Ripollès | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Country | |
| Autonomous community | |
| Region | Comarques Gironines |
| Province | Girona |
| Capital | Ripoll |
| Municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Body | Ripollès Comarcal Council |
| • President | Amadeu Rosell (ERC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 956.6 km2 (369.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 25,700 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Demonym | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Largest municipality | Ripoll |
| Website | ripolles.cat |
Ripollès (Catalan pronunciation: [ripuˈʎɛs] ; Spanish: Ripollés) is a comarca (county) in the Girona region, Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the Ribes and Camprodon river valleys. In 2001, its population was 25,744, about 40% of whom lived in the capital, Ripoll.
Ripollès borders the comarques of Baixa Cerdanya, Berguedà, Lluçanès, Osona, Garrotxa, and – across the border in France – Vallespir, Conflent, and Alta Cerdanya.
| Municipality | Population(2014) [1] | Areakm2 [1] |
|---|---|---|
| Campdevànol | 3,395 | 32.6 |
| Campelles | 132 | 18.6 |
| Camprodon | 2,359 | 103.4 |
| Gombrèn | 195 | 43.3 |
| Llanars | 509 | 24.7 |
| Les Llosses | 211 | 114.0 |
| Molló | 339 | 43.1 |
| Ogassa | 245 | 45.2 |
| Pardines | 155 | 31.0 |
| Planoles | 300 | 18.8 |
| Queralbs | 182 | 93.5 |
| Ribes de Freser | 1,859 | 41.9 |
| Ripoll | 10,751 | 73.7 |
| Sant Joan de les Abadesses | 3,413 | 53.7 |
| Sant Pau de Segúries | 674 | 8.7 |
| Setcases | 195 | 49.1 |
| Toses | 150 | 57.9 |
| Vallfogona de Ripollès | 215 | 39.2 |
| Vilallonga de Ter | 421 | 64.2 |
| • Total: 19 | 25,700 | 956.6 |
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Cerdanya or often La Cerdanya is a natural comarca and historical region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain. Historically it was one of the counties of Catalonia.
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Roussillon was a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of the region of Northern Catalonia or French Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales in the former region of Languedoc-Roussillon.
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