- Banyoles
Spanish city
native_name = Banyoles
spanish_name = Bañolas (Ban- yo- lahs
nickname =
city_motto =
city_motto_means =
image_flag_size =
image_coat_of_arms = Escut de Banyoles.svg
image_coat_of_arms_size = 110px
image_city_
image_city_map_size = 200px
image_city_map_caption =
lat_long = coord|42|7|10|N|2|45|59|E
time_zone = CET (GMT +1)
time_zone_summer = CEST (GMT +2)
image_skyline_size = 250px
founded =
native_language = Catalan
community = Catalonia
community_link = Catalonia
province = Girona
province_link = Girona (province)
comarca = Pla de l'Estany
comarca_link = Pla de l'Estany
divisions =
neighborhoods =
mayor = Miquel Noguer i Planas
political_party = CiU
political_party_link = Convergència i Unió
area = 11.1
altitude = 172
population = 16,423
date-population = 2004
population-ranking =
density = 1.479,5
date-density = 2004
website = http://www.banyoles.cat/
postal_code =
area_code =Banyoles ( _ca. Banyoles) is a city of 16,359 inhabitants (
February 2003 ) located in the province of Girona in northeasternCatalonia ,Spain .The town is the capital of the Catalan "comarca" "
Pla de l'Estany ". Although an established industrial centre many of the inhabitants commute to nearby Girona (12km to the south).Banyoles is most famous for the
Lake of Banyoles , a natural rowing lake, which was the venue for the rowing events in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as well as the "negro of Banyoles ", a controversial piece oftaxidermy .External links
* [http://www.banyoles.cat/ Official Website of Banyoles]
* [http://www.radio.banyoles.org/ Ràdio Banyoles]
* [http://www.banyoles.info/ Banyoles, information and culture]
* [http://www.mapfactory.net/mapa_banyoles.php?i=3 Banyoles Map]
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