Banyoles (Catalan: Banyoles, Spanish: Bañolas) is a city of 16,359 inhabitants (February 2003) located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain. The town is the capital of the Catalan comarca "Pla de l'Estany". Although an established industrial centre many of the inhabitants commute to nearby Girona (12km to the south). Banyoles is most famous for the Lake of Banyoles - a natural rowing lake. This was the venue for the rowing events in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
