Banyoles is a city of 20,168 inhabitants 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 the nearby city of Girona. Banyoles was connected to Girona by the 750 mm gauge Palamós–Girona–Banyoles railway, which reached it by 1928. Service on the line continued until 1956.