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Sports facilities. By type. Counties and Aran, and areas

Sports facilities. By types. Counties and Aran 2019
Multi-purpose pitches Pools Multi-purpose tracks Specialised courts Other conventional facilities Unique facilities Areas of sporting activity
Multi-purpose pitches Athletics facilities Outdoor pools Indoor pools Outdoors tracks Sports halls Tennis courts Paddle courts Halls Squash courts Fronton courts Petanque courts Other conventional facilities Total Horse riding Golf Motor racing facilities Climbing walls Other unique facilities Urban area Natural area Itineraries Bicycle circuits Total Total
Alt Camp 24 5 76 5 71 10 24 9 48 0 8 27 0 307 5 1 1 6 8 30 4 48 0 103 410
Alt Empordà 149 10 454 24 262 23 121 36 211 6 8 90 0 1,394 16 15 6 7 57 153 31 172 14 471 1,865
Alt Penedès 55 3 110 9 147 21 41 18 104 4 5 69 0 586 10 0 0 7 21 106 10 64 10 228 814
Alt Urgell 14 0 39 6 44 4 8 9 28 1 0 11 0 164 8 3 2 2 5 10 7 20 1 58 222
Alta Ribagorça 6 2 28 4 17 1 4 0 6 0 0 2 0 70 2 1 0 3 5 9 13 8 0 41 111
Anoia 38 8 99 16 167 23 40 31 148 7 11 58 0 646 9 1 3 15 19 83 3 27 5 165 811
Aran 6 0 35 26 22 4 4 7 34 1 1 4 1 145 2 4 0 5 2 17 14 66 0 110 255
Bages 91 8 142 23 249 27 61 31 237 6 7 102 0 984 0 7 7 19 36 100 12 66 7 254 1,238
Baix Camp 70 16 448 27 246 24 94 70 222 2 7 33 1 1,260 20 12 0 12 25 61 12 88 20 250 1,510
Baix Ebre 28 4 202 14 106 16 33 31 93 1 3 8 1 540 3 4 4 2 12 27 13 11 7 83 623
Baix Empordà 113 6 774 32 236 28 251 79 200 11 15 104 0 1,849 15 27 6 6 66 147 23 122 12 424 2,273
Baix Llobregat 138 49 901 104 757 83 411 210 779 33 82 139 1 3,687 52 16 4 27 67 326 6 41 69 608 4,295
Baix Penedès 27 5 540 19 166 12 79 21 112 1 15 121 0 1,118 0 8 5 5 8 48 10 8 2 94 1,212
Barcelonès 159 72 620 233 1,376 136 304 207 1,791 75 56 518 5 5,552 14 7 0 48 44 418 25 11 148 715 6,267
Berguedà 40 0 121 19 118 10 23 8 97 0 6 48 0 490 8 0 3 15 10 56 17 45 0 154 644
Cerdanya 20 0 117 12 60 8 32 22 39 1 0 23 1 335 15 5 1 10 12 19 26 26 0 114 449
Conca de Barberà 16 0 64 2 68 9 8 3 35 0 2 12 0 219 0 0 1 3 7 27 1 46 0 85 304
Garraf 23 7 437 17 148 10 69 36 149 2 13 50 0 961 15 6 0 7 13 69 11 5 24 150 1,111
Garrigues 16 4 62 0 47 4 10 7 30 0 3 7 0 190 0 0 2 1 3 26 0 16 0 48 238
Garrotxa 70 10 120 10 126 15 17 15 78 0 8 24 0 493 9 0 0 6 9 68 2 105 21 220 713
Gironès 94 9 112 17 252 48 60 30 208 5 6 108 0 949 12 9 0 13 11 119 2 79 40 285 1,234
Maresme 133 26 1,279 82 519 59 304 173 491 12 52 314 1 3,445 19 24 0 30 54 231 47 56 35 496 3,941
Moianès 23 0 40 3 29 4 11 2 16 3 2 16 0 149 0 5 1 3 6 27 5 10 6 63 212
Montsià 25 4 174 6 105 9 31 30 78 1 4 2 0 469 2 1 5 3 23 48 7 21 7 117 586
Noguera 41 0 125 5 78 16 21 12 65 1 7 17 0 388 0 0 5 7 21 46 9 54 0 142 530
Osona 100 14 149 30 227 42 77 43 215 5 6 40 0 948 25 8 1 19 33 139 9 47 50 331 1,279
Pallars Jussà 9 1 40 2 36 8 6 2 26 2 2 15 0 149 0 0 0 4 5 14 6 23 0 52 201
Pallars Sobirà 23 0 65 8 36 3 11 6 30 0 1 7 0 190 5 2 0 6 20 12 34 138 0 217 407
Pla d'Urgell 27 2 52 2 47 17 10 5 35 2 6 4 0 209 2 0 0 0 17 17 2 0 3 41 250
Pla de l'Estany 42 3 92 5 65 10 16 13 49 3 1 28 0 327 14 4 0 2 3 36 7 42 10 118 445
Priorat 15 0 56 0 38 2 3 2 17 0 0 11 0 144 0 0 0 4 2 11 7 52 0 76 220
Ribera d'Ebre 19 6 53 3 48 8 10 7 27 1 1 43 0 226 2 0 4 0 7 23 10 15 0 61 287
Ripollès 32 0 82 15 73 11 25 25 60 1 1 19 0 344 10 4 0 8 9 46 10 67 1 155 499
Segarra 14 1 53 4 47 7 7 7 46 0 3 13 0 202 0 3 1 1 15 10 2 0 0 32 234
Segrià 85 18 201 19 298 37 76 83 267 6 14 27 2 1,133 12 8 8 23 60 119 8 22 40 300 1,433
Selva 88 9 493 51 228 37 130 65 206 5 15 101 1 1,429 12 10 13 12 40 122 14 49 14 286 1,715
Solsonès 11 0 29 2 49 5 16 4 26 0 6 10 0 158 2 6 0 5 7 9 7 65 0 101 259
Tarragonès 104 17 777 65 360 29 114 106 277 10 10 136 2 2,007 16 9 5 5 34 164 14 12 17 276 2,283
Terra Alta 13 0 38 2 29 4 5 2 11 0 3 1 0 108 0 0 1 2 7 13 2 7 0 32 140
Urgell 23 0 67 11 61 13 15 9 49 5 1 0 0 254 2 4 4 0 14 27 0 43 7 101 355
Vallès Occidental 172 76 766 92 816 91 243 302 927 34 47 346 0 3,912 40 18 2 40 76 320 4 44 152 696 4,608
Vallès Oriental 132 37 199 57 453 54 165 119 403 11 29 310 0 1,969 39 26 10 31 66 213 3 73 63 524 2,493
Catalonia 2,328 432 10,331 1,083 8,327 982 2,990 1,897 7,970 258 467 3,018 16 40,099 417 258 105 424 959 3,566 449 1,914 785 8,877 48,976
Units: Number of sports facilities.
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: February 13, 2020.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Sports space
Type of sports facility. According to their basic characteristics, these are classified into three main categories: 1) conventional, spaces constructed for the practice of the most traditional sports; 2) singular, spaces constructed for the practice of sports (though possibly regulated) whose size and characteristics are adapted to each use; 3) activity areas, not strictly sporting spaces, such as natural infrastructures or spaces, where physical and sporting activities can be practiced.
Sports facility
Construction made especially for or adapted for sports and physical activity, which must be available for collective use (not exclusively for family use), and may be public or private. Excluded are spaces belonging to any hospital or care centre, and spaces of a well-defined non-sporting nature.

