Girona
www.girona.cat The city of Girona enjoys a privileged location close to the Pyrenees mountains, the Mediterranean sea -the Costa Brava- and the city of Barcelona, the capital of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain. This location provides Girona of along the great communications axis linking Barcelona and the Spanish Mediterranean coast with the rest of Europe and has good road, rail and aerial (Girona and Barcelona airports) connections. Also, the city has good connections with the industrial sector, through joint activities developping R&TI. In addition, medium and small sized industrial firms of the sector have a strong export vocation.
The city of Girona has 84.000 inhabitants, and the town offers strong service sector which constitutes 75% of the local economy, it makes strong a tourism sector what has becoming one very important factor for local development.