Home      Discussion      Topics      Dictionary      Almanac
Signup       Login
Selva

Selva

Discussion
Ask a question about 'Selva'
Start a new discussion about 'Selva'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum
 
Encyclopedia
Selva is a coastal comarca
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 northeast Spain. The capital city is Barcelona.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an official population of 7,364,078. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...

, located between the mountain range known as the Serralada Transversal or Puigsacalm 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 La 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. It is bordered by the provinces of Tarragona, Lleida, and Girona, and by the Mediterranean Sea.Its capital is Barcelona...

, 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 tourist town with a population of 38,368 on the Costa Brava of Girona, in Catalonia, Spain.The coast of Blanes has 4 km of different kinds of beaches, the most famous are Blanes beach and S'Abanell beach. Steep rocky cliffs and small inviting coves alternate within its scenery...

 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 kilometers 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 .Its capital and largest city is Mataró Maresme (Catalan: el Maresme, Spanish: Maresme) is a comarca (county) located along the...

, 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
Osona, or Ausona , 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.The ancient diocese of Ausona was conquered by the Arabs...

, 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 136,543 people 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" .- Municipalities :* Albons - pop. 607...

.

Municipalities


Some populations are .
  • Amer - pop. 2,182
  • Anglès
    Anglès, Girona
    Anglès 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 5096 people ....

     - pop. 4,739
  • Arbúcies - pop. 5126
  • Blanes
    Blanes
    Blanes is a tourist town with a population of 38,368 on the Costa Brava of Girona, in Catalonia, Spain.The coast of Blanes has 4 km of different kinds of beaches, the most famous are Blanes beach and S'Abanell beach. Steep rocky cliffs and small inviting coves alternate within its scenery...

     - pop. 30,693
  • Breda - pop. 3,381
  • Brunyola - pop. 357
  • Caldes de Malavella - pop. 4,225
  • La Cellera de Ter - pop. 1,987
  • 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...

     - pop. 806
  • Hostalric - pop. 2,912
  • 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 kilometers from Girona and 75 kilometres from Barcelona and therefore easily accessible...

     - pop. 34,997 (as of 2007)
  • Massanes
    Massanes
    Massanes 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 Selva
    Maçanet de la Selva
    Maçanet 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
    Osor
    Osor is a village and a small port on the Cres island in Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia.Osor lies at a narrow channel that separates islands Cres and Lošinj. The channel was built in Roman times to make sailing possible. Now the islands are connected with a rotating bridge.The...

     - pop. 206
  • Riells i Viabrea - pop. 2,264
  • Riudarenes - pop. 1,281
  • Riudellots de la Selva
    Riudellots de la Selva
    Riudellots 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 Buixalleu - pop. 702
  • Sant Hilari Sacalm - pop. 5,036
  • Sant Julià del Llor i Bonmatí - pop. 989
  • 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...

     - pop. 9,169
  • Sils
    Sils, Girona
    Sils is a municipality in the comarca of Selva, inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated next to a former lake, which was drained in the nineteenth century...

     - pop. 3,248
  • Susqueda
    Susqueda
    Susqueda is a municipality in the comarca of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated 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 important source of local income...

     - pop. 98
  • Tossa de Mar
    Tossa de Mar
    Tossa de Mar is a Spanish holiday resort located in Catalonia on the Costa Brava, about 103 kilometres north of Barcelona and 100 kilometres south of the French border...

     - pop. 4,366
  • Vidreres - pop. 4,978
  • Vilobí d'Onyar
    Vilobí d'Onyar
    Vilobí 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

External links