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]