Castelló d'Empúries
Municipality
Santa Maria de Castelló
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 42°15′30″N 3°4′30″E / 42.25833°N 3.07500°E / 42.25833; 3.07500
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Girona
Comarca	Alt Empordà
Government
•  Mayor	Anna Massot i Font
Area [1]
• Total	42.3 km2 (16.3 sq mi)
Population  (2018) [2]
• Total	10,820
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Website	www.castello.cat

Castelló d'Empúries (Catalan pronunciation: [kəstəˈʎo ðəmˈpuɾiəs]) is a town and municipality in the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It lies 9 km east of Figueres.

In 1079, Castelló d'Empúries became the capital of the Empúries county due to the previous capital, Sant Martí d'Empúries, being too easily sacked by pirates. 1325-1341 saw a period of large expansion of this capital town, which ultimately ceased being the capital once the county joined the Crown of Aragon in 1385.

The old town is somewhat dwarfed by the neighboring urbanisation of Empuriabrava, on the coastline of the Costa Brava.

• Pilar Nouvilas i Garrigolas (1854-1938), painter

• County of Empúries
• Empúries
• Empuriabrava

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