Capmany

Capmany () or Campmany is a village and municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Settlement.name: Capmany
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Camp capmany.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: St. Agatha's church tower, Capmany
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Capmany.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escut de Capmany.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Girona#Catalonia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Catalonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 23px|border Girona
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: 23px|border Alt Empordà
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Joan Fuentes Pomés (2015)
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 26.4

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Capmany
Demonym: campmanyenca
Country: Spain
Located in: Alt Empordà
Official language: Catalan
Population: 668
Area: 26.40
Elevation: 107
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Llobregat d'Empordà river
Shares border with: Darnius
Official website: www.capmany.cat
Image: Capmany vue generale.jpg
Households: 35
Licence plate code: GI

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Commons category: Capmany
postal code: 17750
Commons gallery: Capmany
native label: Campmany
IPA transcription: ˈkamˈmaɲ
male population: 307
female population: 306
P8168: J. R. Moehringer

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Capmany () or Campmany is a village and municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

The earliest recorded name for the village is Campmany, derived from the Latin Campus Magnus meaning "big field", but this became corrupted into Capmany ("big head") which is now the official name of the village, though the name Campmany is also commonly used.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Capmany” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.