Vidreres

Vidreres is a village in the comarca of La Selva, the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

Vidreres
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Location in Catalonia
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Vidreres (Spain)
Coordinates: 41°47′25″N 2°46′30″E
Country Spain
Community Catalonia
Province Girona
ComarcaSelva
Government
  MayorJordi Camps Vicente (2015)[1]
Area
  Total48.0 km2 (18.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[3]
  Total7,740
  Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Websitevidreres.cat

The name of Vitrariis appears in the 12th century and it meant 'vidriera' or 'vitralleria', which in english means stained glass. But the origin or the cause of that name is yet unknown.

A really popular fest is "El Ranxo", the name of a soup with rice as the main ingredient, that it is made on the Tuesday of the week of carnival, for all the villagers.

Every year it takes place the Ludibàsquet, a basketball fest.

Some of the places of interest that you can visit are the Sant Iscle's castle, Castell de Sant Iscle, from the 12th century. Or also the church of Santa Susana, of romanic origin, located in Caulès, a mountain in Vidreres.

References

  1. "Ajuntament de Vidreres". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "El municipi en xifres: Vidreres". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.



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