Amer, Girona

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Amer
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Amer is located in Province of Girona
Amer
Amer
Location in Province of Girona
Coordinates: 42°0′45″N 2°36′14″E / 42.01250°N 2.60389°E / 42.01250; 2.60389Coordinates: 42°0′45″N 2°36′14″E / 42.01250°N 2.60389°E / 42.01250; 2.60389
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
ProvinceGirona
ComarcaSelva
Government
 • mayorMaria Rosa Vila Juanhuix (2015)[1]
Area
 • Total40.1 km2 (15.5 sq mi)
Elevation
186 m (610 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total2,256
 • Density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Websitewww.amer.cat

Amer is a municipality in the comarca of la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Villages[]

  • Amer 1.897
  • , la 53
  • , 206
  • , 3
  • Palou, 24
  • , 35
  • , 0
  • , 21
  • , 7
  • , 12

Notable people[]

Carles Puigdemont, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia who impulsed a referendum on Catalan independence on 2017, was born in Amer in 1962.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ajuntament d'Amer". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. ^ "El municipi en xifres: Amer". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. ^ Ciaran Giles (21 September 2017). "Puigdemont an unknown entity in Spain until secession drive". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

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