Figueres (Catalan pronunciation:[fiˈɣeɾəs]; Spanish: Figueras) is the capital city of Alt Empordà county, in the Girona region, Catalonia, Spain.
The town is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí, and houses the Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí, a large museum designed by Dalí himself which attracts many visitors. It is also the birthplace of Narcís Monturiol, inventor of the first successful machine-powered submarine. Also born here was Mónica Naranjo, one of the best selling Spanish singers of the 1990s and 2000s.
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^"El municipi en xifres: Figueres". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
^Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
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