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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.

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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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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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