Sils, Spain
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sils
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| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Unabanderapersils.jpg
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| image_caption = Monument at entrance to Sils
| image_flag = Bandera de Sils.svg
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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
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}}
| 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}}
| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/?lang=en&id=171931|title=El municipi en xifres: Sils|publisher=Statistical Institute of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-23}}
| 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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References
{{Reflist}}
- 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).
External links
- [http://www.webgipal.net/sils/ Official website] {{in lang|ca}}
- [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=1719310007 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Sils
|N = Vilobí d'Onyar
|NE =
|E = Caldes de Malavella
|SE = Vidreres
|S = Maçanet de la Selva
|SW =
|W = Riudarenes
|NW = Santa Coloma de Farners
}}
{{Selva}}
{{Municipalities in Girona|state=autocollapse}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities in Selva
Category:Populated places in Selva
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