Santa Coloma de Farners

Santa Coloma de Farners
Municipality
Parish church
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 41°51′53″N 2°39′51″E / 41.86472°N 2.66417°E / 41.86472; 2.66417
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Girona
Comarca	Selva
Government
• Mayor	Carme Salamaña Daranas (Junts per Catalunya)
Area [1]
• Total	70.6 km2 (27.3 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	12,894
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	colomenc, colomenca
Climate	Cfa
Website	scf.cat

Santa Coloma de Farners (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsantə kuˈlomə ðə fəɾˈnes]) is a spa town and capital of the comarca of the Selva, in Catalonia, Spain, and of the judicial district of Santa Coloma. It is situated on the edge of the

The town dates from at least 898, when the church is mentioned for the first time. Destroyed during the course of the

Santa Coloma has always played an important role with regards to forests, being an area of intensive production and of considerable political influence with regard to the regional forest policy. It is host to the Catalan Forestry House, where the most representative forestry-related organisations of Catalonia share offices: the Consorci Forestal de Catalunya, one of the oldest agrarian organisations of Catalonia, representing the interests of the private forest owners, the Fundació Boscos, a private foundation dedicated to the dissemination of cultural and educational values around forests, ARCMED, the federation of Mediterranean foresters, an organisation represented in Brussels to represent over 600.000 forest owners from 7 Mediterranean countries, and the leading forestry research centre of Catalonia, the Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC).

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