Pla de l'Estany
Comarca
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
RegionComarques Gironines
ProvinceGirona
CapitalBanyoles
Municipalities
List
Government
 • BodyPla de l'Estany Comarcal Council
 • PresidentFrancesc Castañer (IdP-ERC)
Area
 • Total262.8 km2 (101.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total31,554
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Demonym 
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalityBanyoles

Pla de l'Estany (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpla ðə ləsˈtaɲ]) is a comarca (county) in the Girona region in Catalonia, Spain. Its name means "plain of the lake", the lake in question being the Lake of Banyoles. Banyoles is also the name of the capital of the comarca and home to over half of its people. Pla de l'Estany was established as a separate comarca in 1988 on the basis of a referendum; prior to that it had constituted the northwest part of the comarca of Gironès. The comarca borders the comarques of Garrotxa, Alt Empordà, and Gironès.

Pla de l'Estany is largely agricultural, but has also long had industries in textiles, furniture, leather, iron, and copper.

Municipalities

Municipality Population
(2014)[1]		 Area
km2[1]
Banyoles19,34311.0
Camós68615.7
Cornellà del Terri2,23527.7
Crespià24511.4
Esponellà45816.1
Fontcoberta1,44217.3
Palol de Revardit47418.0
Porqueres4,52933.5
Sant Miquel de Campmajor23233.2
Serinyà1,12317.4
Vilademuls78761.5
• Total: 1131,554262.8

References

  1. 1 2 "El municipi en xifres". Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. Retrieved May 25, 2015.

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