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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2008
Summer camps Youth hostels School farms Nature classes Youth camps Total
Alt Camp 24 39 0 0 120 183
Alt Empordà 778 280 143 0 260 1,461
Alt Penedès 376 60 0 0 0 436
Alt Urgell 90 459 0 0 0 549
Alta Ribagorça 500 0 0 0 90 590
Anoia 251 0 0 0 0 251
Bages 1,114 240 0 0 0 1,354
Baix Camp 182 22 54 60 0 318
Baix Ebre 0 222 0 0 0 222
Baix Empordà 1,497 0 202 0 25 1,724
Baix Llobregat 138 448 0 0 0 586
Baix Penedès 293 290 0 0 0 583
Barcelonès 0 2,228 0 0 0 2,228
Berguedà 1,025 190 0 0 160 1,375
Cerdanya 394 1,137 0 0 0 1,531
Conca de Barberà 640 196 0 0 0 836
Garraf 314 100 80 48 0 542
Garrigues 63 0 340 0 0 403
Garrotxa 1,249 291 132 0 0 1,672
Gironès 515 94 0 0 0 609
Maresme 502 797 0 46 0 1,345
Montsià 606 86 0 0 0 692
Noguera 455 115 0 0 498 1,068
Osona 1,730 168 0 50 1,134 3,082
Pallars Jussà 191 364 0 60 80 695
Pallars Sobirà 156 422 0 0 100 678
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 124 0 124
Pla de l'Estany 802 284 0 0 0 1,086
Priorat 59 0 0 0 0 59
Ribera d'Ebre 82 124 0 0 120 326
Ripollès 611 735 0 0 65 1,411
Segarra 195 0 0 0 0 195
Segrià 0 241 72 38 0 351
Selva 1,239 70 0 228 0 1,537
Solsonès 281 445 334 0 26 1,086
Tarragonès 374 174 0 0 0 548
Terra Alta 70 76 0 0 0 146
Urgell 80 212 0 0 0 292
Val d'Aran 0 295 0 0 0 295
Vallès Occidental 217 0 0 0 0 217
Vallès Oriental 1,231 77 780 110 0 2,198
Catalonia 18,324 10,981 2,137 764 2,678 34,884
Metropolità 2,778 3,710 860 204 0 7,552
Comarques Gironines 5,889 1,470 477 352 350 9,500
Camp de Tarragona 1,572 721 54 60 120 2,527
Terres de l'Ebre 758 508 0 0 120 1,386
Ponent 1,595 852 412 38 498 2,433
Comarques Centrals 4,401 1,043 334 50 1,320 7,148
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,331 2,677 0 60 270 4,338
Source: Departament d'Acció Social i Ciutadania. 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.