Amer, Girona

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

Amer
Municipality
View of Amer
Amer
Location in Province of Girona
Amer
Location in Catalonia
Amer
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°0′45″N 2°36′14″E
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

Villages
  • Amer 1.897
  • Costa de Santa Brígida, la 53
  • Grup Solivent, 206
  • Lloret Salvatge, 3
  • Palou, 24
  • Sant Climent d'Amer, 35
  • Sant Genís, 0
  • Veïnat de la Jonquera, 21
  • Veïnat del Colomer, 7
  • Veïnat del Mont, 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]

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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. 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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