Les Planes d'Hostoles

Les Planes d'Hostoles is a village and municipality in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 37.51 square kilometres (14.48 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 1,694.[2]

Les Planes d'Hostoles
Municipality
St. Christopher's parish church
St. Christopher's parish church
Les Planes d'Hostoles is located in Province of Girona
Les Planes d'Hostoles
Les Planes d'Hostoles
Location in Catalonia
Les Planes d'Hostoles is located in Spain
Les Planes d'Hostoles
Les Planes d'Hostoles
Les Planes d'Hostoles (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°3′22″N 2°32′23″E
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
Province Girona
ComarcaGarrotxa
Government
 • MayorEduard Llorà Cullet (2015)[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total37.5 km2 (14.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total1,660
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Websitewww.lesplanes.cat

From 1900, Les Planes d'Hostoles was linked to Girona by the narrow gauge Olot–Girona railway, which was extended to Sant Feliu de Pallerols in 1902 and Olot in 1911. The line closed in 1969 and has since been converted into a greenway.[4][5]

Notable residents

References
  1. "Ajuntament de les Planes d'Hostoles". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Les Planes d'Hostoles". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. "El tren d'Olot a Girona fa 100 anys" [The train from Olot to Girona is 100 years old] (in Catalan). Sàpiens. 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. "Carrilet Olot - Girona Greenway". viasverdes.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
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