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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2009
Summer camps Youth hostels School farms Nature classes Youth camps Total
Alt Camp 19 0 0 0 120 139
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 526 205 54 0 0 785
Baix Ebre 0 268 0 0 0 268
Baix Empordà 1,445 0 202 0 25 1,672
Baix Llobregat 228 640 0 0 0 868
Baix Penedès 293 290 0 0 0 583
Barcelonès 0 2,672 0 0 0 2,672
Berguedà 1,025 190 0 69 160 1,444
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 502 886 0 46 0 1,434
Montsià 606 86 0 0 0 692
Noguera 617 115 0 0 498 1,230
Osona 1,708 168 0 50 1,134 3,060
Pallars Jussà 129 364 0 60 80 633
Pallars Sobirà 156 422 0 0 100 678
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pla de l'Estany 802 284 0 124 0 1,210
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 1,086 70 23 228 0 1,407
Solsonès 451 445 214 0 26 1,136
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 103 66 0 0 0 169
Vallès Oriental 1,449 77 780 110 0 2,416
Catalonia 18,900 11,962 2,040 773 2,678 36,353
Metropolità 2,972 4,501 860 204 0 8,537
Comarques Gironines 5,684 1,470 500 352 350 9,442
Camp de Tarragona 1,911 865 54 0 120 2,950
Terres de l'Ebre 758 554 0 0 120 1,432
Ponent 1,757 852 412 38 498 2,471
Comarques Centrals 4,549 1,043 214 119 1,320 7,245
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,269 2,677 0 60 270 4,276
Source: Departament d'Acció Social i Ciutadania. Secretaria 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.