Corçà

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Corçà
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Corçà
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Corçà
Corçà (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°59′14″N3°0′54″E / 41.98722°N 3.01500°E / 41.98722; 3.01500
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Flag of Girona province (unofficial).svg   Girona
Comarca Baix Empordà
Government
   Mayor Maria Carme Güell Parnau (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total1,253
  Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Website corca.cat

Corçà (Catalan pronunciation: [kuɾˈsa] ) is a village and municipality in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 16.31 square kilometres (6.30 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 1,257. [2]

Besides the village of Corçà, the municipality includes the following populated places:

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References

  1. "Ajuntament de Corçà". Generalitat of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. 1 2 "El municipi en xifres: Corçà". Statistical Institute of Catalonia . Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.