Portbou
Portbou | |
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Coordinates: 42°25′37″N 3°09′40″E / 42.42694°N 3.16111°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Community | ![]() |
Province | Girona |
Comarca | Alt Empordà |
Government | |
• Mayor | Trino Martínez (2019)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 9.2 km2 (3.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 1,077 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Portbouenc, portbouenca |
Website | www |
Portbou (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌpɔɾˈβɔw]) is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1077 people (2018).[4]
Portbou is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France.
Portbou was a small but important point for the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, as it was one of the few places from where they could get supplies from abroad. Portbou is also where German philosopher Walter Benjamin committed suicide and was buried in 1940. There is a monument in his honor, by Dani Karavan.
Transport
The
A pair of railway tunnels connect Portbou with
The road connection to Cerbère in France is via the Coll dels Balitres (163 m). This route is longer (7 km) than the rail route (1.8 km).
The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, starts at Portbou. Stage 1 links southwards to Llançà, a distance of 9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi).[5]
Demography
1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2018 |
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2581 | 3976 | 2033 | 2360 | 2021 | 1077 |
Notable people
- Clemente Cerdeira Fernández, (1887–1947), Spanish Arabist and diplomat
- Àngels Santos Torroella, Catalan painter
- Walter Benjamin, committed suicide in Portbou
References
- Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
- Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "GR 92: Sender de la Mediterrània" [GR 92: Mediterranean Path]. www.catalunya.com (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-02-1(Catalan).
External links
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- Official website (in Catalan)
- Government data pages (in Catalan)