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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties and Aran 2018
Summer camps Youth hostels School farms Nature classes Youth camps Total
Alt Camp 38 50 0 0 120 208
Alt Empordà 519 362 143 0 210 1,234
Alt Penedès 434 60 0 0 0 494
Alt Urgell 52 459 0 0 0 511
Alta Ribagorça 384 139 0 0 140 663
Anoia 323 78 0 0 0 401
Aran 0 295 0 0 0 295
Bages 639 298 0 36 0 973
Baix Camp 478 205 54 0 0 737
Baix Ebre 40 807 0 0 0 847
Baix Empordà 1,541 65 150 0 0 1,756
Baix Llobregat 261 688 0 36 0 985
Baix Penedès 456 290 0 0 0 746
Barcelonès 0 10,371 0 0 0 10,371
Berguedà 978 478 0 69 160 1,685
Cerdanya 293 1,312 0 0 100 1,705
Conca de Barberà 618 196 0 0 0 814
Garraf 340 124 80 52 0 596
Garrigues 63 0 340 0 0 403
Garrotxa 1,864 165 132 0 100 2,261
Gironès 533 378 0 0 0 911
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Maresme 522 1,226 0 46 145 1,939
Moianès 770 0 0 0 0 770
Montsià 1,010 182 0 0 60 1,252
Noguera 710 193 0 0 250 1,153
Osona 2,042 168 0 50 715 2,975
Pallars Jussà 40 466 0 60 160 726
Pallars Sobirà 143 661 0 0 50 854
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pla de l'Estany 976 514 0 0 453 1,943
Priorat 59 34 0 0 0 93
Ribera d'Ebre 101 188 0 0 120 409
Ripollès 774 732 0 0 180 1,686
Segarra 195 66 0 0 0 261
Segrià 0 143 72 0 0 215
Selva 1,413 60 23 228 60 1,784
Solsonès 449 408 214 0 26 1,097
Tarragonès 290 314 0 0 0 604
Terra Alta 70 76 0 0 0 146
Urgell 80 16 0 0 0 96
Vallès Occidental 30 459 0 0 0 489
Vallès Oriental 1,563 54 632 103 300 2,652
Catalonia 21,091 22,780 1,840 680 3,349 49,740
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

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.