[1] During his term of office as mayor of Girona, he launched the reform of the Barri Vell (1982), together with the promotion of the Call Jueu, the ancient Jewish neighbourhood.

The plan included a railway cross axis to link central Catalonia with the Lleida and Girona areas.

In November 2006, the newly elected President of the Generalitat, José Montilla, reappointed him Councillor of Territorial Policy and Public Works.

Nadal did not run in the 2012 Catalan parliamentary election, announcing he planned to return to his teaching duties at the University of Girona.

This collection,  with those from Jaume Vicens Vives, Pierre Vilar, Joan Reglà, Jordi Nadal, Ramon Garrabou i Lluís Maria de Puig, confer the UdG a great significance as a center for historical research in Catalonia.