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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2014
Summer camps Youth hostels School farms Nature classes Youth camps Total
Alt Camp 38 50 0 0 120 208
Alt Empordà 611 322 143 0 110 1,186
Alt Penedès 434 60 0 0 0 494
Alt Urgell 52 459 0 0 0 511
Alta Ribagorça 360 126 0 0 140 626
Anoia 318 78 0 0 0 396
Bages 1,125 273 0 0 0 1,398
Baix Camp 550 205 54 0 0 809
Baix Ebre 40 804 0 0 0 844
Baix Empordà 1,471 0 280 0 25 1,776
Baix Llobregat 232 580 0 36 0 848
Baix Penedès 416 290 0 0 0 706
Barcelonès 0 8,817 0 0 0 8,817
Berguedà 930 421 0 69 160 1,580
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 1,776 165 132 0 0 2,073
Gironès 511 327 0 0 0 838
Maresme 502 1,226 0 46 145 1,919
Montsià 738 86 0 0 60 884
Noguera 710 155 0 0 310 1,175
Osona 1,839 168 0 50 1,194 3,251
Pallars Jussà 30 466 0 60 160 716
Pallars Sobirà 49 637 0 0 0 686
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1,448 37 23 228 60 1,796
Solsonès 451 445 214 0 26 1,136
Tarragonès 370 174 0 0 0 544
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 30 459 0 0 0 489
Vallès Oriental 2,107 32 380 103 150 2,772
Catalonia 20,612 20,477 1,718 640 3,153 46,600
Source: Ministry of Social Welfare and Family.

Last update: March 31, 2015.

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.