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

Sports facilities. By types. Conventional facilities. Counties and areas 2011
Conventional facilities Areas of activity
Pavillones Courts Fields Halls Frontons courts Tennis courts Squaix Paddle Pools open air Pools indoor Athletic tracks Petanque courts Other conventional sports Other facilities Total Àrees activitat Circuits bicicleta Rocòdroms Camps de tir Circuits de motor Camps de golf Altres espais singulars Total Total
Alt Camp 9 52 15 30 5 24 0 1 26 4 1 8 1 58 234 35 0 1 2 0 0 3 41 275
Alt Empordà 22 149 84 112 13 124 9 11 194 12 2 65 1 210 1,008 40 3 1 7 8 3 58 120 1,128
Alt Penedès 18 93 42 62 3 43 3 0 42 7 1 36 2 91 443 56 1 6 2 0 1 13 79 522
Alt Urgell 3 27 6 19 0 9 1 0 20 2 0 23 0 37 147 23 0 0 1 2 1 17 44 191
Alta Ribagorça 1 11 6 6 0 3 0 0 17 3 1 1 1 14 64 22 0 4 2 0 0 48 76 140
Anoia 18 111 31 95 10 42 7 7 41 7 1 89 6 72 537 32 2 4 3 5 0 11 57 594
Bages 29 168 59 168 9 74 12 4 74 12 2 97 6 186 900 77 0 11 11 6 3 21 129 1,029
Baix Camp 21 145 45 135 9 86 1 9 176 19 3 13 8 135 805 80 0 2 5 0 6 23 116 921
Baix Ebre 12 88 27 64 4 39 2 3 47 8 1 7 0 60 362 38 4 2 4 3 1 6 58 420
Baix Empordà 23 133 59 129 22 286 17 18 402 16 1 65 1 282 1,454 114 0 8 5 11 9 78 225 1,679
Baix Llobregat 70 528 113 575 84 431 32 57 367 86 10 571 43 577 3,544 78 10 17 2 4 6 100 217 3,761
Baix Penedès 12 101 25 84 18 85 5 10 148 12 1 42 3 43 589 14 0 0 0 4 4 10 32 621
Barcelonès 118 864 140 1,445 61 307 99 71 143 175 12 918 39 915 5,307 49 71 23 12 0 1 110 266 5,573
Berguedà 10 69 23 41 5 18 0 2 48 8 0 30 0 93 347 71 0 4 1 3 0 8 87 434
Cerdanya 6 25 10 24 0 37 4 9 37 4 0 21 1 88 266 52 0 9 3 0 3 141 208 474
Conca de Barberà 7 33 10 27 0 9 0 0 34 2 1 8 0 47 178 30 0 0 3 1 0 10 44 222
Garraf 10 82 20 122 12 76 7 14 157 12 1 83 1 73 670 82 0 3 1 0 2 14 102 772
Garrigues 5 32 15 22 4 11 1 0 35 0 1 10 3 43 182 5 1 2 0 3 0 3 14 196
Garrotxa 14 67 39 42 8 20 2 0 41 3 1 4 4 91 336 44 0 2 0 0 0 9 55 391
Gironès 41 152 51 141 6 53 3 3 52 11 2 74 5 135 729 38 15 3 0 0 2 22 80 809
Maresme 48 322 87 347 39 284 25 34 479 44 9 434 9 549 2,710 47 5 15 2 1 3 50 123 2,833
Montsià 10 57 21 54 4 28 1 4 44 4 1 0 1 27 256 35 0 0 2 1 0 6 44 300
Noguera 11 52 31 30 6 17 1 0 56 2 0 6 0 44 256 38 1 0 0 2 0 9 50 306
Osona 34 144 79 139 10 79 3 2 93 16 5 55 9 171 839 107 3 11 5 1 5 34 166 1,005
Pallars Jussà 7 18 6 16 1 5 2 0 23 0 0 6 2 33 119 31 0 3 2 1 0 3 40 159
Pallars Sobirà 3 18 7 20 1 15 0 1 44 2 0 4 0 44 159 53 0 6 5 0 0 58 122 281
Pla d'Urgell 18 36 14 22 7 11 2 0 32 2 0 1 1 25 171 19 0 1 2 0 1 11 34 190
Pla de l'Estany 8 43 13 25 1 13 3 0 25 1 0 3 0 65 200 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 11 226
Priorat 2 28 13 7 1 3 0 0 29 0 0 7 0 23 113 43 0 1 0 0 0 7 51 164
Ribera d'Ebre 5 38 17 17 1 11 1 1 30 2 2 13 0 27 165 24 0 1 4 3 0 1 33 198
Ripollès 10 35 12 40 1 30 0 0 40 2 0 13 0 90 273 49 0 4 0 0 1 37 91 364
Segarra 6 36 12 31 3 7 1 0 25 2 0 10 0 22 155 9 0 0 2 2 1 11 25 180
Segrià 33 182 70 172 11 72 7 25 92 15 5 34 10 145 873 11 24 8 7 4 2 40 96 969
Selva 33 113 57 122 15 139 1 5 308 21 2 152 5 194 1,167 43 3 6 5 10 7 34 108 1,275
Solsonès 5 23 10 20 7 27 0 0 23 2 0 7 0 34 158 18 2 2 2 0 2 38 64 222
Tarragonès 25 201 52 193 8 133 7 21 245 46 3 76 5 185 1,200 33 3 3 3 3 1 24 70 1,270
Terra Alta 3 21 11 6 2 6 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 20 88 23 0 0 0 1 0 11 35 123
Urgell 12 31 17 33 2 16 5 0 31 3 0 1 0 31 182 16 0 1 1 2 1 11 32 214
Val d'Aran 4 9 3 21 0 5 1 3 18 10 0 1 1 34 110 36 0 4 0 0 1 82 123 233
Vallès Occidental 83 534 120 678 51 239 33 52 121 83 12 336 37 370 2,749 47 71 14 7 0 6 74 219 2,968
Vallès Oriental 52 281 85 259 31 197 16 15 138 43 6 306 14 194 1,637 52 0 11 8 7 9 68 155 1,792
Catalonia 861 5,152 1,557 5,595 475 3,114 314 382 4,016 703 87 3,630 219 5,577 31,682 1,719 219 193 121 91 82 1,317 3,742 35,424
Metropolità 371 2,529 545 3,304 266 1,458 205 229 1,248 431 49 2,565 142 2,605 15,947 273 157 80 31 12 25 402 980 16,927
Comarques Gironines 151 692 315 611 66 665 35 37 1,062 66 8 376 16 1,067 5,167 333 21 24 17 32 22 241 690 5,872
Camp de Tarragona 64 459 135 392 23 255 8 31 510 71 8 112 14 448 2,530 221 3 7 13 4 7 67 322 2,852
Terres de l'Ebre 30 204 76 141 11 84 4 8 140 14 4 20 1 134 871 120 4 3 10 8 1 24 170 1,041
Ponent 85 369 159 310 33 134 17 25 271 24 6 62 14 310 1,819 98 26 12 12 13 5 85 251 2,055
Comarques Centrals 78 404 171 368 31 198 15 8 238 38 7 189 15 484 2,244 273 5 28 19 10 10 101 446 2,690
Alt Pirineu i Aran 24 108 38 106 2 74 8 13 159 21 1 56 5 250 865 217 0 26 13 3 5 349 613 1,478
Penedès 58 387 118 363 43 246 22 31 388 38 4 250 12 279 2,239 184 3 13 6 9 7 48 270 2,509
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: January 25, 2013.

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 "..".