L'Escala

Also known as La Escala

'''L'Escala' () is a municipality in the comarca'' of the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Costa Brava, located between the southern end of the Gulf of Roses and Cala (bay) Montgó. It is an important fishing port and tourist centre, and has a festival dedicated to its famous anchovies. The GE-513 road runs inland from the town.

Key facts

Settlement.name: L'Escala
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: LEscala.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de l'Escala.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escut de l'Escala.svg
Settlement.image_map: Localització de l'Escala.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Girona#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Catalonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Girona
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Alt Empordà
Settlement.elevation_m: 14
Settlement.area_total_km2: 16.3
Settlement.population_demonym: escalenc/escalenca
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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'''L'Escala' () is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Costa Brava, located between the southern end of the Gulf of Roses and Cala (bay) Montgó. It is an important fishing port and tourist centre, and has a festival dedicated to its famous anchovies. The GE-513 road runs inland from the town.

The Alfolí de la Sal, also known as the Pòsit Vell'', is a seventeenth-century warehouse formerly used to store the salt necessary to preserve fish landed at the port: it is now a protected historic-artistic monument. The ruins of Empúries are located on the territory of the municipality, with Phoenician and Roman remains dating from 580 BC.

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