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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2003
Cases de colònies Albergs de joventut Granges escola Campaments juvenils Total
Alt Camp 78 0 0 50 128
Alt Empordà 732 232 83 0 1,047
Alt Penedès 432 60 0 0 492
Alt Urgell 90 459 0 0 549
Alta Ribagorça 524 0 0 90 614
Anoia 286 0 0 0 286
Bages 741 240 317 0 1,298
Baix Camp 182 0 114 0 296
Baix Ebre 0 141 0 0 141
Baix Empordà 1,621 0 130 25 1,776
Baix Llobregat 228 104 0 0 332
Baix Penedès 293 150 0 0 443
Barcelonès 0 1,093 0 0 1,093
Berguedà 1,470 190 0 160 1,820
Cerdanya 540 170 0 0 710
Conca de Barberà 652 100 0 0 752
Garraf 314 0 128 0 442
Garrigues 0 64 242 0 306
Garrotxa 1,273 76 110 0 1,459
Gironès 465 94 109 0 668
Maresme 656 724 46 0 1,426
Montsià 269 64 0 0 333
Noguera 455 115 0 498 1,068
Osona 1,812 214 102 175 2,303
Pallars Jussà 251 235 0 330 816
Pallars Sobirà 106 446 0 100 652
Pla d'Urgell 49 0 0 0 49
Pla de l'Estany 551 284 392 0 1,227
Priorat 149 0 86 0 235
Ribera d'Ebre 0 56 0 120 176
Ripollès 710 582 0 65 1,357
Segarra 194 0 0 0 194
Segrià 0 130 72 0 202
Selva 1,069 70 228 0 1,367
Solsonès 357 348 334 0 1,039
Tarragonès 534 65 0 0 599
Terra Alta 70 76 0 0 146
Urgell 0 107 0 0 107
Val d'Aran 0 295 0 0 295
Vallès Occidental 217 0 0 0 217
Vallès Oriental 1,189 77 919 0 2,185
Catalunya 18,559 7,061 3,412 1,613 30,645
Metropolità 3,036 2,058 1,093 0 6,187
Comarques Gironines 6,421 1,338 1,052 90 8,901
Camp de Tarragona 1,888 315 200 50 2,453
Terres de l'Ebre 339 337 0 120 796
Ponent 698 416 314 498 1,926
Comarques Centrals 4,666 992 753 335 6,746
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,511 1,605 0 520 3,636
Source: Departament de la Presidència. Secretaria General de Joventut.

Last update: May 28, 2019.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Youth hostel
Facility that permanently or temporarily is used to provide accommodation, as a temporary residence, for short stays or for undertaking an activity, by youths, either individually or collectively, and also under certain conditions, by adult families and groups of infant children.
Nature classes
Summer camp with accommodation that offers sufficient and adapted facilities for didactic work with children dealing with knowledge about nature and the environment. This typology includes such youth facilities called sea schools, sky schools, education centres environmental interpretation centres and others of a similar nature.
Youth camp
Permanent facility, destined to provide camping activities for infant and youth organisations and groups. Is located on appropriately delimitated land, where overnights stays are in tents, has basic equipment.
Summer camp (Casa de colonies)
Facilities that can permanently or temporarily accommodate groups of infants or youth taking part in education activities in their spare, cultural or leisure time.
School farm
Special form of youth camp that offers sufficient and adequate facilities for didactic work with infants or youth focusing on agrarian and livestock techniques.
Youth facilities
Summer camps, youth hostels, school farms, nature classrooms and youth camps which have the required legal permits for Catalonia and which are part of the Catalan Network of Youth Facilities.

Methodological aspects

The data for youth facilities comes from the Catalan Network of Youth Facilities (XCIJ) of the General Youth Directorate, which belongs to the Catalan Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

The XCIJ is made up of all the summer camps, youth hostels, school farms, nature classrooms and youth camps which have the required legal permits for Catalonia.