Castelló d'Empúries

Castelló d'Empúries
Municipality


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Castelló d'Empúries

Location in Catalonia

Coordinates: ES 42°15′30″N 3°4′30″E / 42.25833°N 3.07500°E / 42.25833; 3.07500Coordinates: ES 42°15′30″N 3°4′30″E / 42.25833°N 3.07500°E / 42.25833; 3.07500
Country  Spain
Community  Catalonia
Province  Girona
Comarca  Alt Empordà
Government
 • Mayor Assumpció Brossa Gratacós (2015)[1]
Area[2]
 • Total 42.3 km2 (16.3 sq mi)
Population (2014)[1]
 • Total 11,473
 • Density 270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Website www.castello.cat

Castelló d'Empúries is a town and municipality in the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It lies 9 km east of Figueres.

In 1079, Castelló d'Empúries became the capital of the Empúries county due to the previous capital, Sant Martí d'Empúries, being too easily sacked by pirates. 1325-1341 saw a period of large expansion of this capital town, which ultimately ceased being the capital once the county joined the Crown of Aragon and Catalonia in 1385.

In 1809 the 113th Regiment de Ligne of Napoleon's Army fought here.[3]

The old town is somewhat dwarfed by the neighboring urbanisation of Empuriabrava, on the coastline of the Costa Brava.

Old map of the Castelló d'Empúries lake. This coastal lake no longer exists.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ajuntament de Castelló d'Empúries". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Castelló d'Empúries". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ↑ Tony Broughton. "French Infantry Regiments and the Colonels who Led Them: 1791 to 1815". The Napoleon Series.

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