Pla de l'Estany
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Pla de l'Estany is a comarca (county)
in Catalonia
, Spain
. Its name means "plain of the lake", the lake in question being the Lake of Banyoles
. Banyoles
is also the name of the capital of the comarca and home to over half of its people. Pla de l'Estany was established as a separate comarca in 1988 on the basis of a referendum
; prior to that it had constituted the northwest part of the comarca of Gironès
. The comarca borders the comarques of Garrotxa
, Alt Empordà
, and Gironès
.
Pla de l'Estany is largely agricultural
, but has also long had industries in textile
s, furniture
, leather
, iron
, and copper
.
Comarques of Catalonia
This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US "county" or a UK "district". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona...
in Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. Its name means "plain of the lake", the lake in question being the Lake of Banyoles
Lake of Banyoles
Lake of Banyoles is a natural lake located in the comarca "Pla de l'Estany", Province of Girona, in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. It is named after the nearby town of Banyoles, to which it belongs entirely. On the western shore it borders with the town of Porqueres...
. Banyoles
Banyoles
Banyoles is a city of 17,309 inhabitants located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain.The town is the capital of the Catalan comarca "Pla de l'Estany"...
is also the name of the capital of the comarca and home to over half of its people. Pla de l'Estany was established as a separate comarca in 1988 on the basis of a referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
; prior to that it had constituted the northwest part of the comarca of Gironès
Gironès
Gironès is a comarca in eastern Catalonia, Spain, bordering Selva, Baix Empordà, Alt Empordà, Pla de l'Estany and Garrotxa. , more than half of the comarca's 175,148 inhabitants live in the capital, Girona, which is also the capital of the province of Girona.-Municipalities:Populations are as of...
. The comarca borders the comarques of Garrotxa
Garrotxa
Garrotxa is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. Its population in 2001 was 47,747, more than half of them in the capital city of Olot. It is roughly equivalent to the historical comarca of Besalú.-Geography:...
, Alt Empordà
Alt Empordà
Alt Empordà is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain, one of two into which Empordà was divided by the comarcal division of Catalonia in 1936.- Municipalities :Populations are as of 2001.*Agullana - pop. 668*Albanyà - pop. 99*L'Armentera - pop. 742...
, and Gironès
Gironès
Gironès is a comarca in eastern Catalonia, Spain, bordering Selva, Baix Empordà, Alt Empordà, Pla de l'Estany and Garrotxa. , more than half of the comarca's 175,148 inhabitants live in the capital, Girona, which is also the capital of the province of Girona.-Municipalities:Populations are as of...
.
Pla de l'Estany is largely agricultural
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
, but has also long had industries in textile
Textile
A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
s, furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
, leather
Leather
Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
, iron
Iron
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
, and copper
Copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...
.
Municipalities
Populations are for 2005.- BanyolesBanyolesBanyoles is a city of 17,309 inhabitants located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain.The town is the capital of the Catalan comarca "Pla de l'Estany"...
- pop. 16,938 - CamósCamósCamós is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 673 - Cornellà del TerriCornellà del TerriCornellà del Terri is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 2,017 - CrespiàCrespiàCrespià is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.-References:...
- pop. 241 - EsponellàEsponellàEsponellà is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.-References:...
- pop. 432 - FontcobertaFontcobertaFontcoberta is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 1,137 - Palol de RevarditPalol de RevarditPalol de Revardit is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 425 - PorqueresPorqueresPorqueres is a municipality located in the county of Pla de l'Estany, in the province of Girona, in the autonomous region of Catalunya of Spain. The municipality is made up of several villages. Mata, the capital, Les Pedreres in the south, and Miànigues, have the largest part of the population. At...
- pop. 4,060 - Sant Miquel de CampmajorSant Miquel de CampmajorSant Miquel de Campmajor is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 197 - SerinyàSerinyàSerinyà is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 998 - VilademulsVilademulsVilademuls is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.-References:...
- pop. 787