Selva
Encyclopedia
Selva is a coastal comarca
(county) in Catalonia
, Spain
, located between the mountain range known as the Serralada Transversal or Puigsacalm
and the Costa Brava
(part of the Mediterranean coast). Unusually, it is divided between the provinces of Girona
and Barcelona
, with Fogars de la Selva
being part of Barcelona province, and all other municipalities falling inside Girona province. Also unusually, its capital, Santa Coloma de Farners
, is no longer among its larger municipalities, with the coastal towns of Blanes
and Lloret de Mar
having far surpassed it in size.
Selva borders the comarques of Maresme
, Vallès Oriental
, Osona
, Garrotxa
, Gironès
, and Baix Empordà
.
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...
(county) 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
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, located between the mountain range known as the Serralada Transversal or Puigsacalm
Puigsacalm
Puigsacalm is the highest mountain of the Catalan Transversal Range, Catalonia, Spain. It has an altitude of 1512 metres above sea level....
and the Costa Brava
Costa Brava
The Costa Brava is a coastal region of northeastern Catalonia, Spain, in the comarques of Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà and Selva, in the province of Girona. Costa is the Catalan and Spanish word for 'coast', and Brava means 'rugged' or 'wild'...
(part of the Mediterranean coast). Unusually, it is divided between the provinces of Girona
Girona (province)
Girona is a province of north-eastern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Barcelona and Lleida, and by France and the Mediterranean Sea....
and Barcelona
Barcelona (province)
Barcelona is a province of eastern Spain, in the center of the autonomous community of Catalonia.-Overview:It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea....
, with Fogars de la Selva
Fogars de la Selva
Fogars de la Selva is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated to the north of the Montnegre range, and is linked to Tordera by a local road...
being part of Barcelona province, and all other municipalities falling inside Girona province. Also unusually, its capital, Santa Coloma de Farners
Santa Coloma de Farners
Santa Coloma de Farners is a spa town and capital of the comarca of the Selva, inCatalonia, Spain, and of the judicial district of Santa Coloma.It is situated on the edge of the Selva depression and of the Guilleries...
, is no longer among its larger municipalities, with the coastal towns of Blanes
Blanes
Blanes is a town on the Costa Brava in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The coast of Blanes has 4 km of different kinds of beaches, including the Blanes beach and S'Abanell beach.-Main sights:...
and Lloret de Mar
Lloret de Mar
Lloret de Mar is a Mediterranean coastal town in Catalonia and one of the most popular holiday resorts on the Costa Brava. It is 40 kilometres from Girona and 75 kilometres from Barcelona and therefore easily accessible...
having far surpassed it in size.
Selva borders the comarques of Maresme
Maresme
Maresme is a comarca located along the Catalan Mediterranean coast in Spain, between the comarques of Barcelonès and Selva , and also bordering with Vallès Oriental ....
, Vallès Oriental
Vallès Oriental
Vallès Oriental is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vallès Occidental it forms the grand comarca of Vallès.- Municipalities :*Aiguafreda - pop. 2,308*L'Ametlla del Vallès - pop. 7,319...
, Osona
Osona
County of Osona was one of the Catalan counties of the Marca Hispanica in the Early and High Middle Ages. It was based around the capital city of Vic and the corresponding diocese, whose territory was roughly the current comarca of Osona....
, 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:...
, 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...
, and Baix Empordà
Baix Empordà
Baix Empordà is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain, one of the two into which Empordà was divided in the comarcal division of 1936. It is popularly known as L'Empordanet .- Geography :...
.
Municipalities
Some populations are .- Amer - pop. 2,182
- AnglèsAnglès, GironaAnglès is a Spanish municipality, in the comarca of Selva, in the province of Girona, Catalonia. It has an area of 16.30 km² and a population of 5,446 people .-Villages:*Anglès, 5.005*Cuc, 23*La Farga, 6*Les Mines del Sant Pare, 24...
