Bàscara

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Bàscara

Total population

623

Elevation66 m

Land area17.5 km²

Coordinates42.16°, 2.91°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bàscara is a small town and municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

L

Lluís Maria de Puig

Spanish politician and historian (1945–2012)

Jaume Fàbrega

Spanish writer

M

Miquel Santaló i Parvorell

Spanish politician

J

Joan Reglà i Campistol

Spanish historian and professor (1917-1973)

Maria Dolors Rovirola Coromí

Spanish politician

F

Francesc Canet i Coma

Spanish politician

L

Leonor Joher Besalú

Spanish activist

M

Marià Lorca i Bard

Spanish politician

P

Pere Ordis i Llach

Spanish politician and physician (1913-2000)

J

Joan Estarriola Vilardell

Spanish politician

B

Berenguer de Vilademuls

French archbishop

J

Joan Planas i Congost

Spanish writer

R

Rosa María Bravo

cyclist

Andreu Domingo i Valls

Spanish historian, sociologist and professor

J

Josep Maria Frigola i Serra

Spanish physicist

Ferran Viader i Gustà

Spanish historian, genealogist and heraldist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Catalonia

• Vilaür
  2.6 mi away · pop. 135
• Garrigàs
  3.3 mi away · pop. 294
• Camallera
  3.7 mi away · pop. 659
• Sant Miquel de Fluvià
  4.3 mi away · pop. 840
• Vilamalla
  5.1 mi away · pop. 272
• Vilopriu
  5.7 mi away · pop. 95
• Esponellà
  6 mi away · pop. 120
• Vilanant
  6.7 mi away · pop. 281
• Torroella de Fluvià
  6.8 mi away · pop. 192
• Vilamacolum
  8 mi away · pop. 391
• Riumors
  8.3 mi away · pop. 214
• Fortià
  8.8 mi away · pop. 546

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Recently spotted species

Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider

Menemerus semilimbatus

Seen 2026-07-05

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-07-05

Mediterranean white-banded spider

Evarcha jucunda

Seen 2026-07-05

Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster scutellaris

Seen 2026-07-05

Copper Demoiselle

Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis

Seen 2026-07-05

field bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Seen 2026-07-05

Dusky Grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Seen 2026-07-05

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-07-04

Great capricorn beetle

Cerambyx cerdo

Seen 2026-07-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bàscara, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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