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

Sports facilities. By types. Conventional facilities. Counties and Aran 2016
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 28 4 1 24 4 51 274 82 1 6 2 1 0 10 102 376
Alt Empordà 22 170 94 174 13 125 6 28 204 16 3 86 7 261 1,209 336 16 7 8 5 4 77 453 1,662
Alt Penedès 20 110 44 91 3 40 4 18 42 8 1 69 3 86 539 197 11 7 2 0 0 27 244 783
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 31 132 13 41 8 19 45 7 1 55 7 83 584 99 6 9 3 4 0 20 141 725
Aran 4 7 4 24 1 4 1 4 20 10 0 3 1 34 117 73 0 5 0 0 1 115 194 311
Bages 27 176 57 207 7 61 6 30 66 15 2 102 5 163 924 171 10 19 11 8 2 26 247 1,171
Baix Camp 23 160 47 189 9 89 1 54 168 21 3 29 14 137 944 159 21 12 6 0 9 41 248 1,192
Baix Ebre 15 84 27 75 2 40 1 17 51 8 2 7 3 54 386 46 10 2 4 4 1 11 78 464
Baix Empordà 27 142 57 158 12 279 13 62 403 20 1 110 5 290 1,579 248 16 8 6 9 9 93 389 1,968
Baix Llobregat 79 541 110 701 79 394 32 154 360 91 12 145 38 491 3,227 323 76 27 5 5 6 112 554 3,781
Baix Penedès 12 125 24 104 17 76 1 17 148 13 1 116 4 67 725 62 3 5 0 5 3 12 90 815
Barcelonès 124 879 139 1,608 63 303 79 177 140 186 13 554 60 758 5,083 388 151 45 9 0 2 68 663 5,746
Berguedà 10 70 24 62 5 19 0 5 44 9 0 50 0 106 404 111 0 13 3 3 0 15 145 549
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 8 43 12 33 1 8 0 3 36 1 0 12 0 61 218 74 0 3 3 1 0 4 85 303
Garraf 10 107 19 138 10 70 2 33 158 14 1 50 6 88 706 80 24 7 4 0 2 27 144 850
Garrigues 4 36 12 26 6 10 0 7 40 0 0 7 4 38 190 42 0 1 0 2 0 3 48 238
Garrotxa 14 67 39 43 8 20 2 0 41 3 1 4 4 91 337 44 0 3 0 0 0 10 57 394
Gironès 48 178 55 184 5 60 5 29 55 13 3 108 6 146 895 195 40 12 1 0 2 30 280 1,175
Maresme 56 323 88 416 40 292 12 162 682 61 7 321 20 608 3,088 316 41 30 1 1 6 87 482 3,570
Moianès 4 16 10 14 4 11 3 2 19 0 0 16 0 31 130 40 8 2 0 1 2 7 60 190
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 13 50 31 30 7 19 1 0 56 2 0 6 0 44 259 38 1 0 0 2 0 9 50 309
Osona 39 156 76 192 9 76 5 43 98 18 4 40 11 130 897 191 55 19 5 1 3 53 327 1,224
Pallars Jussà 6 23 7 20 1 6 2 2 28 1 0 15 1 38 150 62 0 4 2 0 0 3 71 221
Pallars Sobirà 3 18 9 17 2 11 0 6 49 3 0 7 0 65 190 171 1 6 6 0 0 114 298 488
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 10 54 14 43 1 16 3 13 51 3 1 28 2 88 327 85 10 2 2 0 1 17 117 444
Priorat 2 28 14 16 1 3 0 2 27 0 0 8 0 29 130 71 0 3 1 0 0 1 76 206
Ribera d'Ebre 7 36 16 26 2 10 1 6 29 2 2 43 4 28 212 47 0 0 5 4 0 4 60 272
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 37 3 7 0 5 20 2 0 13 1 36 178 12 0 1 3 1 1 13 31 209
Segrià 34 182 67 174 11 73 7 27 97 15 5 34 11 147 884 13 24 8 7 4 2 39 97 981
Selva 35 134 62 161 14 137 4 47 309 24 3 97 6 206 1,239 169 17 11 4 14 7 43 265 1,504
Solsonès 5 23 9 23 5 16 0 4 25 2 0 10 0 36 158 81 3 5 1 0 2 45 137 295
Tarragonès 27 265 63 252 8 119 10 80 248 48 4 124 15 195 1,458 149 23 5 5 5 3 44 234 1,692
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 13 45 17 43 2 15 5 9 45 4 0 0 0 56 254 70 7 0 1 4 1 18 101 355
Vallès Occidental 85 568 127 817 45 235 38 232 108 85 12 379 54 387 3,172 241 144 36 15 0 6 90 532 3,704
Vallès Oriental 52 322 90 376 29 179 11 117 134 44 6 314 29 247 1,950 286 74 31 16 11 8 96 522 2,472
Catalonia 931 5,566 1,605 6,849 460 3,002 269 1,471 4,285 772 91 3,043 331 5,682 34,357 5,089 803 378 149 101 88 1,716 8,324 42,681
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: January 10, 2017.

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 "..".