Ripoll is the capital of the
comarca of
Ripollès[?],
in the province of
Girona,
Catalonia,
Spain,
located at 691 metres above the sea, on the confluence of the river
Ter and its tributary
Freser[?], by the
Pyrenees near the
French border.
Population 10,908 (1996).
It has a famous Benedictine monastery in Romanesque style, founded by the count Wilfred the Hairy[?] in 879.