |  | 4  | 6  | 14

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1983 |  | 1  | 11  | 13

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1987 |  | 8  | 17

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1991 |  | 10  | 17

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1995 |  | 1  | 10  | 16

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1999 |  | 2  | 10  | 15

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2003 |  | 1  | 5  | 9  | 12

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2007 |  | 6  | 9  | 12

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2011 |  | 5  | 7  | 15

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2015 |  | 1  | 8  | 3  | 1  | 14

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2019 |  | 1  | 9  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 11

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2023 |  | 2  | 8  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 10

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## Population

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The historical population is given in the following chart:

Largest groups of foreign residents  Nationality | Population (2022)

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Morocco | 40,569
Romania | 14,377
Honduras | 13,877
The Gambia | 7,593
France | 7,071
Russia | 6,057

## See also

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* Spain portal

* List of municipalities in Girona

## Notes and references

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1. ^ \- Idescat. (Catalan Statistics Institute)
2. ^ "Miquel Noguer i Planas - Breu currículum". Retrieved 6 March 2021.
3. ^ https://ssl4.ddgi.cat/bopV1/pdf/2021/13/2021130260.pdf [bare URL PDF]
4. ^ "La Diputació de Girona aprova el pressupost general per a l'any 2024, de 197,2 milions d'euros" (in Catalan).

## External links

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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Gerona (province)".

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