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

Sports facilities. By types. Counties and areas 2006
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 43 26 5 10 4 19 25 2 1 25 7 43 210
Alt Empordà 97 130 8 61 15 78 143 12 2 78 111 222 957
Alt Penedès 78 38 4 40 17 48 49 3 1 47 9 100 434
Alt Urgell 17 12 0 6 3 15 20 1 0 22 27 29 152
Alta Ribagorça 5 5 0 3 1 3 11 1 1 4 35 10 79
Anoia 77 51 12 31 15 58 45 4 1 43 30 94 461
Bages 130 80 10 44 26 144 71 8 1 196 50 158 918
Baix Camp 118 121 7 35 21 102 121 9 5 17 45 141 742
Baix Ebre 69 35 2 23 8 29 50 3 1 12 27 59 318
Baix Empordà 92 287 17 44 19 91 337 13 1 96 141 293 1,431
Baix Llobregat 451 492 78 86 60 492 319 66 10 842 105 811 3,812
Baix Penedès 51 95 24 20 8 46 89 6 1 55 27 136 558
Barcelonès 703 329 61 131 104 1,282 125 135 17 1,102 145 1,112 5,246
Berguedà 46 21 6 17 8 33 41 8 0 42 33 76 331
Cerdanya 18 37 0 8 4 19 33 5 0 72 165 57 418
Conca de Barberà 27 10 1 11 7 10 22 0 0 4 8 39 139
Garraf 64 89 11 13 7 83 121 7 2 121 51 164 733
Garrigues 32 15 4 16 4 18 35 0 1 10 8 34 177
Garrotxa 52 28 7 36 6 26 29 3 1 25 29 68 310
Gironès 121 56 6 37 32 116 39 11 3 48 28 167 664
Maresme 200 317 38 52 40 216 404 23 8 680 114 657 2,749
Montsià 50 22 5 14 7 36 40 2 1 4 28 40 249
Noguera 47 23 4 22 9 22 44 1 0 12 18 68 270
Osona 95 95 5 58 32 101 78 6 5 116 38 148 777
Pallars Jussà 14 6 1 5 6 14 25 1 1 6 10 19 108
Pallars Sobirà 10 15 3 4 2 8 26 1 0 11 125 35 240
Pla d'Urgell 22 12 6 14 17 18 27 2 0 24 13 40 195
Pla de l'Estany 32 17 2 14 6 19 15 1 0 11 19 54 190
Priorat 26 2 0 10 1 3 25 0 0 3 10 38 118
Ribera d'Ebre 29 12 1 17 5 21 23 2 2 2 9 32 155
Ripollès 15 27 3 7 11 16 33 1 0 5 38 52 208
Segarra 29 8 2 8 6 10 16 2 0 10 7 24 122
Segrià 160 75 14 51 27 102 75 8 4 46 34 166 762
Selva 79 159 21 39 22 68 245 17 3 131 86 216 1,086
Solsonès 21 20 7 5 5 11 22 1 0 10 41 33 176
Tarragonès 159 160 19 45 20 108 141 18 5 102 45 249 1,071
Terra Alta 16 8 2 9 4 4 16 0 0 0 10 21 90
Urgell 28 17 2 14 9 29 28 2 0 13 11 50 203
Val d'Aran 7 9 0 3 4 15 13 3 0 5 96 22 177
Vallès Occidental 402 263 54 90 62 546 136 60 15 590 101 513 2,832
Vallès Oriental 208 224 33 59 46 223 146 31 7 514 87 315 1,893
Catalonia 3,940 3,448 485 1,212 710 4,302 3,303 479 100 5,156 2,021 6,605 31,761
Metropolità 2,106 1,752 279 471 336 2,890 1,300 325 60 3,896 612 3,672 17,699
Comarques Gironines 488 704 64 238 111 414 841 58 10 394 452 1,072 4,846
Camp de Tarragona 424 414 56 131 61 288 423 35 12 206 142 646 2,838
Terres de l'Ebre 164 77 10 63 24 90 129 7 4 18 74 152 812
Ponent 318 150 32 125 72 199 225 15 5 115 91 382 1,729
Comarques Centrals 369 267 40 155 86 347 257 27 7 407 192 509 2,663
Alt Pirineu i Aran 71 84 4 29 20 74 128 12 2 120 458 172 1,174
Source: 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 "..".