Vilanova i la Geltrú (cat. Vilanova i la Geltrú) is a city and municipality in Spain, it is also the capital of the Garraf region, Catalonia. Historically, it is the result of the aggregation of the town of Geltrú, formerly an independent municipality within…

Arboç (cat. L’Arboç) is a city and municipality in Spain located in Catalonia, the eastern part of the region, surrounded by the territories of Castellet i la Gornal (Alt Penedès), except for the west where it borders with Banyeres del Penedès and, in a small…

Prades is a commune in the south of France, sub-prefecture and cantonal capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region, this ancient fortified city founded in the 9th century, is today the main town in the west of the department. It…

Alet-les-Bains is a commune in France in the Occitania Region (Pyrenees), Aude department, five kilometers to the south of Limoux, in the very heart of the Cathar country. History Alet-les-Bains is famous for its Abbey, whose origin is unclear. It is located…

Castelnou is a commune located in the east of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region (Pyrenees, France). It is included inn the list of the most beautiful villages in France and is located in the background of Canigou, the mythical mountain…

Narbonne (in Occitan, Narbona pronounced [naɾˈbunɔ]) is a city in Languedoc. Administratively, it is a commune of the region of Occitania, the department of Aude (France). With 50,000 inhabitants, called narbonesos, it is the main town of the department of…

Lloret de Mar (cat. Lloret de Mar) is a resort city in Spain, the Selva region, south of the Costa Brava, Catalonia. Judicially, it is part of Blanes and its electoral demarcation is Santa Coloma de Farners. A pioneer of European tourism in the 1950s, Lloret…

Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains (in Gascon language “Lo Bocau Vielh”) is a small resort town in the Landes department, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwest of France. Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains’ exact location is in the Landes de Gascony area, which is adjacent to…

Corçà is a town and municipality in Spain, the Baix Empordà county, Catalonia. It is formed by the main centre of Corçà and those of Casavells, Cassà de Pelràs and Matajudaica. Corçà is located on the Empordà plain and its historic centre is close to the…

Tossa de Mar (cat. Tossa de Mar) is a town and municipality in Spain, the region of La Selva, Catalonia, simply called Tossa until 1985. It is part of the so-called Selva Marítima and borders with the counties of the Baix Empordà and Gironès, by the municipalities…

Montblanc (cat. Montblanc) is a town and municipality in Spain, Catalonia, capital of the county of Conca de Barberà, Tarragona province. It has a population of 7.456 (2024) and with an area of 91.11 km². It is the largest municipality in the region. The…

Figueres (cat. Figueres) is a city and municipality in Spain, the capital city of the Alt Empordà county and head of the judicial district of Figueres, Girona province. It is the main urban, economic and commercial center of the Empordà. Figueres is located…

Pals (cat. Pals) is a town and municipality in Spain, the comarca Baix Empordà (Catalonia). It borders the resort municipalities of Torroella de Montgrí and Begur. The name of the town comes from the Latin “palus”, which means wetland and refers to the nearby…

Vernet-les-Bains (French: Vernet-les-Bains, Catalan: Vernet) is a small French town situated at the foot of the Canigou mountain (2,785 meters), in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees regional natural park in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania…

Begur (cat. Begur) is a town and municipality of the Baix Empordà region and an important tourist centre of the Costa Brava (mainly 3-5 stars hotels). It limits to the south with Palafrugell, to the southwest with Regencós, to the west and north with Pals.…

Verges (cat. Verges) is a municipality in Spain, Girona province, the Baix Empordà region (Catalonia), located on the left bank of the River Ter. It has a population that from the mid-nineteenth century ranges between 1000 and 1200 inhabitants. It is certain…

Girona (cat. Girona) is a city and a municipality in Spain, northeastern Catalonia, its the capital of the comarca Gironès and the province of Girona. It belongs to the area of the Comarques Gironines. The city lays at the confluence of four rivers: Ter,…

The municipality of Sant Llorenç de Morunys is the smallest of the 14 municipalities that make up the Solsonès region, Pyrenees, Catalonia (Spain), Cardener river. It has only 4.34 km² which are not even in a single continuous line, as it is divided into…

Lleida (cat. Lleida, sp. Lérida) is a city in Spain, western Catalonia, the capital of the Segrià (cat. comarca) and the Ponent vegueria, head of the judicial district and the seat of the Diocese of Lleida. Its extensive municipal district, the largest and…

Cervera is a city and municipality in Spain, the center-west of Catalonia, capital of the county of Segarra and head of the judicial party of Cervera, in Ponent, Lleida province. The municipality of Cervera, 55.19 km², is located in the Catalan Central Depression…

Prats de Rei is a city and municipality in Spain located on the Segarrencs plateaus of the Anoia region, Catalonia, in one end of the Catalan Central Depression and in the center of a small valley formed by the young river Anoia, beginning its descent into…