Vilajuïga Explained

Vilajuïga
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Catalonia#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Catalonia
Coordinates:42.3281°N 3.0953°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Girona
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Alt Empordà
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Joana Cobo Ortiz (2015)[1]
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:13.1
Elevation M:31
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Vilajuïguenc, vilajuïguenca

Vilajuïga (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˌbiləʒuˈiɣə/) is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Vilajuïga's area is home to a group of Megalithic dolmens. Starting from the 10th century AD it was a possession of the monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. In the nearby is also the Quermançó Castle, documented from 1073.

The mineral water, Aigua de Vilajuïga, comes from here. It was reputed to be the only water drunk by the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ajuntament de Vilajuïga. Generalitat of Catalonia. 2015-11-13.
  2. Web site: El municipi en xifres: Vilajuïga. Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2015-11-23.
  3. Web site: A man in Spanish costume advertising Vilajuïga mineral water. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, c. 1912.. Robert-Sterkendries. M. Wellcome Library.