Baix Empordà (Catalan: [ˈbaʒ əmpuɾˈða]; Spanish: Bajo Ampurdán; "Lower Empordà") is a comarca (county) in the Girona region, Catalonia, in Spain. It is one of the two comarques into which Empordà was divided in the comarcal division of 1936, the other one being Alt Empordà. It is popularly known as L'Empordanet ("the Little Empordà"). The capital is La Bisbal d'Empordà.
Baix Empordà is the southern portion of the historical region of Empordà. It includes the municipalities between the Montgrí Massif, just north of the river Ter, and the Aro valley, in the south. It measure some 43 kilometres (27 mi) from north to south, and 28 kilometres (17 mi) from east to west, with a total area of 700.5 square kilometres (270.5 sq mi). It borders Alt Empordà to the north, Gironès and Selva to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the east.[1][2]
The Mediterranean coast of the Baix Empordia is part of the Costa Brava, and is a major tourist destination, including resorts such as Sant Feliu de Guíxols, s'Agaro, Platja d'Aro, Sant Antoni de Calonge, Palamós, La Fosca, Calella de Palafrugell, Llafranc, Tamariu, Fornells de Mar and l'Estartit.[3]
The capital of Baix Empordia is La Bisbal d'Empordà, which is some 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the coast, but several of the comarca's coastal municipalities have significantly larger populations, most notably Palafrugell, Sant Feliu de Guíxols and Palamós. There are 37 municipalities within the comarca.[4]
| Municipality[4] | Population |
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| Albons | 727 | 11.1 |
| Begur | 3,994 | 20.7 |
| Bellcaire d'Empordà | 650 | 12.6 |
| La Bisbal d'Empordà | 10,761 | 20.6 |
| Calonge | 10,541 | 33.6 |
| Castell-Platja d'Aro | 10,721 | 21.8 |
| Colomers | 195 | 4.4 |
| Corçà | 1,257 | 16.3 |
| Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura | 1,284 | 99.8 |
| Foixà | 320 | 18.8 |
| Fontanilles | 160 | 9.3 |
| Forallac | 1,729 | 50.6 |
| Garrigoles | 159 | 9.4 |
| Gualta | 362 | 9.0 |
| Jafre | 396 | 6.6 |
| Mont-ras | 1,739 | 12.3 |
| Palafrugell | 22,763 | 26.9 |
| Palamós | 17,805 | 14.0 |
| Palau-sator | 305 | 12.4 |
| Pals | 2,533 | 25.8 |
| Parlavà | 410 | 6.2 |
| La Pera | 467 | 11.5 |
| Regencós | 291 | 6.3 |
| Rupià | 246 | 5.3 |
| Sant Feliu de Guíxols | 21,810 | 16.2 |
| Santa Cristina d'Aro | 5,194 | 67.6 |
| Serra de Daró | 211 | 7.9 |
| La Tallada d'Empordà | 454 | 16.6 |
| Torrent | 170 | 8.0 |
| Torroella de Montgrí | 11,381 | 65.9 |
| Ullà | 1,053 | 7.3 |
| Ullastret | 289 | 11.1 |
| Ultramort | 204 | 4.4 |
| Vall-llobrega | 901 | 5.4 |
| Verges | 1,195 | 9.7 |
| Vilopriu | 209 | 16.4 |
| • Total: 36 | 132,886 | 701.8 |
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