L'Escala

L'Escala
Municipality
Flag of L'Escala
Flag
Coat of arms of L'Escala
Coat of arms
L'Escala is located in Province of Girona
L'Escala
L'Escala
Location in Catalonia
L'Escala is located in Spain
L'Escala
L'Escala
L'Escala (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°06′50″N 3°08′20″E / 42.114°N 3.139°E / 42.114; 3.139
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
ProvinceGirona
ComarcaAlt Empordà
Government
 • AlcaldeJosep Bofill (PSC)(2023)[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total
16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Elevation
14 m (46 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total
10,417
 • Density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demonymescalenc/escalenca
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
17130
Websitelescala-empuries.com

L'Escala (Catalan pronunciation: [ləsˈkalə]) is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Girona, 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 Phoenician and Roman remains dating from 580 BC.

L'Escala is the village of Víctor Català (pseudonym of Caterina Albert, 1869-1966) a famous novelist.

The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, passes through L'Escala on its stage between Sant Martí d'Empúries and Torroella de Montgrí.[4]

  1. ^ "Ajuntament de l'Escala". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "El municipi en xifres: L'Escala". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. ^ Empordà Costa Brava - Nord (Map). 1:30,000. Editorial PIOLET i Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà. March 2012.