Colera

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Colera

Total population

479

Air quality index

38Good

Elevation10 m

Land area24.4 km²

Coordinates42.40°, 3.15°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Colera is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain, on the Costa Brava. It is a village on the coast with an economy primarily based on tourism. It has several beaches within its vicinity including: Garbet, Burro, Atzuzenes, Portes, Morts la d'en Goixa, and Rovellada.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Aristide Maillol

sculptor from France (1861–1944)

Raymond Centène

French priest

Jean de La Hire

French author (1878–1956)

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Jacques Sagols

French rugby union player (1929-1992)

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Joseph Albert

French politician (1931-1991)

Lucien Barris

rugby union player (1921–2005)

Nadine Cosentino

French painter (1947-2020)

Isaac Viñales

Spanish motorcycle racer

Héctor Simón

Spanish footballer

Joan Frank Charansonnet

Spanish screenwritter, actor and film director

Bernat de Pau

bishop of the Roman Catholic Church

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Francesc Escudero i Ribot

Spanish architect (1930-2012)

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François Bassères

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Helena Ferrer i Mallol

Catalan politician and mathematician

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Hipòlit Nadal i Mallol

Catalan journalist (1891-1978)

Jaume Bonaterra i Dabau

Catalan composer (1898-1985)

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

Nearby places in Catalonia

• Vilamaniscle
  4.6 mi away · pop. 184
• el Port de la Selva
  5.4 mi away · pop. 780
• Garriguella
  5.9 mi away · pop. 957
• Rabós
  6.4 mi away · pop. 143
• Marzà
  7.6 mi away · pop. 189
• Sant Climent Sescebes
  8.9 mi away · pop. 626
• Peralada
  9.7 mi away · pop. 1,331
• Masarac
  9.7 mi away · pop. 133
• Cadaqués
  10.2 mi away · pop. 2,735
• Castelló d'Empúries
  10.7 mi away · pop. 4,218
• Cantallops
  11.5 mi away · pop. 308
• Vila-sacra
  11.6 mi away · pop. 810

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Colera

Search results from Open Library.