Ripollès
Encyclopedia
Ripollès is a comarca (county)
in Catalonia
, Spain
. It is located in the Ribes
and Camprodon
river valleys. , its population is 25,744, about 40% of whom live in the capital, Ripoll
.
Ripollès borders the comarques of Baixa Cerdanya, Berguedà
, Osona
, Garrotxa
, and – across the border in France
– Vallespir
, Conflent
, and Alta Cerdanya.
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...
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 located in the Ribes
Ribes
Ribes is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants native throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is usually treated as the only genus in the family Grossulariaceae. Seven subgenera are recognized....
and Camprodon
Camprodon
Camprodon is a small city in the comarca of Ripollès in Catalonia, Spain, located in the Pyrenees, near the French border.-History:The settlement of Camprodon was in 1118, when Ramon Berenguer III allowed the building of a market near the monastery of Sant Pere de Camprodon, which is located the...
river valleys. , its population is 25,744, about 40% of whom live in the capital, Ripoll
Ripoll
Ripoll is the capital of the comarca of Ripollès, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on confluence of the Ter River and its tributary Freser, next to the Pyrenees near the French border...
.
Ripollès borders the comarques of Baixa Cerdanya, Berguedà
Berguedà
Berguedà is a comarca in the interior of Catalonia, Spain, lying partly in the Pyrenees and partly in Catalonia's Depressió Central.-Geography:...
, Osona
Osona
County of Osona was one of the Catalan counties of the Marca Hispanica in the Early and High Middle Ages. It was based around the capital city of Vic and the corresponding diocese, whose territory was roughly the current comarca of Osona....
, Garrotxa
Garrotxa
Garrotxa is a comarca in Catalonia, Spain. Its population in 2001 was 47,747, more than half of them in the capital city of Olot. It is roughly equivalent to the historical comarca of Besalú.-Geography:...
, and – across the border in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
– Vallespir
Vallespir
Vallespir is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, part of the French Département of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca is Ceret, and it borders Conflent, Rosselló, Alt Empordà, Garrotxa and Ripollès...
, Conflent
Conflent
Conflent is a historical Catalan comarca of Northern Catalonia, now part of the French Département of Pyrénées-Orientales. In the Middle Ages it comprised the County of Conflent....
, and Alta Cerdanya.
Municipalities
Populations are from 2005.- CampdevànolCampdevànolCampdevànol is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.-References:...
- pop. 3,432 - CampellesCampellesCampelles is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 114 - CamprodonCamprodonCamprodon is a small city in the comarca of Ripollès in Catalonia, Spain, located in the Pyrenees, near the French border.-History:The settlement of Camprodon was in 1118, when Ramon Berenguer III allowed the building of a market near the monastery of Sant Pere de Camprodon, which is located the...
- pop. 2,446 - GombrènGombrènGombrèn is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 229 - LlanarsLlanarsLlanars is a municipality in the Pyrenean comarca of Ripollès in Catalonia, Spain. The parish church is the Romance church Sant Esteve de Llanars.The village name is documented from the 1068, with the Llenars form.-External links:*...
- pop. 546 - Les LlossesLes LlossesLes Llosses is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 261 - MollóMollóMolló is a town and municipality in the comarca of Ripollès in Catalonia, Spain, located in the Pyrenees, by the French border. Molló borders to the north with Prats de Molló Molló is a town and municipality in the comarca of Ripollès in Catalonia, Spain, located in the Pyrenees, by the French...
- pop. 336 - OgassaOgassaOgassa is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.-References:...
- pop. 262 - PardinesPardines, GironaPardines is a municipality in the comarca of Ripollès, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.The hightest point in the municipality is Puig Cerverís ....
- pop. 162 - PlanolesPlanolesPlanoles is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 313 - QueralbsQueralbsQueralbs is a municipality in the comarca of the Ripollès inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Pyrenees to the north of Ribes de Freser, with thepeaks of Puigmal , Infern and Noufonts . Tourism and...
- pop. 202 - Ribes de FreserRibes de FreserRibes de Freser is a municipality in the comarca of the Ripollès inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated at the confluence of the Freser, Rigard andSegadell rivers, north of Ripoll. It is known for its mineral water,...
- pop. 2,044 - RipollRipollRipoll is the capital of the comarca of Ripollès, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is located on confluence of the Ter River and its tributary Freser, next to the Pyrenees near the French border...
- pop. 10,762 - Sant Joan de les AbadessesSant Joan de les AbadessesSant Joan de les Abadesses is a town and municipality located in the south-east of the comarca of Ripollès, in Catalonia.-Geography and climate:...
- pop. 3,621 - Sant Pau de SegúriesSant Pau de SegúriesSant Pau de Segúries is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 669 - SetcasesSetcasesSetcases is a municipality and town in the Spanish Pyrenean comarca of Ripollès in Catalonia, Spain, near the French border. The source for the Ter River is in the mountains just above Setcases...
- pop. 180 - TosesTosesToses is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 163 - Vallfogona de RipollèsVallfogona de RipollèsVallfogona de Ripollès is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain....
- pop. 221 - Vilallonga de TerVilallonga de TerVilallonga de Ter is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.-References:...
- pop. 437