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

Sports facilities. By types. Conventional facilities. Counties and areas 2013
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 49 15 31 5 24 0 3 26 4 1 8 1 58 234 35 0 1 2 0 0 3 41 275
Alt Empordà 21 147 83 114 13 124 9 11 195 12 2 59 1 210 1,001 39 4 3 8 8 3 59 124 1,125
Alt Penedès 18 92 42 61 3 43 3 0 41 7 1 36 2 92 441 56 1 6 2 0 1 13 79 520
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 22 121 32 131 13 41 8 17 43 7 1 59 7 83 585 52 7 9 3 4 0 19 94 679
Bages 28 167 59 172 9 74 12 4 74 12 2 97 6 186 902 77 0 11 11 6 3 22 130 1,032
Baix Camp 22 144 45 136 9 87 1 14 176 19 3 15 8 136 815 80 0 3 4 0 6 25 118 933
Baix Ebre 15 84 27 77 2 40 1 17 51 8 2 7 2 51 384 43 10 2 4 4 1 12 76 460
Baix Empordà 23 136 55 125 22 294 17 18 402 16 1 72 1 285 1,467 114 0 9 5 11 9 79 227 1,694
Baix Llobregat 73 554 115 695 79 396 32 151 361 90 11 145 38 488 3,228 81 74 27 4 5 6 111 308 3,536
Baix Penedès 11 104 25 84 18 85 5 11 151 12 1 42 3 43 595 14 0 0 0 4 4 10 32 627
Barcelonès 111 850 135 1,426 62 305 86 142 147 177 12 535 44 814 4,846 43 105 28 9 0 1 99 285 5,131
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 11 104 20 136 10 71 2 30 159 13 1 57 6 86 706 42 24 7 4 0 2 28 107 813
Garrigues 5 32 14 25 4 11 1 0 36 0 1 10 3 41 183 5 1 2 0 3 0 3 14 197
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 5 135 731 37 15 3 0 0 2 22 79 810
Maresme 50 321 85 348 38 284 25 38 479 42 9 451 8 532 2,710 50 5 16 2 1 3 53 130 2,840
Montsià 10 60 21 59 4 28 1 4 46 4 1 0 1 26 265 35 0 0 2 1 0 6 44 309
Noguera 11 52 31 30 6 17 1 0 56 2 0 6 0 43 255 38 1 0 0 2 0 9 50 305
Osona 39 160 77 190 9 76 5 41 101 18 5 32 11 127 891 145 55 19 5 1 3 50 278 1,169
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 34 18 29 6 10 2 5 31 2 0 4 1 29 190 6 4 0 0 1 0 16 27 217
Pla de l'Estany 8 44 13 25 1 13 3 0 25 1 0 3 0 64 200 19 0 1 2 0 1 3 26 226
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 26 0 1 4 3 0 4 38 203
Ripollès 10 35 10 40 1 30 0 0 40 2 0 13 0 90 271 49 0 5 0 0 1 37 92 363
Segarra 7 37 11 36 3 7 0 5 20 2 0 6 1 36 171 9 0 1 3 1 1 13 28 199
Segrià 34 183 69 173 11 73 7 27 97 15 5 34 10 147 885 11 24 8 7 4 2 40 96 981
Selva 37 136 61 157 14 138 4 43 309 24 2 93 7 204 1,229 79 17 11 4 14 7 42 174 1,403
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 25 197 58 194 9 127 7 25 243 49 3 76 4 184 1,201 33 3 3 3 3 1 25 71 1,272
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 84 532 120 681 50 239 33 57 118 87 12 336 38 369 2,756 47 71 15 7 0 6 74 220 2,976
Vallès Oriental 52 288 85 257 31 199 16 15 136 43 6 294 14 193 1,629 46 3 11 8 8 9 71 156 1,785
Catalonia 880 5,233 1,556 5,872 466 3,073 300 697 4,031 720 89 2,690 231 5,369 31,207 1,773 426 238 123 94 80 1,392 4,126 35,333
Metropolità 370 2,545 540 3,407 260 1,423 192 403 1,241 439 50 1,761 142 2,396 15,169 267 258 97 30 14 25 408 1,099 16,268
Comarques Gironines 167 706 317 648 70 669 37 80 1,066 69 8 318 18 1,079 5,236 368 40 33 17 34 22 265 779 6,005
Camp de Tarragona 65 451 141 395 24 250 8 42 508 74 8 114 13 448 2,541 221 3 8 12 4 7 70 325 2,866
Terres de l'Ebre 33 203 76 160 9 85 3 22 146 14 5 20 3 124 903 127 10 3 10 9 1 33 193 1,096
Ponent 77 379 155 322 27 137 17 32 271 24 6 61 15 327 1,866 98 26 13 13 12 5 79 246 2,122
Comarques Centrals 82 420 169 422 30 195 17 47 246 40 7 166 17 440 2,298 311 57 36 19 10 8 118 559 2,857
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 62 421 119 412 44 240 18 58 394 39 4 194 18 304 2,327 164 32 22 9 8 7 70 312 2,639
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: January 17, 2014.

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 "..".