Portbou

infobox catalan city
title=Portbou

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location_

province=Girona
comarca=Alt Empordà
population=1,307
population_year=2007
area=9.21
population_density=141.91
elevation=28
demonym=Portbouenc, portbouenca
mayor=Antoni Vega Cané

Portbou is a town in the Alt Empordà comarca, in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1399 people.

It is located on the border with France, in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France.

Portbou was a small but important point for the republicans during the Spanish Civil War, as it was one of the few places from where they could get supplies from abroad.

Portbou is also the site where German philosopher Walter Benjamin died and was buried in 1940. There is a monument in his honor, by Dani Karavan.

Demography

infobox catalan municipio demography
pop_1900=2581
pop_1930=3976
pop_1950=2033
pop_1970=2360
pop_1986=2021
pop_latest=1307
latest_year=2007

References

* 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).

External links

* [http://www.portbou.cat/ Official website] ca
* [http://www.municat.net:8000/omunicat/owa/mun_p01.dad_ens?via=1&cod=1713870005 Information - Generalitat de Catalunya] ca
* [http://www.idescat.cat/territ/BasicTerr?TC=3&V0=1&V1=17138 Statistical information - Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya] ca
* [http://web.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/~kamimura/passage.html 'Passage'] , Walter Benjamin monument