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Llafranc (; ) is one of three coastal towns belonging to the municipality of Palafrugell, province of Girona, Spain, the other two being Calella de Palafrugell and Tamariu. It is part of the Costa Brava, the coastal region of northeastern Catalonia, in the comarca of Baix Empordà.

Key facts

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Town
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Llafranc 2022-10-26 09.52.37.jpg
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The town of Llafranc viewed from the headland that separates it from Calella.
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Spain Province of Girona#Spain Catalonia#Spain
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bottom
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Country
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Autonomous community
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Province
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Girona
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Comarca
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Baix Empordà
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Municipality
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Palafrugell
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85
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auto
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CET
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+1
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CEST

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Llafranc (; ) is one of three coastal towns belonging to the municipality of Palafrugell, province of Girona, Spain, the other two being Calella de Palafrugell and Tamariu. It is part of the Costa Brava, the coastal region of northeastern Catalonia, in the comarca of Baix Empordà.

Many domestic tourists come from nearby Barcelona, while the international tourists come from a whole range of countries, especially the Netherlands, England, France, and more recently the United States. The Hotel Llafranc dominates the main sea promenade and was popular with artists such as Rock Hudson, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dalí and Ernest Hemingway. The English writer Tom Sharpe was also a resident of Llafranc.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Llafranc” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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