- pop. 5,446 - ArbúciesArbúciesArbúcies is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 5126 - BlanesBlanesBlanes is a town on the Costa Brava in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The coast of Blanes has 4 km of different kinds of beaches, including the Blanes beach and S'Abanell beach.-Main sights:...
- pop. 30,693 - BredaBreda, GironaBreda, Girona is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.-References:...
- pop. 3,381 - BrunyolaBrunyolaBrunyola is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 357 - Caldes de MalavellaCaldes de MalavellaCaldes de Malavella is a municipality of the comarca of Selva in Catalonia, Spain. As of 2001, its population is 4,225.The place was formerly very famous for its thermal baths.-External links:*...
- pop. 4,225 - La Cellera de TerLa Cellera de TerLa Cellera de Ter is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 1,987 - Fogars de la SelvaFogars de la SelvaFogars de la Selva is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated to the north of the Montnegre range, and is linked to Tordera by a local road...
- pop. 806 - HostalricHostalricHostalric is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.-References:...
- pop. 2,912 - Lloret de MarLloret de MarLloret de Mar is a Mediterranean coastal town in Catalonia and one of the most popular holiday resorts on the Costa Brava. It is 40 kilometres from Girona and 75 kilometres from Barcelona and therefore easily accessible...
- pop. 34,997 (as of 2007) - MassanesMassanesMassanes is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Tordera river. Local roads link the town with the A-7 autopista, the C-251 road and the RENFE railway station shared with Maçanet de la Selva.- Demography :-References:* Panareda...
- pop. 565 - Maçanet de la SelvaMaçanet de la SelvaMaçanet de la Selva is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is an important communications junction, where the routes from the coast meet those from the Prelittoral Depression to form a single axis north towards Girona and the French border...
- pop. 4,010 - Osor - pop. 206
- Riells i ViabreaRiells i ViabreaRiells i Viabrea is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 2,264 - RiudarenesRiudarenesRiudarenes is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 1,281 - Riudellots de la SelvaRiudellots de la SelvaRiudellots de la Selva is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the basin of the Onyar river, on the A-7 autopista and the main N-II road, and is served by a RENFE railway station on the line between Barcelona and Girona and the GE-672 road.The Gothic...
- pop. 1,584 - Sant Feliu de BuixalleuSant Feliu de BuixalleuSant Feliu de Buixalleu is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 702 - Sant Hilari SacalmSant Hilari SacalmSant Hilari Sacalm is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain.-References:* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria . Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 . ISBN 84-87135-02-1 ....
- pop. 5,036 - Sant Julià del Llor i BonmatíSant Julià del Llor i BonmatíSant Julià del Llor i Bonmatí is a municipality in the comarca of la Selva inCatalonia, Spain.-References:* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria . Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 . ISBN 84-87135-02-1 .- External links :***...
- pop. 989 - Santa Coloma de FarnersSanta Coloma de FarnersSanta Coloma de Farners is a spa town and capital of the comarca of the Selva, inCatalonia, Spain, and of the judicial district of Santa Coloma.It is situated on the edge of the Selva depression and of the Guilleries...
- pop. 9,169 - SilsSils, GironaSils is a municipality in the comarca of Selva, in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated next to a former lake, which was drained in the nineteenth century...
- pop. 3,248 - SusquedaSusquedaSusqueda is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the Guilleries Massif area, on the left bank of the Ter river in the north-west of the comarca. The Susqueda reservoir is on the municipal territory, and the associated hydroelectric power station is an...
- pop. 98 - Tossa de MarTossa de MarTossa de Mar is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, located on the Costa Brava, about 103 kilometres north of Barcelona and 100 kilometres south of the French border...
- pop. 4,366 - VidreresVidreresVidreres is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 4,978 - Vilobí d'OnyarVilobí d'OnyarVilobí d'Onyar is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Onyar river, on the GE-533 road between Santa Coloma de Farners and Riudellots de la Selva...
- pop. 2,250