Anglès, Girona

Anglès is a catalan municipality, in the comarca of Selva, in the province of Girona, Catalonia. It has an area of 16.30 km² and a population of 5,446 people (2008).

History
In May 1956, the Society of Sport Fishermen of Anglès and Comarca SPEDAC (current SPEAC) was created, this being one of the most active associations in the town; Joaquim Bauxell i Costa together with the American composer, musician and pianist Pere Buxó i Domènech created the sardana with lyrics "Anant a la Pesca", which is the Anthem of the Anglés Fishermen's Sports Society.

This Fishing Society organizes extraordinary and massive competitions such as the one they organize every year on the occasion of the Anglès Galas and which some year has brought together up to 200 fishermen. It is worth highlighting the work they have done to maintain and conserve the ichthyofauna, repopulating the rivers and introducing new species, such as e.g. black bass, carp, trout and catfish.

Notable people

 * Remedios Varo Uranga, (Anglès, 1908 - Mexico City, 1963), Surrealist painter.

Villages

 * Anglès, 5.005
 * Cuc, 23
 * La Farga, 6
 * Les Mines del Sant Pare, 24
 * Pla d'Amont, 102
 * Pla d'Avall, 51