Sils, Spain

Sils
Sils
Municipality
	Monument at entrance to Sils
	Flag Coat of arms
	Sils Location in Catalonia Sils Sils (Spain)
	Coordinates: 41°48′N 2°45′E / 41.800°N 2.750°E
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Girona
Comarca	Selva
Government
• Mayor	Eduard Colomé Ribas (2019)
Area
• Total	29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Population (2018)
• 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.

Demography

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2007
1221	1362	1586	1923	2058	4347

Lake Sils

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]

Image of a marsh in the former lake basin. Summer 2008.

References

^ "Ajuntament de Sils". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
^ "El municipi en xifres: Sils". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ Estany de Sils - Una breu història

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).