Districts of Barcelona

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The city's ten districts. Barcelona districtes.svg
The city's ten districts.

Barcelona , Catalonia, Spain is divided into 10 districts. These are administered by a councillor designated by the main city council, and each of them have some powers relating to issues such as urbanism or infrastructure in their area. The current division of the city into different districts was approved in 1984. [1] In 2009 Barcelona started using a new division of 73 neighbourhoods (the 10 districts are still in use), a division that was done for a better service from the City Council. [1]

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Some of these districts have a previous history as independent municipalities which were integrated into the city of Barcelona during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, such as Sarrià, Les Corts, Sant Andreu de Palomar, Gràcia or Sant Martí de Provençals. However, other municipalities which are contiguous to Barcelona (such as L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Sant Adrià de Besòs or Montcada i Reixac) have remained separate towns to this day, and are part of the much larger metropolitan area of Barcelona.

Districts and neighbourhoods of Barcelona (2021)
Nº.DistrictLocationSize km2 [2] Population [3] Density inhabitants/km2Neighbourhoods [4]
NºNamePopulationSize
(ha)
1 Old City Barcelona districte I.svg 4.11109,67226,684.21 El Raval 48,688110
2 El Gòtic 22,85081.6
3 La Barceloneta 15,125109.5
4 Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera 23,009111
2 Eixample Barcelona districte II.svg 7.46269,34936,105.85 Fort Pienc 33,44592.9
6 Sagrada Família 52,164104.2
7 Dreta de l'Eixample 44,088212
8 L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample 43,046122.8
9 La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample 57,906134.1
10 Sant Antoni 38,70080.4
3 Sants-Montjuïc Barcelona districte III.svg 22.68187,0268,246.311 Poble-sec 40,204458.5
12 la Marina del Prat Vermell 1,3561,403.4
13 la Marina de Port 31,092126.9
14 la Font de la Guatlla 10,23929.7
15 Hostafrancs 16,10241
16 la Bordeta 19,45157.2
17 Sants-Badal 24,90341.5
18 Sants 43,679109.5
4 Les Corts Barcelona districte IV.svg 6.0281,57613,550.819 les Corts 45,943141
20 la Maternitat i Sant Ramon 23,825191.5
21 Pedralbes 11,808268.5
5 Sarrià-Sant Gervasi Barcelona districte V.svg 19.91149,2017,493.822 Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes 4,7601,132.9
23 Sarrià 24,769304.7
24 les Tres Torres 16,35678.8
25 Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova 25,984223.4
26 Sant Gervasi - Galvany 47,346166.9
27 el Putxet i el Farró 29,98684.8
6 Gràcia Barcelona districte VI.svg 4.19123,27629,421.528 Vallcarca i els Penitents 16,325125.1
29 el Coll 7,68835.3
30 la Salut 13,45564.8
31 Vila de Gràcia 50,456132.1
32 Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova 35,35265.1
7 Horta-Guinardó Barcelona districte VII.svg 11.96173,94414,543.833 el Baix Guinardó 25,84256.2
34 Can Baró 9,32038.4
35 el Guinardó 37,325130.9
36 la Font d'en Fargues 9,50565.7
37 el Carmel 32,72494
38 la Teixonera 12,04433.8
39 Sant Genís dels Agudells 7,385168.1
40 Montbau 5,114205.5
41 la Vall d'Hebron 5,93274.5
42 la Clota 69817.8
43 Horta 28,055307
8 Nou Barris Barcelona districte VIII.svg 8.05173,55221,559.344 Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta 25,87556.4
45 Porta 27,79683.7
46 el Turó de la Peira 16,18635.4
47 Can Peguera 2,21511.9
48 la Guineueta 15,26761.2
49 Canyelles 6,81379
50 les Roquetes 16,56364.3
51 Verdum 12,86523.7
52 la Prosperitat 26,86859.1
53 la Trinitat Nova 7,62857.7
54 Torre Baró 2,923174.2
55 Ciutat Meridiana 11,15237.7
56 Vallbona 1,40160.8
9 Sant Andreu Barcelona districte IX.svg 6.59151,53722,99557 la Trinitat Vella 10,51380.8
58 Baró de Viver 2,65323
59 Bon Pastor 13,730186.5
60 Sant Andreu de Palomar 58,225186.7
61 la Sagrera 29,56898.6
62 el Congrés i els Indians 14,54940.9
63 Navas 22,29942.4
10 Sant Martí Barcelona districte X.svg 10.39241,18123,212.864 el Camp de l'Arpa del Clot 38,83874.1
65 el Clot 26,75969.7
66 el Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou 15,914112.2
67 la Vila Olímpica del Poblenou 9,39592.5
68 Poblenou 34,411156.7
69 Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou 13,536120.3
70 el Besòs i el Maresme 26,116118.5
71 Provençals del Poblenou 21,185108.6
72 Sant Martí de Provençals 26,22973.4
73 la Verneda i la Pau 28,798112.7
Nota *: Montjuïc and Zona Franca are not neighbourhoods but are in the district of Sants-Montjuïc.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pla del futur del barri de Verdun" (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona city council. December 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-11.
  2. ↑ Ajuntament de Barcelona (ed.). "Size by district 2018" . Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Ajuntament de Barcelona, ed. (2021). "Population por neighbourhood". Archived from the original (web) on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Ajuntament de Barcelona, ed. (1 January 2020). "Population of Barcelona by years of registration in the census". Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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