The first recorded mention of the town is in 1017, in correspondence from Pope Benedict VIII to the monastery at Banyoles.

[5] The writer Hans Christian Andersen mentioned the town in his 1862 travel book "I Spanien" (In Spain).

[6] In 1972 the town ceased being an independent municipality and was absorbed into Sant Julià de Ramis.

On 4 June 2015 the municipal independence of Medinyà was recognised and it recovered its original territory, which includes the villages of Santa Fe de la Serra, Tomet, Lladrers and Vall-llobera.

[7] In September 2017, the Spanish Constitutional Court declared the creation of the municipality unconstitutional due to insufficient population, as requested by the Spanish Government of Mariano Rajoy.