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

Sports facilities. By types. Conventional facilities. Counties and Aran 2017
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 54 15 45 5 22 0 9 39 4 1 24 4 63 295 81 1 6 2 1 0 10 101 396
Alt Empordà 22 170 98 189 10 121 6 36 301 17 3 90 7 321 1,391 355 16 7 8 6 5 78 475 1,866
Alt Penedès 20 110 44 91 5 41 4 18 67 8 1 69 3 107 588 180 11 7 2 0 0 28 228 816
Alt Urgell 4 26 8 27 0 8 1 9 21 3 0 11 0 46 164 34 1 2 1 2 1 29 70 234
Alta Ribagorça 1 12 5 5 0 4 0 0 22 3 1 2 1 14 70 29 1 3 1 0 0 55 89 159
Anoia 22 121 31 134 13 40 7 31 66 12 1 58 7 103 646 112 8 15 3 4 0 22 164 810
Aran 4 9 5 25 1 4 1 7 17 16 0 4 1 51 145 94 0 5 0 0 1 115 215 360
Bages 27 176 58 207 7 61 6 31 99 19 2 102 5 184 984 179 10 19 11 8 2 26 255 1,239
Baix Camp 23 163 52 198 9 94 2 70 311 24 3 33 14 264 1,260 161 21 12 6 0 7 44 251 1,511
Baix Ebre 15 84 28 77 3 37 1 23 122 10 2 8 3 118 531 49 10 2 4 4 1 11 81 612
Baix Empordà 27 147 56 173 13 251 11 79 565 26 1 104 5 399 1,857 291 16 6 5 9 11 86 424 2,281
Baix Llobregat 78 550 110 707 79 411 33 210 648 94 12 139 38 577 3,686 373 76 27 6 5 7 115 609 4,295
Baix Penedès 12 127 24 105 16 79 1 21 367 14 1 121 4 226 1,118 66 3 5 0 5 3 12 94 1,212
Barcelonès 125 874 138 1,666 60 304 75 207 358 196 13 518 63 953 5,550 454 151 48 9 0 2 50 714 6,264
Berguedà 10 74 26 64 5 23 0 8 67 12 0 48 0 154 491 120 0 15 3 3 1 15 157 648
Cerdanya 8 31 14 32 1 33 1 26 68 11 0 23 1 96 345 65 1 10 3 1 4 172 256 601
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 10 110 18 135 11 69 2 36 306 14 1 50 6 193 961 85 24 7 4 0 2 27 149 1,110
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 13 76 48 67 3 17 0 15 70 4 1 24 9 146 493 174 22 6 0 0 0 17 219 712
Gironès 48 178 56 186 6 60 5 30 81 14 3 108 6 168 949 199 40 13 1 0 2 30 285 1,234
Maresme 56 334 90 432 40 305 12 173 860 65 7 314 20 735 3,443 328 42 30 1 1 6 86 494 3,937
Moianès 4 17 11 15 4 11 3 2 24 2 0 16 0 40 149 42 8 3 0 1 2 7 63 212
Montsià 9 78 20 75 3 31 1 30 104 5 1 2 3 107 469 76 8 3 9 5 0 16 117 586
Noguera 16 58 28 55 5 21 1 12 75 4 0 17 0 96 388 109 1 7 1 5 0 19 142 530
Osona 40 157 79 195 8 77 5 43 113 23 4 40 11 155 950 193 55 19 5 1 3 54 330 1,280
Pallars Jussà 6 22 7 20 1 6 2 2 28 1 0 15 1 38 149 62 0 4 2 0 0 3 71 220
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 37 17 32 7 10 2 5 33 2 0 4 3 42 210 19 4 0 0 1 0 17 41 251
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 29 14 16 1 3 0 2 32 0 0 11 0 34 144 71 0 4 1 0 0 1 77 221
Ribera d'Ebre 7 36 16 27 2 10 1 7 33 3 2 43 4 35 226 48 0 0 5 4 0 4 61 287
Ripollès 11 37 12 46 1 25 1 25 46 10 0 19 0 112 345 114 2 8 0 0 1 49 174 519
Segarra 7 38 11 37 3 7 0 5 24 2 0 13 1 52 200 12 0 1 3 1 1 14 32 232
Segrià 37 210 73 244 13 78 6 82 143 16 4 27 15 189 1,137 149 47 23 18 10 2 51 300 1,437
Selva 35 144 66 181 13 130 5 65 312 44 3 101 7 327 1,433 185 17 12 5 14 6 44 283 1,716
Solsonès 5 23 9 23 5 16 0 4 25 2 0 10 0 36 158 84 3 5 1 0 2 45 140 298
Tarragonès 29 272 62 265 8 115 10 105 563 58 4 136 15 366 2,008 190 23 5 5 5 3 44 275 2,283
Terra Alta 4 17 11 8 4 5 0 2 21 1 0 1 0 34 108 22 1 2 1 1 0 5 32 140
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 87 585 130 878 43 244 34 302 550 83 14 346 62 554 3,912 367 161 40 18 2 6 101 695 4,607
Vallès Oriental 52 321 89 379 27 165 11 119 154 45 6 310 29 260 1,967 291 74 31 16 11 8 95 526 2,493
Catalonia 940 5,703 1,643 7,223 447 2,998 258 1,889 6,956 878 92 3,015 354 7,703 40,099 5,905 876 424 172 117 91 1,753 9,338 49,437
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.
Note: Since 2017, the CEEC (Sports Facilities Census in Catalonia) has included private residential and tourist installations (neighbourhood communities, hotels, campsites, rural houses, etc.).

Last update: January 12, 2018.

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 "..".