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Sports facilities. By type. Counties and Aran, and areas

Sports facilities. By types. Counties and areas 2003
Multisport courts (2) Tennis courts Fronton courts Field (3) Pavillones (4) Halls (5) Open air pools (6) Indoor pools (6) Athletics tracks Other conventional sports (7) Special facilities (8) Other facilities (9) Total
Alt Camp 40 27 5 10 5 17 21 2 1 25 8 41 202
Alt Empordà 88 130 8 60 13 71 143 10 2 71 105 225 926
Alt Penedès 76 38 4 38 13 49 47 3 1 47 10 101 427
Alt Urgell 17 12 0 6 3 15 20 1 0 22 27 29 152
Alta Ribagorça 5 5 0 2 1 3 13 1 1 4 35 10 80
Anoia 77 51 12 31 15 58 44 4 1 43 27 95 458
Bages 126 78 10 41 24 139 71 8 1 201 46 157 902
Baix Camp 114 121 7 34 19 94 121 9 5 17 41 140 722
Baix Ebre 69 33 2 23 7 27 50 3 1 12 23 58 308
Baix Empordà 92 285 17 43 18 90 337 13 1 96 129 300 1,421
Baix Llobregat 451 473 78 75 57 476 322 61 10 835 103 826 3,767
Baix Penedès 48 98 24 18 8 41 89 4 1 56 27 140 554
Barcelonès 692 329 61 125 102 1,234 122 128 18 1,103 140 1,113 5,167
Berguedà 46 21 6 15 8 29 38 9 0 39 33 76 320
Cerdanya 17 37 0 8 4 19 33 5 0 72 167 57 419
Conca de Barberà 27 10 1 11 5 10 22 0 0 4 7 39 136
Garraf 63 89 11 14 7 76 121 5 2 117 50 166 721
Garrigues 32 15 4 16 3 17 34 0 1 10 8 34 174
Garrotxa 53 27 7 34 5 26 29 3 1 25 29 69 308
Gironès 117 55 6 34 31 116 39 11 3 51 23 168 654
Maresme 191 324 38 56 37 196 404 21 9 679 111 667 2,733
Montsià 49 22 5 14 6 34 40 2 1 3 28 40 244
Noguera 47 23 4 22 8 22 44 1 0 12 17 71 271
Osona 95 97 6 56 28 99 77 4 6 116 36 149 769
Pallars Jussà 14 6 1 5 5 12 25 1 1 6 10 19 105
Pallars Sobirà 11 15 3 4 2 8 26 1 0 11 125 34 240
Pla d'Urgell 29 16 2 14 6 18 15 1 0 11 16 54 182
Pla de l'Estany 22 11 6 14 16 18 26 2 0 24 14 39 192
Priorat 23 3 1 9 1 1 25 0 0 3 10 39 115
Ribera d'Ebre 27 12 1 17 5 17 24 0 2 2 7 32 146
Ripollès 15 25 3 7 10 16 33 1 0 5 37 52 204
Segarra 27 8 2 8 4 10 17 2 0 10 7 24 119
Segrià 159 75 14 50 24 97 74 8 5 50 29 163 748
Selva 75 159 21 38 22 58 245 15 2 120 81 214 1,050
Solsonès 22 20 7 5 4 11 22 0 0 10 41 33 175
Tarragonès 150 160 19 43 18 101 139 15 5 100 43 252 1,045
Terra Alta 15 8 2 9 4 3 16 0 0 0 11 23 91
Urgell 28 17 2 14 9 28 28 2 0 13 10 49 200
Val d'Aran 7 9 0 3 3 12 13 3 0 5 91 21 167
Vallès Occidental 398 259 54 89 62 510 132 53 15 558 96 507 2,733
Vallès Oriental 199 223 34 62 47 206 146 26 7 513 87 327 1,877
Catalonia 3,853 3,426 488 1,177 669 4,084 3,287 438 103 5,101 1,945 6,653 31,224
Metropolità 2,070 1,735 280 459 325 2,747 1,294 297 62 3,852 597 3,707 17,425
Comarques Gironines 462 692 68 230 115 395 852 55 9 392 418 1,067 4,755
Camp de Tarragona 402 419 57 125 56 264 417 30 12 205 136 651 2,774
Terres de l'Ebre 160 75 10 63 22 81 130 5 4 17 69 153 789
Ponent 322 154 28 124 54 192 212 14 6 106 87 395 1,694
Comarques Centrals 366 267 41 148 79 336 252 25 8 409 183 510 2,624
Alt Pirineu i Aran 71 84 4 28 18 69 130 12 2 120 455 170 1,163
Source: Departament de Cultura. Consell Català de l'Esport.
Notes:
A 31 de desembre.
(2) Pistes poliesportives a l'aire lliure (>400 m²).
(3) Camps de futbol, rugbi, hoquei i beisbol (>4.000 m²).
(4) Pistes poliesportives en pavellons (>400 m²).
(5) Espais esportius en sales (>50 m²).
(6) Includes sports and leisure pools.
(7) Includes bowls, squash, paddle, cycling tracks, etc.
(8) Includes circuits, firing ranges, ski slopes, golf courses, etc.
(9) Other small and non-regulatory facilities.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Sports space
Type of sports facility. According to their basic characteristics, these are classified into three main categories: 1) conventional, spaces constructed for the practice of the most traditional sports; 2) singular, spaces constructed for the practice of sports (though possibly regulated) whose size and characteristics are adapted to each use; 3) activity areas, not strictly sporting spaces, such as natural infrastructures or spaces, where physical and sporting activities can be practiced.
Sports facility
Construction made especially for or adapted for sports and physical activity, which must be available for collective use (not exclusively for family use), and may be public or private. Excluded are spaces belonging to any hospital or care centre, and spaces of a well-defined non-sporting nature.

