Verges, Spain
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Verges
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Verges.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Verges seen from the air
| image_flag = Bandera de Verges.svg
| image_shield = Escut de Verges.svg
| nickname =
| motto =
| pushpin_map = Spain Province of Girona#Spain
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Catalonia
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Spain
| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community
| subdivision_name1 = Catalonia
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Girona
| subdivision_type3 = Comarca
| subdivision_name3 = Baix Empordà
| coordinates = {{coord|42|3|49|N|3|02|52|E|display=inline}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 23
| elevation_min_m =
| elevation_max_m =
| area_footnotes ={{cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/emex/?lang=en&id=172116|title=El municipi en xifres: Verges|publisher=Statistical Institute of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-23}}
| area_total_km2 = 9.7
| established_title =
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| population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
| population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_demonym = Vergelità, vergelitana
| population_note =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 17211
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code =
| leader_title = mayor
| leader_name = Ignasi Sabater Poch (2015){{cite web|url=http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=1721160009|title=Ajuntament de Verges|publisher=Generalitat of Catalonia|access-date=2015-11-13}}
| leader_party =
| website = {{URL|www.verges.cat}}
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Verges ({{IPA|ca|ˈbɛrʒəs}}) is a municipality in the Province of Girona, Catalonia.
Features
The town is famous for its Dansa de la Mort celebrations every Holy Thursday, probably the last remaining Dance of Death in Europe, performed uninterruptedly since the Middle Ages.
Among the notable citizens born in Verges are:
- Francesc Cambó. (1876-1947) politician
- Lluís Llach. (1948) singer
- Maria Perpinyà Sais. (1901-1994) writer and journalist
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.verges.cat/ Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament]
- [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=1721160009 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}
{{Geographic location
|Centre = Verges
|N =
|NE =
|E = La Tallada d'Empordà
|SE = Serra de Daró
|S = Ultramort
|SW = Foixà
|W = Jafre
|NW = Garrigoles
}}
{{Baix Emporda}}
{{Municipalities in Girona|state=autocollapse}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities in Baix Empordà
Category:Populated places in Baix Empordà
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