Sils, Spain

Sils
Municipality
Monument at entrance to Sils
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 41°48′N 2°45′E / 41.800°N 2.750°E / 41.800; 2.750
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Girona
Comarca	Selva
Government
• Mayor	Eduard Colomé Ribas (2019)[1]
Area [2]
• Total	29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Population  (2018)[3]
• Total	5,969
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Silenc, silenca
Website	www.sils.cat

Sils (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsils]) is a municipality in the comarca of Selva, in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated next to a former lake, which was drained in the nineteenth century. Autopista AP-7 and road N-II run through the municipality, and there is a Renfe railway station on the line between Barcelona and Girona.

Formerly a 7 km² lake, known as Llac de Sils or Estany de Sils existed close to this town, but it was desiccated in the 19th century and only a few residual wetlands remain. Presently some efforts are under way to try to reestablish a pond restoring a sample of the original vegetation.^[4]

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

• Official website (in Catalan)
• Government data pages (in Catalan)

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