Methodological aspects

Data published on sports equipment and participation provided by the Catalan Sports Council.

The Catalan Sports Council has managed the Census of Sports Facilities in Catalonia (CEEC). This census provides updated information on sports facility data on December 31.

In consideration of the characteristics of sports facilties, data is offered on the following types of sports facility and by types from 2000 to 2018:

Conventional facilities

  • pavilions (indoor multisport courts >400 m2)
  • multisport courts (multisport courts and other courts >400 m2)
  • multisport fields (multisport fields, specialised and oher sport fields >2000 m2; since 2013, >1500m2)
  • sports halls (sports, specialised and other halls >50 m2)
  • fronton courts
  • tennis courts
  • squash
  • paddle
  • open air pools (open air swimming pool basins >50 m2)
  • indoor pools (indoor swimming pool basins >50 m2)
  • athletic tracks (athletic tracks of a minimum length of 200 m)
  • petanque courts
  • other spaces (velodromes, skate parks and other convetional athletic and arenas, and other small and non-regulatory spaces)

Areas of activity and singular spaces:

  • bicycle parks
  • artificial climbing walls
  • archery ranges
  • motor racing tracks
  • golf and pitch and putt courses
  • sports activity centres with refuges, footpaths, cross-country biking, marinas, etc.
  • other singular spaces (skiing, equestrian, minigolf, skateboarding, etc.)

Since 2017, the CEEC (Sports Facilities Census in Catalonia) has included private residential and tourist installations (neighbourhood communities, hotels, campsites, rural houses, etc.). In parallel to the increase in the number of outdoor pools, many tennis courts and, to a lesser extent, sports courts were added to the CEEC in 2017. The above are the three chief kinds of sports facilities located within residential and tourist installations.

In 2019 the Catalan Sports Council changed the classification of facilities as a result of the updating of the methodological base of the CEEC (Census of Catalan Sports Facilities):

Sports facilities:

  • Multi-purpose pitches: multi-purpose pitches and athletics facilities.
  • Pools: outdoor and indoor pools.
  • Multi-purpose tracks: outdoors tracks and sports halls.
  • Specialised courts: tennis and paddle courts.
  • Other conventional facilities: halls, squash, fronton and pétanque courts, other conventional facilities not included in the previous categories.
  • Unique facilities: horse riding, golf, racetracks and motor racing facilities, climbing walls and other unique spaces not included in the previous categories.

Areas of sporting activity:

  • Urban area: areas of activity in urban environment.
  • Natural area: areas of activity in natural environment.
  • Itineraries: walking and running itineraries.
  • Bicycle circuits: itineraries and lanes for bicycles.

The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".