Sils, Girona

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Sils (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°48′N2°45′E / 41.800°N 2.750°E / 41.800; 2.750 Coordinates: 41°48′N2°45′E / 41.800°N 2.750°E / 41.800; 2.750
Country Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Community Flag of Catalonia.svg  Catalonia
Province Girona
Comarca Selva
Government
   Mayor Eduard Colomé Ribas (2019) [1]
Area
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  Total29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Elevation
76 m (249 ft)
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total5,969
  Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Silenc, silenca
Website www.sils.cat

Sils is a municipality in the comarca of Selva, in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated next to a former lake, which was drained in the nineteenth century. Autopista AP-7 and road N-II run through the municipality, and there is a RENFE railway station on the line between Barcelona and Girona.

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Lake Sils

Formerly a 7 km2 lake, known as Llac de Sils or Estany de Sils existed close to this town, but it was desiccated in the 19th century and only a few residual wetlands remain. Presently some efforts are under way to try to reestablish a pond restoring a sample of the original vegetation. [4]

A seasonal pond, one of the remaining vestiges of ancient Lake Sils. Sils1.jpg
A seasonal pond, one of the remaining vestiges of ancient Lake Sils.
Image of a marsh in the former lake basin. Summer 2008. Estanydesils.jpg
Image of a marsh in the former lake basin. Summer 2008.

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References

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