La Bisbal d'Empordà

Local namela Bisbal d'Empordà
LocationGirona, Spain

La Bisbal d'Empordà is the county seat of the comarca of Baix Empordà in Catalonia, Spain.

The town lies 29 km southeast of Girona, 12 km west of Palafrugell and 19 km northwest of Palamós along road C-66 from Girona to Palafrugell/Palamós, where it becomes C-31. Two other roads branch off at La Bisbal, GI-660 to Calonge and Sant Feliu de Guíxols and GI-664 to Cassà de la Selva; both roads cross the hilly coastal range called the Gavarres, with many twists and turns. The municipality lies on the northern edge of the Gavarres, on either side of the Daró river-bed, a dry tributary of River Ter.

The town's name is derived from the Catalan word for "bishop", 'bisbe', as the town was owned by the bishops of Girona from the Carolingian period onward. The town is built over the site of a Roman settlement named Fontanetum, and in Old Catalan was sometimes referred to as Fontanet. The

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bisbal_d'Empordà

Coordinates 41°57'35.527" N 3°2'22.617" E

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