Maià de Montcal
Girona · Cataluña
Maià de Montcal (Catalan pronunciation: [məˈja ðə muŋˈkal]) is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 17.28 square kilometres (6.67 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 443.
History
Consta en un documento del año 978 la donación efectuada por el conde obispo Miró III de Cerdaña al monasterio de San Pedro de Besalú, de una casa y su corte, con el nombre "Villa Maliano".
Hasta la reforma de la nomenclatura municipal de 1916 el municipio se llamaba simplemente Mayá. En dicha fecha su nombre fue modificado por el de Mayá de Moncal.
Monuments
Iglesia de San Vicente. Siglo X
Santuario de Santa Magdalena de Mayá, siglo XII
Ermita de los Santos Primo y Feliciano, (siglo XVIII), en cuyo interior se encuentra un pozo de agua milagrosa, según creencia popular.
Castillo de Dosqueres (documentado del año 1245)
What to visit
•Sant Vicenç
•Santa Magdalena
Gallery
Festivals
November 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Trails and hiking
•La Jonquera - Sant Adrià del Besós (GR 2, 221.74 km)
•Sender Històric: Catalunya (GR 1, 400 km)
•Ruta pels volts d’Esponellà (Esponellà)
•Creu de ca n'Hortós (2)
•Pla de Martís i Fluvià (7)
•Balcó de la Garrotxa (9.2 km)
•Circuit de Besalú (11.3 km)
•Mitja Marató Mare de Déu del Mont (MdM) (MdM, 20.6 km)
•Ruta del romaní (11.7 km)
•Besalú-Dosquers (5 km)
•Besalú-Beuda (14 km)
•Crespià-Pedrinyà-Sant Miquel de la Roca (11 km)
Routes passing through Maià de Montcal
Famous people
•Josep Cruañas Fages, pintor español
•Miquel Duran Portas, químico y catedrático español
•Vicente Pou
Town hall
Alcaldía: Tavi Casadevall Ballada
Web oficial: http://www.maia.cat
Town hall of Maià de Montcal
Alcaldía: Tavi Casadevall Ballada Web oficial: http://www.maia.cat
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How to get there
- 🚗 34 km from Girona (about 24 min by car)
- 🚗 69 km from Breda (about 49 min by car)
- 🚗 114 km from Sabadell (about 80 min by car)
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- ✈️ 45 km from Girona-Costa Brava airport (about 32 min by car)
- ✈️ 146 km from Barcelona-El Prat airport (about 103 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.1 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- BBVA · 4.4 km away
- Caixa Bank · 4.5 km away
- Banco Sabadell · 4.5 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Repsol · 4.7 km away
- Repsol · 6.4 km away
- Moeve · 6.7 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- G109- Santa Llúcia · 0.7 km away
- G800- El Noguer de Segueró · 2.4 km away
- G105- Pla de Recolta · 2.8 km away
🔭 Viewpoints
- Viewpoints · 4.2 km away
- Viewpoints · 4.2 km away
- Viewpoints · 4.2 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Piscina municipal · 5.1 km away
Buses
2 paradas de autobús en el municipio:
•Maià de Montcal
Pharmacy and health
•Dispensari mèdic
Wall
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News
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