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Peralada
Sign in to savePeralada () is a village in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the home of the Frankish Counts of Peralada who controlled this portion of the Marca Hispanica before becoming part of the lands held by the Count of Barcelona.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Peralada
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Peralada - Plaça major.JPG
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escut de Peralada.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Peralada.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Catalonia
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- Location of Peralada in Catalonia
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- Country
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- Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Catalonia
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Girona
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- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Alt Empordà
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Pere Torrent Martin (2015)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 43.6
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Peralada () is a village in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the home of the Frankish Counts of Peralada who controlled this portion of the Marca Hispanica before becoming part of the lands held by the Count of Barcelona.
Figueres is 6.5 km to the west, Roses 13.6 km to the south east. The N-260 to the south connects Figueres with Portbou and the French border.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peralada” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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