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

Sports facilities. By types. Conventional facilities. Counties and areas 2014
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 10 55 15 46 5 22 0 9 27 4 1 24 4 51 273 82 1 6 2 1 0 10 102 375
Alt Empordà 21 146 82 114 12 124 9 11 196 13 2 59 1 209 999 44 4 3 8 8 3 59 129 1,128
Alt Penedès 19 92 42 61 3 43 3 6 41 7 1 36 2 93 449 57 1 6 2 0 1 13 80 529
Alt Urgell 4 26 7 25 0 8 1 9 20 2 0 10 0 40 152 32 1 2 1 2 1 28 67 219
Alta Ribagorça 1 11 5 5 0 4 0 0 18 3 1 2 1 15 66 25 1 3 1 0 0 55 85 151
Anoia 22 120 31 131 13 41 8 17 43 7 1 56 7 82 579 97 7 9 3 4 0 19 139 718
Bages 28 167 59 172 9 74 12 4 76 12 2 102 6 187 910 77 0 11 12 6 3 22 131 1,041
Baix Camp 23 160 47 188 9 90 1 51 168 21 3 29 14 137 941 145 21 12 6 0 9 41 234 1,175
Baix Ebre 15 84 27 75 2 40 1 17 51 8 2 7 3 52 384 44 10 2 4 4 1 11 76 460
Baix Empordà 23 135 56 129 22 294 17 21 402 18 1 72 1 285 1,476 114 0 9 5 11 9 79 227 1,703
Baix Llobregat 75 543 110 694 79 396 32 151 360 90 11 145 38 489 3,213 322 76 27 4 5 6 113 553 3,766
Baix Penedès 12 125 24 101 17 76 1 17 148 13 1 118 4 67 724 62 4 5 0 5 3 12 91 815
Barcelonès 119 881 135 1,551 62 304 83 162 146 183 13 692 57 749 5,137 320 119 40 9 0 1 59 548 5,685
Berguedà 10 70 28 67 5 19 0 3 44 9 0 50 0 106 426 111 0 13 3 3 0 15 145 551
Cerdanya 8 32 12 29 1 35 1 16 38 5 0 23 1 83 284 75 1 9 3 1 3 171 263 547
Conca de Barberà 7 33 9 27 0 9 0 0 34 2 1 8 0 48 178 30 0 0 3 1 0 10 44 222
Garraf 10 105 19 135 10 71 2 33 158 14 1 48 6 88 700 79 24 7 4 0 2 27 143 843
Garrigues 5 32 14 26 4 11 1 0 37 0 1 10 3 42 186 5 1 2 0 3 0 3 14 200
Garrotxa 14 67 39 42 8 20 2 0 41 3 1 4 4 91 336 44 0 2 0 0 0 10 56 392
Gironès 48 178 55 184 5 59 5 29 55 13 3 108 6 145 893 195 40 12 1 0 2 30 280 1,173
Maresme 51 319 81 349 38 284 25 35 479 43 8 447 9 525 2,693 51 5 13 2 1 3 52 127 2,820
Montsià 10 60 21 62 4 27 1 4 45 5 1 0 1 28 269 35 0 0 2 1 0 7 45 314
Noguera 12 50 31 30 7 19 1 0 56 2 0 6 0 44 258 38 1 0 0 2 0 9 50 308
Osona 39 157 77 192 9 76 5 41 101 18 4 42 11 130 902 192 55 19 5 1 3 53 328 1,230
Pallars Jussà 7 18 6 16 1 5 2 0 24 0 0 6 2 33 120 30 0 3 2 1 0 3 39 159
Pallars Sobirà 3 18 7 20 1 15 0 1 44 2 0 4 0 44 159 54 0 6 5 0 0 59 124 283
Pla d'Urgell 16 36 17 31 7 10 2 5 31 2 0 4 3 34 198 19 4 0 0 1 0 17 41 239
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 24 0 1 4 3 0 1 33 198
Ripollès 11 35 11 37 1 27 1 12 40 2 0 17 0 82 276 109 2 8 0 0 1 49 169 445
Segarra 7 36 11 36 3 7 0 5 20 2 0 13 1 36 177 12 0 1 3 1 1 13 31 208
Segrià 34 183 69 173 11 73 7 27 97 15 5 34 11 147 886 12 24 8 7 4 2 39 96 982
Selva 37 136 60 160 14 137 4 43 309 24 3 96 6 206 1,235 162 17 11 4 14 7 42 257 1,492
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 26 265 63 241 8 119 10 63 246 46 4 124 15 194 1,424 149 23 5 5 5 3 44 234 1,658
Terra Alta 4 17 11 8 4 5 0 2 19 0 0 1 0 24 95 22 1 2 1 1 0 5 32 127
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 83 535 119 680 50 235 33 57 117 88 13 336 38 369 2,753 48 71 15 7 0 6 74 221 2,974
Vallès Oriental 53 330 92 379 31 182 12 113 141 44 6 320 29 260 1,992 299 80 32 16 11 9 98 545 2,537
Catalonia 903 5,430 1,566 6,339 467 3,036 292 968 4,028 738 92 3,085 285 5,428 32,671 3,348 596 313 139 102 84 1,493 6,075 38,727
Metropolità 381 2,608 537 3,653 260 1,401 185 518 1,243 448 51 1,940 171 2,392 15,788 1,040 351 127 38 17 25 396 1,994 17,782
Comarques Gironines 170 733 320 697 69 671 40 121 1,074 75 10 360 21 1,052 5,413 687 67 45 18 34 22 286 1,159 6,559
Camp de Tarragona 68 541 147 509 23 243 11 123 504 73 9 192 33 453 2,929 449 45 24 16 7 12 112 665 3,594
Terres de l'Ebre 34 199 76 162 11 83 3 24 145 15 5 21 4 131 913 125 11 5 11 9 1 24 186 1,099
Ponent 78 376 155 323 28 139 17 32 266 23 6 67 15 364 1,889 102 26 13 13 12 5 78 249 2,151
Comarques Centrals 82 417 174 451 30 196 17 48 244 41 6 201 17 457 2,396 398 57 45 22 10 8 128 668 3,064
Alt Pirineu i Aran 27 114 41 116 3 72 5 29 162 22 1 46 5 249 892 252 3 27 12 4 5 398 701 1,593
Penedès 63 442 116 428 43 231 14 73 390 41 4 258 19 330 2,452 295 36 27 9 9 6 71 453 2,905
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: March 9, 2015.

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 "..".