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…

Berga (cat. Berga) is a city and municipality in Spain, central Catalonia, Pyrenees, the capital of the Berguedà region and the former capital of the County of Berga. The city is in the middle of the Berguedà, at the foot of the Sierra de Queralt and facing…

Solsona (cat. Solsona) is a city and municipality in Spain, the Solsonès comarca (cat. Solsonès) in the province of Lleida (cat. Lleida), Catalonia, Cardener river. It is located on the Solsones plateau, in the very center of the comarca and on all sides…

Tàrrega is a city and municipality in Spain, Lleida province, capital of the comarca Urgell (Catalonia), located in the Ponent region, just at the beginning of a small mountain range near the river Ondara, where the hill of Sant Eloi is, at 420 m a.s.l.,…

Balaguer is a city and municipality in Spain, the historic town in the Urgell county and the capital of Noguera (cat. La Noguera). Noguera – the largest comarca in Catalonia, is included in the province, the main city of which is Lleida (cat. Lleida), located…

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Cardona (cat. Cardona) is a city and municipality in Spain, the province of Barcelona, the autonomous community of Catalonia. The municipality is part of the Bages district. It covers an area of 66.70 km². Cardona is located in the valley of Salina. Salina…

Ax-les-Thermes is a city in the south of France (Occitania, Ariege department, French Pyrenees), located at an altitude of 720-740 m above sea level. The city is located at the intersection of three valleys – La vallée de la Lauze, l’Oriège and l’Ariège.…

Foix – the most touristy city of Ariège (France) It is part of an agglomeration called Country Foix Varilhes, which, in turn, is part of the Ariège department (Pyrenees, France, Occitania), with a population of 160,000 inhabitants. About 90,000 tourists visit…

Ripoll (cat. Ripoll) is a municipality in Spain, which is part of the province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The municipality is part of the Ripollès district. The city is located in a picturesque green mountain gorge where you can find…