Calonge | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Girona#Spain Catalonia#Spain |
Coordinates: | 41.8625°N 3.0764°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Girona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Baix Empordà |
Leader Party: | CiU |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jordi Soler Casals (2015)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 33.6 |
Elevation M: | 22 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Calongí, calongina |
Calonge (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /kəˈlɔɲʒə/) is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain, on the coastline of the Costa Brava.
The town comprises two parts, a medieval hill village and modern seaside resort. The main urban centre and original village is about 4 km inland from the Bay of Sant Antoni. The towers and walls of Calonge castle date from the thirteenth century.
Sant Antoni de Calonge, a resort, lies on the coast between Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Palamós.
The two parts are connected by GI-660 which then leads north through Las Gavarres mountainsto La Bisbal d'Empordà. The C-31, the main north-south route through the Costa Brava splits the two parts.
Some of the bests campsites of the Costa Brava are located here, such as Cala Gogo, Treumal and International Calonge.