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

Sports facilities. By types. Counties and Aran 2024
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 73 5 70 10 22 17 52 1 5 24 0 308 5 1 2 6 7 29 5 41 0 96 404
Alt Empordà 143 10 454 25 267 23 122 70 235 6 7 92 0 1,454 21 15 7 8 60 154 32 174 14 485 1,939
Alt Penedès 55 3 110 10 149 21 35 57 128 4 5 71 0 648 16 0 1 8 21 112 11 66 10 245 893
Alt Urgell 13 0 39 6 45 4 8 18 31 0 0 11 0 175 8 3 6 2 5 10 7 20 1 62 237
Alta Ribagorça 6 2 29 3 18 1 4 3 6 0 0 2 0 74 2 1 0 3 5 9 15 5 0 40 114
Anoia 37 8 97 18 173 26 42 50 159 7 11 65 0 693 11 1 9 15 18 89 3 29 5 180 873
Aran 6 0 35 26 22 5 4 8 34 1 1 4 0 146 2 4 0 5 2 17 20 64 0 114 260
Bages 90 8 147 22 243 27 60 67 266 6 7 101 0 1,044 6 7 11 22 39 100 11 71 7 274 1,318
Baix Camp 68 16 449 27 249 28 93 117 260 2 7 39 1 1,356 31 12 2 14 22 62 14 57 20 234 1,590
Baix Ebre 28 4 202 14 106 18 33 43 104 1 3 8 1 565 3 4 8 2 13 27 13 11 7 88 653
Baix Empordà 111 6 775 31 242 28 250 91 218 11 15 108 0 1,886 31 27 12 8 61 145 28 131 12 455 2,341
Baix Llobregat 134 48 906 106 764 85 408 376 968 35 76 146 1 4,053 56 19 7 32 78 364 7 47 106 716 4,769
Baix Penedès 27 5 542 17 167 12 79 39 125 1 16 121 0 1,151 0 8 6 5 10 49 11 8 2 99 1,250
Barcelonès 154 74 618 258 1,385 150 293 320 2,246 54 58 527 2 6,139 14 7 0 56 67 419 30 11 153 757 6,896
Berguedà 39 0 128 17 120 10 25 22 100 0 6 49 0 516 8 0 6 15 9 55 25 43 0 161 677
Cerdanya 20 0 117 11 61 9 31 26 43 1 0 21 0 340 18 4 2 10 13 19 30 33 0 129 469
Conca de Barberà 16 0 64 2 68 9 8 6 36 0 2 12 0 223 6 0 3 3 8 27 1 46 0 94 317
Garraf 21 7 439 19 148 13 71 66 194 1 13 52 0 1,044 22 6 0 11 16 69 13 8 43 188 1,232
Garrigues 16 5 62 0 48 4 10 11 34 0 3 10 0 203 0 0 3 1 2 26 0 16 0 48 251
Garrotxa 71 10 120 12 126 15 17 16 92 0 8 24 0 511 19 0 0 10 11 69 2 106 21 238 749
Gironès 93 9 113 17 257 50 60 56 241 5 6 104 0 1,011 27 9 1 15 14 121 2 77 40 306 1,317
Lluçanès 10 0 13 1 18 3 3 1 9 0 1 1 0 60 0 0 0 2 3 14 0 8 0 27 87
Maresme 128 26 1,280 82 521 60 298 267 572 12 50 313 1 3,610 23 24 1 31 67 237 51 60 35 529 4,139
Moianès 23 0 40 3 29 4 11 2 17 3 2 16 0 150 2 5 1 3 6 27 5 10 6 65 215
Montsià 24 4 176 5 103 11 27 35 81 1 4 12 0 483 2 0 5 3 14 48 9 20 7 108 591
Noguera 37 1 125 5 81 16 19 14 68 1 7 25 0 399 3 0 5 7 14 46 9 54 0 138 537
Osona 85 13 135 29 212 43 72 71 230 4 5 44 0 943 34 8 2 23 34 137 9 52 55 354 1,297
Pallars Jussà 10 0 41 1 36 8 6 2 27 2 2 15 0 150 0 0 1 4 7 14 7 22 0 55 205
Pallars Sobirà 23 0 65 8 37 3 11 6 30 0 1 8 0 192 5 2 2 6 18 12 42 130 0 217 409
Pla d'Urgell 26 5 52 2 49 17 9 19 41 2 6 15 0 243 7 0 1 0 9 18 2 0 3 40 283
Pla de l'Estany 41 3 95 4 69 11 17 13 57 3 1 29 0 343 23 3 0 3 5 37 7 43 10 131 474
Priorat 15 0 56 0 38 2 2 5 17 0 0 11 0 146 0 0 0 5 2 11 7 48 0 73 219
Ribera d'Ebre 19 6 53 3 49 8 10 17 27 1 1 44 0 238 2 0 3 0 6 23 9 4 0 47 285
Ripollès 30 0 80 14 76 11 25 25 63 1 1 19 0 345 10 4 0 8 9 50 13 67 1 162 507
Segarra 12 1 44 4 41 6 5 11 44 1 3 22 0 194 0 3 3 1 5 10 2 0 0 24 218
Segrià 86 19 201 19 300 40 76 100 303 5 14 48 1 1,212 12 8 17 25 42 120 7 40 40 311 1,523
Selva 87 9 493 52 232 37 130 89 225 5 15 101 1 1,476 15 10 17 14 40 122 15 54 14 301 1,777
Solsonès 12 0 36 2 55 6 17 6 29 0 6 15 0 184 2 6 1 5 8 10 7 65 0 104 288
Tarragonès 103 17 777 67 369 29 111 144 332 10 10 140 2 2,111 19 9 8 5 36 164 14 10 17 282 2,393
Terra Alta 13 0 39 1 28 4 4 3 11 0 3 5 0 111 0 0 1 2 3 13 2 7 0 28 139
Urgell 23 0 66 11 61 13 13 11 53 4 1 9 0 265 6 3 5 0 4 27 0 43 7 95 360
Vallès Occidental 170 76 767 91 815 94 245 406 1,082 30 46 356 0 4,178 48 18 4 49 85 331 6 51 152 744 4,922
Vallès Oriental 131 36 198 57 467 58 160 190 470 8 29 315 1 2,120 52 25 17 33 72 232 4 73 63 571 2,691
Catalonia 2,280 436 10,351 1,107 8,414 1,032 2,946 2,916 9,360 229 457 3,154 11 42,693 571 256 180 480 970 3,675 507 1,925 851 9,415 52,108
Units: Number of sports facilities.
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: March 3, 2025.

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.

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 "..".