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Empuriabrava

Castelló d'Empúries, Alt Empordà, Girona

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Empuriabrava

Village · Castelló d'Empúries, Alt Empordà, Girona

Empuriabrava is a population centre of Castelló d'Empúries, on the Gulf of Roses, surrounded by the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà nature park. It is the largest navigable residential marina in Europe, with more than 24 km of canals reaching the door of every house, and the Catalan capital of skydiving. Before it was built, its land was Empordà marshland, occupied by large farmhouses growing rice. The first development projects arose in 1964, and work on the canals and houses, inspired by classical Venice, began in 1967; sales were highly successful, especially in Germany. The environmentalist mobilisation prompted by its growth spurred the creation, in 1983, of the nature park that surrounds it today. It has around 8,000 inhabitants.

Photo: Ampuriabrava at German Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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