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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2011
Summer camps Youth hostels School farms Nature classes Youth camps Total
Alt Camp 39 50 0 0 120 209
Alt Empordà 731 280 143 0 200 1,354
Alt Penedès 426 60 0 0 0 486
Alt Urgell 90 459 0 0 0 549
Alta Ribagorça 292 0 0 0 90 382
Anoia 335 24 0 0 0 359
Bages 1,114 240 0 0 0 1,354
Baix Camp 526 205 54 0 0 785
Baix Ebre 40 286 0 0 0 326
Baix Empordà 1,436 0 280 0 25 1,741
Baix Llobregat 228 580 0 0 0 808
Baix Penedès 244 290 0 0 0 534
Barcelonès 0 3,526 0 0 0 3,526
Berguedà 927 288 0 69 160 1,444
Cerdanya 443 1,137 0 0 100 1,680
Conca de Barberà 640 196 0 0 0 836
Garraf 340 100 80 48 0 568
Garrigues 63 0 340 0 0 403
Garrotxa 1,269 291 132 0 0 1,692
Gironès 515 248 0 0 0 763
Maresme 502 1,286 0 46 0 1,834
Montsià 739 86 0 0 0 825
Noguera 669 115 0 0 498 1,282
Osona 1,839 168 0 50 1,134 3,191
Pallars Jussà 129 292 0 60 80 561
Pallars Sobirà 0 620 0 0 0 620
Pla d'Urgell 0 40 0 0 0 40
Pla de l'Estany 854 284 0 124 193 1,455
Priorat 59 0 0 0 0 59
Ribera d'Ebre 82 188 0 0 120 390
Ripollès 681 685 0 0 80 1,446
Segarra 195 0 0 0 0 195
Segrià 0 241 72 0 0 313
Selva 1,308 70 23 228 60 1,689
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 0 0 0 0 80
Val d'Aran 0 295 0 0 0 295
Vallès Occidental 103 66 0 0 0 169
Vallès Oriental 1,962 119 380 90 0 2,551
Catalonia 19,795 13,510 1,718 715 2,886 38,624
Metropolità 2,795 5,577 380 136 0 8,888
Comarques Gironines 6,794 1,858 578 352 558 10,140
Camp de Tarragona 1,638 625 54 0 120 2,437
Terres de l'Ebre 931 636 0 0 120 1,687
Ponent 1,007 396 412 0 498 2,313
Comarques Centrals 4,331 1,141 214 119 1,320 7,125
Alt Pirineu i Aran 954 2,803 0 60 270 4,087
Penedès 1,345 474 80 48 0 1,947
Source: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: May 23, 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.