Forallac

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Forallac
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Forallac
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Forallac
Forallac (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°57′27″N3°3′24″E / 41.95750°N 3.05667°E / 41.95750; 3.05667
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 Josep Sala Leal (2015) [1]
Area
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  Total50.6 km2 (19.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total1,713
  Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Website www.forallac.cat

Forallac is a village and municipality in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 49.97 square kilometres (19.29 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 1,729. [2] It includes the village of Peratallada.

Contents

The name Forallac itself is a portmanteau of the former municipalities of Fonteta  [ ca ], Peratallada and Vulpellac  [ ca ] which merged in 1977.

Subdivisions

The municipality is composed of eight distinct settlements:

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References

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