Methodological aspects

Data published on sports equipment and participation provided by the Catalan Sports Council.

The Catalan Sports Council has managed the Census of Sports Facilities in Catalonia (CEEC). This census provides updated information on sports facility data on December 31.

In consideration of the characteristics of sports facilties, data is offered on the following types of sports facility and by types from 2000 to 2018:

Conventional facilities

  • pavilions (indoor multisport courts >400 m2)
  • multisport courts (multisport courts and other courts >400 m2)
  • multisport fields (multisport fields, specialised and oher sport fields >2000 m2; since 2013, >1500m2)
  • sports halls (sports, specialised and other halls >50 m2)
  • fronton courts
  • tennis courts
  • squash
  • paddle
  • open air pools (open air swimming pool basins >50 m2)
  • indoor pools (indoor swimming pool basins >50 m2)
  • athletic tracks (athletic tracks of a minimum length of 200 m)
  • petanque courts
  • other spaces (velodromes, skate parks and other convetional athletic and arenas, and other small and non-regulatory spaces)

Areas of activity and singular spaces:

  • bicycle parks
  • artificial climbing walls
  • archery ranges
  • motor racing tracks
  • golf and pitch and putt courses
  • sports activity centres with refuges, footpaths, cross-country biking, marinas, etc.
  • other singular spaces (skiing, equestrian, minigolf, skateboarding, etc.)

Since 2017, the CEEC (Sports Facilities Census in Catalonia) has included private residential and tourist installations (neighbourhood communities, hotels, campsites, rural houses, etc.). In parallel to the increase in the number of outdoor pools, many tennis courts and, to a lesser extent, sports courts were added to the CEEC in 2017. The above are the three chief kinds of sports facilities located within residential and tourist installations.

In 2019 the Catalan Sports Council changed the classification of facilities as a result of the updating of the methodological base of the CEEC (Census of Catalan Sports Facilities):

Sports facilities:

  • Multi-purpose pitches: multi-purpose pitches and athletics facilities.
  • Pools: outdoor and indoor pools.
  • Multi-purpose tracks: outdoors tracks and sports halls.
  • Specialised courts: tennis and paddle courts.
  • Other conventional facilities: halls, squash, fronton and pétanque courts, other conventional facilities not included in the previous categories.
  • Unique facilities: horse riding, golf, racetracks and motor racing facilities, climbing walls and other unique spaces not included in the previous categories.

Areas of sporting activity:

  • Urban area: areas of activity in urban environment.
  • Natural area: areas of activity in natural environment.
  • Itineraries: walking and running itineraries.
  • Bicycle circuits: itineraries and lanes for bicycles.

The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".