Palamós
Location
General information
Province	Girona
Comarca	Baix Empordà
Demonym	Catalan: Palamosí (m) Palamosina (f)
Land Area	13. A comarca (meaning Shire or County, Spanish and Portuguese plural comarcas, Catalan plural Baix Empordà ("Lower Empordà" is a comarca (county in Catalonia, Spain, one of the two into which Empordà was divided in Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 89 km²
Altitude	30 m AMSL
Population	15,968 (2001)
Density	46. Altitude is the Elevation of a point or object from a known level or datum (plural data The term above mean sea level ( AMSL) refers to the Elevation (on the ground or Altitude (in the Air) of any object relative to the In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different 3 hab. /km²

Palamós is a town and municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located in the comarca of Baix Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a list of the comarques (singular "comarca") of Catalonia ( Spain) Baix Empordà ("Lower Empordà" is a comarca (county in Catalonia, Spain, one of the two into which Empordà was divided in Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

Palamos was founded and recognised as a village on 3 December 1279 by 'Pere el Gran', 'Comte de Barcelona' (Peter III of Aragon). Peter the Great ( Catalan: Pere el Gran, Spanish: Pedro el Grande; 1239 &ndash 2 November 1285) was the King of Aragon He wanted to found a new port on the coast as the previous royal port in the region at Torroella de Montgrí on the River Ter had silted up. Torroella de Montgrí is a small town on the north bank of the Ter river The River Ter is a large River in Essex, England that houses various Aquatic creatures, such as the marsh heron famous for its large red bill

Palamós is situated at the northern end of a large bay, which is popular for swimming, sailing and windsurfing. The town is by-passed by the C31 which connects the coastal towns of the central Costa Brava with Girona. Girona ( Catalan: Girona ʒiˈɾonə Spanish: Gerona xeˈɾona is a city located in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain Palafrugell lies 8. Palafrugell is a Municipality in the Mediterranean Costa Brava, located near Palamós in the comarca of Baix 5 km to the north and Castell-Platja d'Aro 7 km to the south. Castell-Platja d'Aro is a large holiday resort in the middle of the Costa Brava.

The town is a major port (with the closure of Sant Feliu the only commercial harbour in the Province of Girona) with one of the last remaining fishing fleets on this part of the mediterranian coast. It is famous for the locally caught prawns (Gambes). Prawns are Crustaceans belonging to the sub-order Dendrobranchiata   [1]

The town's major economic activities until the second half of the XXth century were fishing and cork manufacturing. In the sixties, however the town saw a rapid growth of tourism. The architecture of Palamos itself remained relatively unchanged with most development focused to the south at Sant Antoni de Calonge which now merges with Palamos. Calonge is a Municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. The town's nightlife is focused on the old port which is surrounded by bars and restaurants.

The town is home to Palamós CF the local football club. Palamós Club de Futbol is a Catalonian Spanish football club founded in 1898 as Palamós Foot-Ball Club.

It was the birthplace of Frederic Pujulà i Vallés who was a pioneer of Esperanto literature. Frederic Pujulà i Vallès ( November 12, 1877 &ndash February 14, 1962) was a Catalan Journalist, Dramatist Esperanto literature began before the official publication of the Constructed language Esperanto; the language's creator L

View of Palamós from the beach of Sant Antoni de Calonge

Cala S'Alguer, Palamós

Demography

References

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

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