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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2013
Summer camps Youth hostels School farms Nature classes Youth camps Total
Alt Camp 57 50 0 0 120 227
Alt Empordà 611 302 143 0 230 1,286
Alt Penedès 436 60 0 0 0 496
Alt Urgell 52 419 0 0 0 471
Alta Ribagorça 360 21 0 0 90 471
Anoia 335 78 0 0 0 413
Bages 1,114 273 0 0 0 1,387
Baix Camp 526 205 54 0 0 785
Baix Ebre 40 804 0 0 0 844
Baix Empordà 1,452 0 280 0 25 1,757
Baix Llobregat 228 580 0 36 0 844
Baix Penedès 386 290 0 0 0 676
Barcelonès 0 6,937 0 0 0 6,937
Berguedà 924 421 0 69 160 1,574
Cerdanya 293 1,312 0 0 100 1,705
Conca de Barberà 689 196 0 0 0 885
Garraf 340 124 80 48 0 592
Garrigues 63 0 340 0 0 403
Garrotxa 1,285 684 132 0 0 2,101
Gironès 511 248 0 0 0 759
Maresme 502 1,226 0 46 145 1,919
Montsià 739 86 0 0 80 905
Noguera 674 155 0 0 310 1,139
Osona 1,899 168 0 50 1,194 3,311
Pallars Jussà 129 368 0 60 160 717
Pallars Sobirà 49 612 0 0 0 661
Pla d'Urgell 0 40 0 0 0 40
Pla de l'Estany 854 398 0 0 193 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 66 0 0 0 261
Segrià 0 241 72 0 0 313
Selva 1,298 19 23 228 60 1,628
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 2,107 42 380 103 100 2,732
Catalonia 20,093 18,388 1,718 640 3,193 44,032
Metropolità 2,917 8,851 380 185 245 12,578
Comarques Gironines 6,751 2,336 578 228 588 10,481
Camp de Tarragona 1,705 659 54 0 120 2,538
Terres de l'Ebre 931 1,154 0 0 200 2,285
Ponent 1,021 502 412 0 310 2,245
Comarques Centrals 4,388 1,307 214 119 1,380 7,408
Alt Pirineu i Aran 883 3,027 0 60 350 4,320
Penedès 1,497 552 80 48 0 2,177
Source: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.

Last update: April 30, 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.