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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2012
Summer camps Youth hostels School farms Nature classes Youth camps Total
Alt Camp 19 50 0 0 120 189
Alt Empordà 816 302 143 0 240 1,501
Alt Penedès 428 60 0 0 0 488
Alt Urgell 90 459 0 0 0 549
Alta Ribagorça 292 17 0 0 90 399
Anoia 335 24 0 0 0 359
Bages 1,114 273 0 0 0 1,387
Baix Camp 526 205 54 0 0 785
Baix Ebre 40 286 0 0 0 326
Baix Empordà 1,452 0 280 0 25 1,757
Baix Llobregat 228 580 0 0 0 808
Baix Penedès 244 290 0 0 0 534
Barcelonès 0 5,056 0 0 0 5,056
Berguedà 924 421 0 69 160 1,574
Cerdanya 373 1,232 0 0 100 1,705
Conca de Barberà 640 196 0 0 0 836
Garraf 340 100 80 48 0 568
Garrigues 63 0 340 0 0 403
Garrotxa 1,281 629 132 0 0 2,042
Gironès 511 248 0 0 0 759
Maresme 502 1,226 0 46 0 1,774
Montsià 739 86 0 0 0 825
Noguera 669 155 0 0 498 1,322
Osona 1,845 168 0 50 1,194 3,257
Pallars Jussà 129 322 0 60 160 671
Pallars Sobirà 49 612 0 0 0 661
Pla d'Urgell 0 40 0 0 0 40
Pla de l'Estany 854 274 0 124 193 1,445
Priorat 59 34 0 0 0 93
Ribera d'Ebre 82 188 0 0 120 390
Ripollès 740 685 0 0 80 1,505
Segarra 195 0 0 0 0 195
Segrià 0 241 72 0 0 313
Selva 1,308 89 23 228 60 1,708
Solsonès 451 445 214 0 26 1,136
Tarragonès 374 174 0 0 0 548
Terra Alta 70 76 0 0 0 146
Urgell 89 0 0 0 0 89
Val d'Aran 0 295 0 0 0 295
Vallès Occidental 80 66 0 0 0 146
Vallès Oriental 2,065 42 380 90 0 2,577
Catalonia 20,016 15,646 1,718 715 3,066 41,161
Metropolità 2,875 6,970 380 136 0 10,361
Comarques Gironines 6,962 2,227 578 352 598 10,717
Camp de Tarragona 1,618 659 54 0 120 2,451
Terres de l'Ebre 931 636 0 0 120 1,687
Ponent 1,016 436 412 0 498 2,362
Comarques Centrals 4,334 1,307 214 119 1,380 7,354
Alt Pirineu i Aran 933 2,937 0 60 350 4,280
Penedès 1,347 474 80 48 0 1,949
Source: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.

Last update: May 24, 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.