- Calonge
infobox catalan municipio
title=Calonge
arms = Escut de Calonge.svg
image_skyline_size=200px
location_
location_map_size=220px
province=Girona
comarca=Baix Empordà
population=10,009
population_year=2007
area=33.57
population_density=298.15
elevation=22
demonym=Calongí, calongina
Mayor=Antoni Esteve TaulerCalonge is a
municipality in the "comarca" of theBaix Empordà inCatalonia ,Spain .The town comprises two parts, a medieval hill village and modern seaside resort. The main urban centre and original village is about 4 km inland from the Bay of Sant Antoni. The towers and walls of Calonge castle date from the
thirteenth century .The modern resort of Sant Antoni de Calonge is on the coast between
Sant Feliu de Guíxols andPalamós .The two parts are connected by GI-660 which then leads north through Las
Gavarres mountainstoLa Bisbal d'Empordà . The C-31, the main north-south route through theCosta Brava splits the two parts.Demography
infobox catalan municipio demography
pop_1900=3393
pop_1930=2796
pop_1950=2416
pop_1970=3941
pop_1986=4052
pop_latest=8282
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).
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