- L'Escala
Spanish city
native_name = L'Escala
spanish_name = L'Escala
nickname =
city_motto =
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image_coat_of_arms = Escut de L'Escala.jpg
image_coat_of_arms_size = 110px
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image_city_map_size = 210px
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lat_long = coord|41|07|37|N|03|08|06|E
time_zone = CET (GMT +1)
time_zone_summer = CEST (GMT +2)
image_skyline_size = 265px
founded =
native_language = Catalan
community = Catalonia
community_link = Catalonia
province = Girona
province_link = Girona (province)
comarca = Alt Empordà
comarca_link = Alt Empordà
divisions =
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mayor =
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area = 16,31
altitude = 14
population = 8,311
date-population = 2005
population-ranking =
density = 509,56
date-density = 2005
website = http://www.lescala.org/
postal_code = 17130
area_code =L'Escala is a
municipality in the "comarca" of theAlt Empordà inCatalonia ,Spain . It is situated on theCosta Brava , located between the southern end of the Gulf of Roses and Cala (bay)Montgó . It is an importantfishing port and tourist centre, and has a festival dedicated to its famousanchovies . The GE-513 road runs inland from the town.The "Alfolí de la Sal", also known as the "Pòsit Vell", is a
seventeenth century warehouse formerly used to store thesalt necessary to preserve fish landed at the port: it is now a protected historic-artistic monument. The ruins ofEmpúries are located on the territory of the municipality, withPhoenician and
Roman remains dating from 580 BC.L'Escala is the village of Victor Català (pseudonym of Caterina Albert, 1869-1966) a famous novel writer.
Demography
infobox catalan municipio demography
pop_1900=2515
pop_1930=2462
pop_1950=2475
pop_1970=3117
pop_1986=4721
pop_latest=5823
latest_year=2001References
* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). "Guia de Catalunya", Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
External links
* [http://www.lescala.org/angles/index.html Official site]
* [http://www.mapfactory.net/mapa_escala_empuries.php?i=3 Interactive Guide - Map of l'Escala (Costa Brava)]
* [http://www.ahoi.es/ Ports Costa Brava]
* [http://www.actiu.info/vibracions/ Vibracions magazine]L'alt Empordá (Catalan ror High Emporium) Is a Comarca in nord-west Spain. The capital of L'Alt Emporda is Figueres The city of Dali
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