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Roses
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municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain
Roses is a municipality located in the Alt Empordà region of Catalonia, Spain. It is a local administrative area within this coastal region of northeastern Spain.
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Official website
Ajuntament de Roses
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Roses
- Demonym
- rosinca
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Alt Empordà
- Official language
- Catalan
- Population
- 20140
- Area
- 45.90
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Gulf of Roses
- Shares border with
- Castelló d'Empúries
- Official website
- www.roses.cat
- Image
- Roses mit Sporthafen.jpg
- Households
- 184
- Licence plate code
- GI
Show 10 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Rhodes
- postal code
- 17480
- Commons category
- Roses, Girona
- native label
- Roses
- female population
- 9688
- topic's main category
- Category:Roses, Girona
- male population
- 9862
- different from
- Roses
- P8168
- Kasumigaura
- catalog code
- 25
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Encyclopedic overview
Roses ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˈrɔzəs]; Spanish: Rosas, [ˈrosas]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà, located on the Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain.
Roses is the site of the former bishopric of Rotdon, now a Latin Catholic titular see. It is situated on the coast at the northern end of the Gulf of Roses, and is an important fishing port and tourist centre. The C-260 road links the town with Figueres.
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