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

Sports facilities. By types. Conventional facilities. Counties and areas 2012
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 59 235 35 0 1 2 0 0 3 41 276
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 92 42 62 3 43 3 0 41 7 1 36 2 92 442 57 1 6 2 0 1 13 80 522
Alt Urgell 3 27 6 19 0 9 1 0 20 2 0 23 0 38 148 23 0 0 1 2 1 17 44 192
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 29 167 59 169 9 74 12 4 74 12 2 97 6 186 900 77 0 11 11 6 3 22 130 1,030
Baix Camp 21 146 45 135 9 86 1 9 176 19 3 15 8 136 809 80 0 3 5 0 6 24 118 927
Baix Ebre 12 89 27 66 4 39 2 5 50 8 1 7 0 64 374 39 4 2 4 3 1 6 59 433
Baix Empordà 23 137 58 131 22 294 17 18 402 16 1 72 1 286 1,478 114 0 8 5 11 9 79 226 1,704
Baix Llobregat 70 530 113 575 84 431 31 57 366 86 10 566 43 578 3,540 81 10 17 2 4 6 101 221 3,761
Baix Penedès 11 103 25 84 18 85 5 11 149 12 1 42 3 43 592 14 0 0 0 4 4 10 32 624
Barcelonès 118 867 139 1,446 61 307 99 77 143 175 12 918 39 907 5,308 49 71 23 12 0 1 106 262 5,570
Berguedà 10 70 23 40 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 14 25 4 11 1 0 36 0 1 10 3 44 186 5 1 2 0 3 0 3 14 200
Garrotxa 14 68 39 42 8 20 2 0 41 3 1 4 4 91 337 44 0 2 0 0 0 10 56 393
Gironès 43 150 51 141 6 53 3 3 54 11 2 74 5 136 732 38 15 3 0 0 2 22 80 812
Maresme 50 323 86 349 39 284 25 38 480 44 9 450 9 535 2,721 50 5 16 2 1 3 53 130 2,851
Montsià 10 58 21 58 4 28 1 4 47 4 1 0 1 27 264 35 0 0 2 1 0 6 44 308
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 34 149 79 144 10 80 3 2 93 16 5 59 9 172 855 107 3 12 6 1 6 36 171 1,026
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 19 36 14 22 7 11 2 0 32 2 0 1 1 24 171 5 0 0 0 3 0 11 19 190
Pla de l'Estany 8 44 13 25 1 13 3 0 25 1 0 3 0 65 201 19 0 1 2 0 1 3 26 227
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 39 17 17 2 11 1 1 30 2 2 13 2 27 169 24 0 1 4 5 0 2 36 205
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 34 183 69 173 11 72 7 25 97 15 5 34 10 148 883 11 24 8 7 4 2 40 96 979
Selva 34 113 57 126 15 140 1 7 308 22 2 154 5 194 1,178 43 4 6 5 11 7 34 110 1,288
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 26 197 52 192 8 133 7 21 244 47 3 76 4 185 1,195 33 3 3 3 3 1 25 71 1,266
Terra Alta 3 21 11 7 2 6 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 20 89 23 0 0 0 1 0 11 35 124
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 4 21 0 5 1 3 18 10 0 1 1 34 111 36 0 4 0 0 1 82 123 234
Vallès Occidental 84 534 120 682 51 240 33 54 119 87 12 336 38 370 2,760 47 71 15 7 0 6 74 220 2,980
Vallès Oriental 52 289 85 260 31 199 16 15 138 43 6 306 14 194 1,648 52 0 11 8 7 9 70 157 1,805
Catalonia 869 5,177 1,553 5,624 476 3,127 313 399 4,027 709 87 3,656 221 5,573 31,811 1,727 220 197 122 94 83 1,327 3,770 35,581
Metropolità 374 2,543 543 3,312 266 1,461 204 241 1,246 435 49 2,576 143 2,584 15,977 279 157 82 31 12 25 404 990 16,967
Comarques Gironines 154 696 314 617 66 674 35 39 1,064 67 8 385 16 1,072 5,207 347 22 25 19 30 23 243 709 5,916
Camp de Tarragona 65 456 135 391 23 255 8 31 509 72 8 114 13 450 2,530 221 3 8 13 4 7 69 325 2,855
Terres de l'Ebre 30 207 76 148 12 84 4 10 146 14 4 20 3 138 896 121 4 3 10 10 1 25 174 1,070
Ponent 87 370 157 314 33 134 17 25 277 24 6 62 14 313 1,833 84 26 11 10 16 4 85 236 2,069
Comarques Centrals 78 409 171 373 31 199 15 8 238 38 7 193 15 485 2,260 273 5 29 20 10 11 104 452 2,712
Alt Pirineu i Aran 24 108 39 106 2 74 8 13 159 21 1 56 5 251 867 217 0 26 13 3 5 349 613 1,480
Penedès 57 388 118 363 43 246 22 32 388 38 4 250 12 280 2,241 185 3 13 6 9 7 48 271 2,512
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

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 "..".