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

Sports facilities. By types. Counties and Aran 2020
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 9 49 0 5 24 0 296 5 1 2 6 7 30 4 48 0 103 399
Alt Empordà 149 10 453 25 261 24 121 42 218 6 8 91 0 1,408 16 15 6 8 58 150 31 172 14 470 1,878
Alt Penedès 55 3 110 9 147 22 41 27 106 4 5 71 0 600 10 0 1 7 20 107 10 65 10 230 830
Alt Urgell 14 0 39 6 44 4 8 9 28 1 0 11 0 164 8 3 5 2 5 10 7 20 1 61 225
Alta Ribagorça 6 2 28 4 17 1 4 0 6 0 0 2 0 70 2 1 0 3 5 9 15 5 0 40 110
Anoia 38 8 99 16 167 22 42 39 149 7 11 59 0 657 9 1 9 15 13 84 3 27 5 166 823
Aran 6 0 35 26 22 4 4 7 34 1 1 4 1 145 2 4 0 5 2 17 19 64 0 113 258
Bages 92 8 143 22 248 27 61 46 238 6 7 102 0 1,000 0 7 11 19 35 100 12 66 7 257 1,257
Baix Camp 70 16 449 27 246 24 95 70 223 2 7 39 1 1,269 20 12 2 12 21 61 12 88 20 248 1,517
Baix Ebre 28 4 202 14 106 17 33 31 91 1 3 8 1 539 3 4 6 2 10 27 13 11 7 83 622
Baix Empordà 114 6 774 32 237 27 251 81 203 11 15 109 0 1,860 18 27 12 5 56 147 25 122 12 424 2,284
Baix Llobregat 138 49 902 104 760 81 406 261 849 33 77 144 1 3,805 52 16 7 29 71 331 6 41 99 652 4,457
Baix Penedès 27 5 542 18 168 12 79 23 112 1 16 121 0 1,124 0 8 6 5 8 48 10 8 2 95 1,219
Barcelonès 162 73 619 240 1,376 141 304 223 1,943 75 58 521 5 5,740 14 7 0 52 52 420 27 11 152 735 6,475
Berguedà 40 0 123 17 118 10 24 10 97 0 6 49 0 494 8 0 6 15 9 56 20 42 0 156 650
Cerdanya 20 0 117 12 60 8 32 22 39 1 0 23 1 335 15 5 2 10 11 19 29 26 0 117 452
Conca de Barberà 16 0 63 3 68 9 8 3 35 0 2 12 0 219 0 0 3 3 7 27 1 46 0 87 306
Garraf 22 7 437 17 148 10 69 36 151 2 13 50 0 962 15 6 0 7 14 69 11 5 24 151 1,113
Garrigues 16 4 62 0 47 4 10 7 31 0 3 10 0 194 0 0 3 1 0 26 0 16 0 46 240
Garrotxa 70 10 120 10 127 15 17 15 77 0 8 24 0 493 9 0 0 6 9 68 2 105 21 220 713
Gironès 94 9 112 17 252 48 60 30 212 5 6 108 0 953 12 9 1 13 11 119 2 79 40 286 1,239
Maresme 133 26 1,280 81 521 59 304 195 502 12 52 317 1 3,483 19 24 1 30 53 232 47 56 35 497 3,980
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 4 175 5 105 10 31 30 78 1 4 12 0 480 2 1 5 3 13 48 8 20 7 107 587
Noguera 41 0 125 5 78 16 21 12 65 1 7 25 0 396 0 0 5 7 13 46 9 54 0 134 530
Osona 100 14 148 31 227 43 77 47 221 4 6 40 0 958 26 8 2 21 34 139 9 47 50 336 1,294
Pallars Jussà 9 1 40 2 36 8 6 2 26 2 2 15 0 149 0 0 1 4 5 14 7 22 0 53 202
Pallars Sobirà 23 0 64 9 36 3 11 6 30 0 1 8 0 191 5 2 2 6 17 12 42 130 0 216 407
Pla d'Urgell 27 2 52 2 48 16 10 5 38 2 6 16 0 224 2 0 1 0 5 17 2 0 3 30 254
Pla de l'Estany 42 3 94 5 65 11 17 13 49 3 1 28 0 331 14 4 0 2 3 36 7 42 10 118 449
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 49 8 10 7 27 1 1 44 0 228 2 0 4 0 6 23 10 15 0 60 288
Ripollès 32 0 82 15 74 11 25 25 59 1 1 19 0 344 10 4 0 8 9 46 13 65 1 156 500
Segarra 14 1 53 4 46 7 7 9 47 1 3 25 0 217 0 3 3 1 8 10 2 0 0 27 244
Segrià 85 18 201 19 298 40 76 91 270 6 14 45 2 1,165 12 8 16 23 41 119 8 22 40 289 1,454
Selva 88 9 493 51 227 38 130 65 206 5 15 101 1 1,429 12 10 16 12 38 122 14 49 14 287 1,716
Solsonès 11 0 29 2 49 5 16 4 26 0 6 12 0 160 2 6 1 5 5 9 7 65 0 100 260
Tarragonès 104 17 776 66 360 29 114 106 283 10 10 138 2 2,015 16 9 8 5 33 164 14 12 17 278 2,293
Terra Alta 13 0 39 1 29 4 5 2 11 0 3 5 0 112 0 0 1 2 3 13 2 7 0 28 140
Urgell 23 0 68 10 61 13 15 9 49 5 1 9 0 263 2 4 5 0 4 27 0 43 7 92 355
Vallès Occidental 172 76 766 92 816 91 243 302 941 34 47 355 0 3,935 40 18 4 40 70 320 4 45 152 693 4,628
Vallès Oriental 132 37 199 57 453 55 165 119 405 11 29 310 0 1,972 39 26 16 31 64 213 3 73 63 528 2,500
Catalonia 2,334 433 10,335 1,087 8,334 993 2,988 2,044 8,257 258 462 3,133 16 40,674 421 258 174 432 856 3,573 479 1,896 819 8,908 49,582
Units: Number of sports facilities.
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: January 27, 2021.

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 "..".