Figueres 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 Dalí Theatre and Museum, 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.
Region: Girona
County: Alt Empordà
Province: Girona
Elevation: 39 m (128 ft)
Sovereign state: Spain
Community: Catalonia
Demonym(s): figuerenc, -enca · (pl. figuerencs, -enques)
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