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

Sports facilities. By types. Counties and areas 2008
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 20 25 2 1 25 8 43 212
Alt Empordà 98 130 8 63 18 82 143 12 2 78 111 221 966
Alt Penedès 79 38 4 40 17 48 49 4 1 47 10 99 436
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 80 51 12 32 15 61 45 4 1 43 30 94 468
Bages 130 80 10 47 26 150 70 9 1 196 50 158 927
Baix Camp 122 121 7 35 21 106 121 12 5 17 45 141 753
Baix Ebre 70 35 2 23 10 34 50 4 1 12 27 59 327
Baix Empordà 93 290 17 44 19 93 337 13 1 100 141 293 1,441
Baix Llobregat 452 492 78 86 60 500 320 69 10 842 105 810 3,824
Baix Penedès 51 95 24 21 8 47 89 8 1 55 27 135 561
Barcelonès 713 329 61 133 112 1,300 124 142 17 1,102 148 1,116 5,297
Berguedà 46 21 6 17 8 34 41 9 0 40 33 77 332
Cerdanya 19 37 0 8 4 19 33 6 0 72 165 57 420
Conca de Barberà 27 10 1 11 7 11 22 0 0 4 8 39 140
Garraf 64 89 11 13 7 87 121 9 2 121 51 164 739
Garrigues 32 15 4 16 4 18 35 0 1 10 8 34 177
Garrotxa 53 28 7 36 6 26 29 3 1 25 29 67 310
Gironès 123 56 6 37 33 119 41 11 3 48 28 165 670
Maresme 200 317 38 53 42 225 404 26 8 680 113 660 2,766
Montsià 49 22 5 14 9 40 40 2 1 4 28 40 254
Noguera 49 23 4 22 10 24 44 1 0 12 18 68 275
Osona 94 95 5 59 32 104 78 12 6 116 38 148 787
Pallars Jussà 14 6 1 5 6 14 25 1 1 6 11 19 109
Pallars Sobirà 10 15 3 4 2 8 26 1 0 11 125 35 240
Pla d'Urgell 34 17 2 14 7 20 15 1 0 11 20 55 196
Pla de l'Estany 24 11 6 14 17 18 27 2 0 24 13 40 196
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 17 34 1 0 5 38 54 212
Segarra 29 8 2 8 6 11 16 2 0 10 7 24 123
Segrià 165 75 14 51 28 109 76 8 4 46 34 165 775
Selva 79 159 21 42 26 70 245 17 3 131 87 215 1,095
Solsonès 22 20 6 5 4 12 22 1 0 10 41 33 176
Tarragonès 159 160 19 45 23 117 141 22 5 106 45 251 1,093
Terra Alta 16 8 2 9 4 4 16 0 0 0 10 21 90
Urgell 28 17 2 14 9 30 28 2 0 13 11 49 203
Val d'Aran 7 9 0 3 4 15 13 3 0 5 96 22 177
Vallès Occidental 416 263 54 92 64 566 138 60 15 590 103 507 2,868
Vallès Oriental 219 224 33 62 48 238 145 35 7 516 88 319 1,934
Catalonia 4,001 3,450 484 1,231 741 4,439 3,307 518 101 5,164 2,031 6,606 32,073
Metropolità 2,143 1,752 279 479 350 2,964 1,301 345 60 3,898 618 3,675 17,864
Comarques Gironines 485 701 68 243 130 425 856 59 10 411 447 1,055 4,890
Camp de Tarragona 428 414 56 132 64 304 423 44 12 210 143 647 2,877
Terres de l'Ebre 164 77 10 63 28 99 129 8 4 18 74 152 826
Ponent 337 155 28 125 64 212 214 14 5 102 98 395 1,749
Comarques Centrals 372 267 39 160 85 361 256 35 8 405 192 510 2,690
Alt Pirineu i Aran 72 84 4 29 20 74 128 13 2 120 459 172 1,177
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: November 9, 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 "..".