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Selva is a coastal comarca
Comarques of Catalonia

This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a United States "county" or a United Kingdom "Districts of England"....
 (county) in Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola 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 Catalonia of Alt Empord?, Baix Empord? and La Selva, in the province of Girona....
 (part of the Mediterranean coast). Unusually, it is divided between the provinces of Girona
Girona (province)

Girona is a Provinces of Spain of north-eastern Spain, in the northern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain 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 Provinces of Spain of eastern Spain, in the center of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia. 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 Comarques of Catalonia 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 Comarques of Catalonia of the Selva, inCatalonia, Spain, and of the judicial district of Santa Coloma....
, 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....
 and Lloret de Mar
Lloret de Mar

Lloret de Mar is a coastal town in Catalonia on the Mediterranean Sea primarily known as a tourist resort. It is adjacent to Blanes and Tossa de Mar and is 75 kilometers from Barcelona....
 having far surpassed it in size.

Selva borders the comarques of Maresme
Maresme

Maresme is a Comarques of Catalonia located along the Catalonia Mediterranean Sea coast in Spain, between the comarques of Barcelon?s and Selva , and also bordering with Vall?s Oriental ....
, Vallès Oriental
Vallès Oriental

Vall?s Oriental is a Comarques of Catalonia in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vall?s Occidental it forms the grand comarca of Vall?s....
, Osona
Osona

Osona, or Ausona , was one of the Catalan counties of the marca Hispanica in the Early Middle Ages and High Middle Ages. It was based around the capital city of Vic and the corresponding Diocese of Vic, whose territory was roughly the current comarca of Osona ....
, Garrotxa
Garrotxa

Garrotxa is a Comarques of Catalonia in Catalonia, Spain. Its population in 2001 was 47,747, more than half of them in the capital city of Olot....
, Gironès
Gironès

Giron?s is a Comarques of Catalonia in eastern Catalonia, Spain, bordering Selva, Baix Empord?, Alt Empord?, 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 Girona ....
, and Baix Empordà
Baix Empordà

Baix Empord? is a Comarques of Catalonia in Catalonia, Spain, one of the two into which Empord? was divided in the comarcal division of 1936. It is popularly known as "l'Empordanet" ....
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Selva is a coastal comarca
Comarques of Catalonia

This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a United States "county" or a United Kingdom "Districts of England"....
 (county) in Catalonia
Catalonia

Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east ....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola 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 Catalonia of Alt Empord?, Baix Empord? and La Selva, in the province of Girona....
 (part of the Mediterranean coast). Unusually, it is divided between the provinces of Girona
Girona (province)

Girona is a Provinces of Spain of north-eastern Spain, in the northern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain 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 Provinces of Spain of eastern Spain, in the center of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia. 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 Comarques of Catalonia 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 Comarques of Catalonia of the Selva, inCatalonia, Spain, and of the judicial district of Santa Coloma....
, 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....
 and Lloret de Mar
Lloret de Mar

Lloret de Mar is a coastal town in Catalonia on the Mediterranean Sea primarily known as a tourist resort. It is adjacent to Blanes and Tossa de Mar and is 75 kilometers from Barcelona....
 having far surpassed it in size.

Selva borders the comarques of Maresme
Maresme

Maresme is a Comarques of Catalonia located along the Catalonia Mediterranean Sea coast in Spain, between the comarques of Barcelon?s and Selva , and also bordering with Vall?s Oriental ....
, Vallès Oriental
Vallès Oriental

Vall?s Oriental is a Comarques of Catalonia in Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Granollers. Along with Vall?s Occidental it forms the grand comarca of Vall?s....
, Osona
Osona

Osona, or Ausona , was one of the Catalan counties of the marca Hispanica in the Early Middle Ages and High Middle Ages. It was based around the capital city of Vic and the corresponding Diocese of Vic, whose territory was roughly the current comarca of Osona ....
, Garrotxa
Garrotxa

Garrotxa is a Comarques of Catalonia in Catalonia, Spain. Its population in 2001 was 47,747, more than half of them in the capital city of Olot....
, Gironès
Gironès

Giron?s is a Comarques of Catalonia in eastern Catalonia, Spain, bordering Selva, Baix Empord?, Alt Empord?, 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 Girona ....
, and Baix Empordà
Baix Empordà

Baix Empord? is a Comarques of Catalonia in Catalonia, Spain, one of the two into which Empord? was divided in the comarcal division of 1936. It is popularly known as "l'Empordanet" ....
.

Municipalities

Some populations are .

  • Amer - pop. 2,182
  • Anglès
    Anglès, Girona

    Angl?s is a Spanish municipality, in the comarca of Selva, in the province of Girona, Catalonia. It has an area of 16.30 km? 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....
     - 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 Comarques of Catalonia 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 coastal town in Catalonia on the Mediterranean Sea primarily known as a tourist resort. It is adjacent to Blanes and Tossa de Mar and is 75 kilometers from Barcelona....
     - pop. 34,997 (as of 2007)
  • Massanes
    Massanes

    Massanes is a municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Tordera river....
     - pop. 565
  • Maçanet de la Selva
    Maçanet de la Selva

    Ma?anet de la Selva is a municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia 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 France....
     - 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 Lo?inj....
     - 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 Comarques of Catalonia of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the basin of the Onyar river, on the A-7 Motorway 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....
     - 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 Comarques of Catalonia of the Selva, inCatalonia, Spain, and of the judicial district of Santa Coloma....
     - pop. 9,169
  • Sils
    Sils, Girona

    Sils is a municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia 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 Comarques of Catalonia of the Selva in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Ter river in the north-west of the comarca....
     - pop. 98
  • Tossa de Mar
    Tossa de Mar

    Tossa de Mar is a 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

    Vilob? d'Onyar is a municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia 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


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