La Jonquera

Province: Girona | Shire: Alt Empordà | Inhabitants: 3.106 | Extension: 56,9 Km2 | Altitude: 110 m

La Jonquera, a municipality with an area of 56.90 km2, at an altitude of 112 m and a population of around 3,000 inhabitants, is located on the westernmost slopes of the Albera mountain range, which delimits the counties of Alt Empordà and Vallespir (Cat. Nord) Spanish-French border since the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659).

The extensive territory of the municipality forms two well-differentiated sectors, both dominated by the Sierra de la Albera, part of which is protected as a Natural Area of National Interest. To the west, the sector that belongs to the Llobregat de Empordà basin and includes the town of La Jonquera, the Limits neighborhood, the Canadal and Torts aggregates, the Rocabertí castle and the churches of Santa Llúcia, Sant Martí de la glass fountain, Santa María de Panissars and San Pedro del Pla de L'Arca. To the east, the sector that belongs to the Anyet basin that includes the old term that ruled the castle of Requesens.

What to do

Museu Memorial de l'Exili

La Jonquera

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Turisme Alt Empordà

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Where to sleep

Hostal Can Xicu

Capmany (a 6.2 Km)

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Mas Renart

Mollet de Peralada (a 11.7 Km)

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Casa Rural Mas Coquells

Vilanant (a 16.1 Km)

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Càmping Rodas

Roses (a 28.2 Km)

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Events

Peralada Castle Festival

09/07/2025 - 13/07/2025 ...

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Claustre de Sant Domènec Concert Series in Peralada

19/07/2025 ...

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Experiences

Musical Fridays in Maçanet de Cabrenys

Maçanet de Cabrenys (a 10.7 Km)

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30th anniversary Rumajor Bridge in Maçanet de Cabrenys

Maçanet de Cabrenys (a 10.7 Km)

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Weather forecast

11-07-2025
Morning Weather forecast Morning
Evening Weather forecast Evening
Max 29º
Min 19º
12-07-2025
Morning Weather forecast Morning
Evening Weather forecast Evening
Max 27º
Min 21º
Source: Dades Obertes de la Generalitat de Catalunya

News

Sion Biurrún: between the north wind and the plateau

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650 years of the Catalan Atlas

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