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Palamós
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Palamós () is a resort town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Palamós is located at the northern end of a large bay. The town is by-passed by the C31 which connects the coastal towns of the central Costa Brava with Girona. Palafrugell lies to the north and Castell-Platja d'Aro to the south. The town is a popular tourist destination in the summer along the Costa Brava, the coastline which spans the Northern part of Catalonia up to the French border.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Palamós
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sant Antoni de Calonge.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Palamós from the beach of Sant Antoni de Calonge
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut de Palamós.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Province of Girona#Spain Catalonia#Spain
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Girona
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Baix Empordà
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Lluis Puig Martorell (2015)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 14.0
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 30
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Official website
Ajuntament de Palamós
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Palamós
- Demonym
- palamosina
- Population
- 18933
- Area
- 14.00
- Elevation
- 12
- Official website
- www.palamos.cat
- Image
- Palamós 2.jpg
- Households
- 162
- Licence plate code
- GI
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- Commons category
- Palamós
- postal code
- 17230
- male population
- 8766
- female population
- 9144
- catalog code
- 42
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Palamós () is a resort town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Palamós is located at the northern end of a large bay. The town is by-passed by the C31 which connects the coastal towns of the central Costa Brava with Girona. Palafrugell lies to the north and Castell-Platja d'Aro to the south. The town is a popular tourist destination in the summer along the Costa Brava, the coastline which spans the Northern part of Catalonia up to the French border.
Palamós is a staging point on the GR 92 long distance footpath, which runs the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Stage 8, to the north, follows the cliffs to the beach at La Fosca before taking an inland route to Calella de Palafrugell and then following the coast again through Llafranc, Tamariu and Fornells de Mar to the next staging point at Begur, a distance of . Stage 9, to the south, follows the beachfront promenade to Sant Antoni de Calonge and then the coast through Platja d'Aro and S'Agaró to the next staging point at Sant Feliu de Guíxols, a distance of .
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