Sils, Spain

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| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Unabanderapersils.jpg

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| image_caption = Monument at entrance to Sils

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| image_shield = Escut vila Sils.png

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| pushpin_map = Spain Province of Girona#Spain

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Catalonia

| coordinates = {{coord|41|48|N|2|45|E|region:ES-CT_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = Community

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Catalonia}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Girona

| subdivision_type3 = Comarca

| subdivision_name3 = Selva

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Eduard Colomé Ribas (2019){{cite web|url=http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=1719310007|title=Ajuntament de Sils|publisher=Generalitat of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-13}}

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| area_total_km2 = 29.9

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| elevation_m = 76

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = Silenc, silenca

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| website = {{URL|www.sils.cat}}

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Sils ({{IPA|ca|ˈsils}}) is a municipality in the comarca of Selva, in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated next to a former lake, which was drained in the nineteenth century. Autopista AP-7 and road N-II run through the municipality, and there is a Renfe railway station on the line between Barcelona and Girona.

Demography

{{Infobox catalan city demography

| pop_1900=1221

| pop_1930=1362

| pop_1950=1586

| pop_1970=1923

| pop_1986=2058

| pop_latest=4347

| latest_year=2007}}

Lake Sils

{{Main|Lake Sils, Catalonia}}

Formerly a 7 km2 lake, known as Llac de Sils or Estany de Sils existed close to this town, but it was desiccated in the 19th century and only a few residual wetlands remain. Presently some efforts are under way to try to reestablish a pond restoring a sample of the original vegetation.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080627005135/http://es.geocities.com/ocellsdesils/estany_de_sils.htm Estany de Sils - Una breu història]

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|File:Sils1.jpg

|File:Estanydesils.jpg

References

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  • 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).