L'Escala
Encyclopedia
L'Escala is a municipality
in the comarca
of the Alt Empordà
in Catalonia
, Spain
. It is situated on the Costa Brava
, located between the southern end of the Gulf of Roses and Cala (bay) Montgó. It is an important fishing
port and tourist centre, and has a festival dedicated to its famous anchovies. The GE-513 road runs inland from the town.
The Alfolí de la Sal, also known as the Pòsit Vell, is a seventeenth century warehouse
formerly used to store the salt
necessary to preserve fish landed at the port: it is now a protected historic-artistic monument. The ruins of Empúries
are located on the territory of the municipality, with Phoenicia
n and
Roman
remains dating from 580 BC.
L'Escala is the village of Víctor Català (pseudonym of Caterina Albert, 1869-1966)
a famous novel writer.
L'alt Empordá (Catalan ror High Emporium) Is a Comarca in nord-west Spain. The capital of L'Alt Emporda is Figueres The city of Dali
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the comarca
Comarques of Catalonia
This is a list of the comarques of Catalonia . A comarca is roughly equivalent to a US "county" or a UK "district". However, in the context of Catalonia, the term "county" can be a bit misleading, because in medieval Catalonia, the most important rulers were counts, notably the Counts of Barcelona...
of the Alt Empordà
Alt Empordà
Alt Empordà is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain, one of two into which Empordà was divided by the comarcal division of Catalonia in 1936.- Municipalities :Populations are as of 2001.*Agullana - pop. 668*Albanyà - pop. 99*L'Armentera - pop. 742...
in Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
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. It is situated on the Costa Brava
Costa Brava
The Costa Brava is a coastal region of northeastern Catalonia, Spain, in the comarques of Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà and Selva, in the province of Girona. Costa is the Catalan and Spanish word for 'coast', and Brava means 'rugged' or 'wild'...
, located between the southern end of the Gulf of Roses and Cala (bay) Montgó. It is an important fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
port and tourist centre, and has a festival dedicated to its famous anchovies. The GE-513 road runs inland from the town.
The Alfolí de la Sal, also known as the Pòsit Vell, is a seventeenth century warehouse
Warehouse
A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial areas of cities and towns. They usually have loading docks to load and unload...
formerly used to store the salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
necessary to preserve fish landed at the port: it is now a protected historic-artistic monument. The ruins of Empúries
Empúries
Empúries , formerly known by its Spanish name Ampurias , was a town on the Mediterranean coast of the Catalan comarca of Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. It was founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea with the name of Ἐμπόριον...
are located on the territory of the municipality, with Phoenicia
Phoenicia
Phoenicia , was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550...
n and
Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
remains dating from 580 BC.
L'Escala is the village of Víctor Català (pseudonym of Caterina Albert, 1869-1966)
Caterina Albert
Caterina Albert i Paradís , better known by her penname Víctor Català, was a Catalan writer who participated in the Modernism movement and was the author of one of the signature works of the genre, Solitud...
a famous novel writer.
Demography
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2001 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2515 | 2462 | 2475 | 3117 | 4721 | 5823 | 10.140 |
External links
- Official site
- Cala Mongó
- Nautic Club L'Escala
- Accommodation by Cala Montgó in Camping Neus
- Coast battery of Punta Milà
L'alt Empordá (Catalan ror High Emporium) Is a Comarca in nord-west Spain. The capital of L'Alt Emporda is Figueres The city of Dali