Vilajuïga

Vilajuïga (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌbiləʒuˈiɣə]) is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Vilajuïga
Municipality
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Coordinates: 42°19′41″N 3°5′43″E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Girona
Comarca	Alt Empordà
Government
• Mayor	Joana Cobo Ortiz (2015)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	13.1 km^2 (5.1 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	1,112
• Density	85/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Vilajuïguenc, vilajuïguenca
Website	www.vilajuiga.cat

A man in Spanish costume advertising Vilajuïga mineral water. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, c. 1912.

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.[4]

References

1. "Ajuntament de Vilajuïga". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Vilajuïga". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
4. Robert-Sterkendries, M. "A man in Spanish costume advertising Vilajuïga mineral water. Colour lithograph by L. Cappiello, c. 1912". Wellcome Library.

External links

• Government data pages (in Catalan)