Les Planes d'Hostoles | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Province of Girona#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Catalonia |
Coordinates: | 42.0561°N 2.5397°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Girona |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Garrotxa |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Eduard Llorà Cullet (2015)[1] |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 37.5 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Les Planes d'Hostoles (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ləs ˈplanəz ðusˈtɔləs/) is a village and municipality in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 1,694.[2]
From 1900, Les Planes d'Hostoles was linked to Girona by the narrow gauge Olot–Girona railway, which was extended to Sant Feliu de Pallerols in 1902 and Olot in 1911. The line closed in 1969 and has since been converted into a greenway.[3] [4]
In this Área there are lots of waterfalls.[5] To visit them you need to book a ticket on the protected Space of the river Brugent.