Llambilles

Llambilles is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 14.55 square kilometres (5.62 sq mi), and the population in 2014 was 738.[2]

Llambilles
Municipality
Llambilles train station
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 41°55′22″N 2°51′37″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Girona
Comarca	Gironès
Government
• Mayor	Josep Maria Vidal (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	14.6 km^2 (5.6 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	693
• Density	47/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Website	www.llambilles.cat

The first written mention "Lambiliolas" dates to the year 999.[4] The etymology of the name is unknown and probably pre-Roman.[5]

The main economic activity is the primary sector: grain cultivation in the plain and exploitation of the forest for the cork industry in the massif. During the twentieth century the population stagnated around 400. Since the end of the century, the development of new housing developments has grown. There is an industrial estate "Les Conques" where a distribution company and a paper mill were mainly established.[6]

References

1. "Ajuntament de Llambilles". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Llambilles". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
4. "Història | Web oficial de l'Ajuntament de Llambilles". www.llambilles.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-04-07.
5. Alcover, Antoni M.; Moll, Francesc de B. «Llambilles». A: Diccionari català-valencià-balear. Palma: Moll, 1930-1962. ISBN 8427300255.
6. Llambilles Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

External links

• Government data pages (in Catalan)