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

Sports facilities. By types. Counties and Aran 2021
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 14 52 1 5 24 0 305 5 1 2 6 7 30 5 41 0 97 402
Alt Empordà 145 10 452 25 264 23 122 59 231 6 8 87 0 1,432 21 15 7 8 58 151 32 173 14 479 1,911
Alt Penedès 55 3 110 10 148 21 36 42 122 4 5 71 0 627 16 0 1 8 20 107 11 66 10 239 866
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 17 1 4 0 6 0 0 2 0 70 2 1 0 3 5 9 15 5 0 40 110
Anoia 36 8 99 16 170 25 42 47 156 7 11 59 0 676 9 1 9 15 13 84 3 27 5 166 842
Aran 6 0 35 26 22 5 4 7 34 1 1 4 0 145 2 4 0 5 2 17 20 64 0 114 259
Bages 90 8 146 22 245 27 61 63 264 6 7 101 0 1,040 6 7 11 22 39 100 11 67 7 270 1,310
Baix Camp 68 16 449 27 249 26 95 101 251 2 7 39 1 1,331 31 12 2 14 22 61 14 57 20 233 1,564
Baix Ebre 28 4 202 14 106 17 33 36 102 1 3 8 1 555 3 4 7 2 11 27 13 11 7 85 640
Baix Empordà 111 6 775 31 241 28 250 85 216 11 15 108 0 1,877 28 27 12 6 57 145 29 114 12 430 2,307
Baix Llobregat 134 49 905 106 765 81 415 325 953 35 76 145 1 3,990 56 18 7 32 76 343 7 38 105 682 4,672
Baix Penedès 27 5 542 17 166 12 79 38 122 1 16 121 0 1,146 0 8 6 5 10 49 11 8 2 99 1,245
Barcelonès 153 74 620 251 1,384 143 298 300 2,192 64 58 528 2 6,067 14 7 0 56 64 419 30 11 153 754 6,821
Berguedà 39 0 127 17 119 10 25 20 99 0 6 49 0 511 8 0 6 15 9 55 19 41 0 153 664
Cerdanya 20 0 117 11 60 9 32 23 41 1 0 23 0 337 16 4 2 10 11 19 30 27 0 119 456
Conca de Barberà 16 0 64 2 67 9 8 3 36 0 2 12 0 219 3 0 3 3 8 27 1 46 0 91 310
Garraf 22 7 438 19 148 13 71 56 186 1 13 52 0 1,026 20 6 0 10 16 68 13 6 24 163 1,189
Garrigues 16 4 62 0 47 4 10 8 34 0 3 10 0 198 0 0 3 1 1 26 0 16 0 47 245
Garrotxa 70 10 120 11 126 15 17 15 90 0 8 22 0 504 19 0 0 8 12 68 2 106 21 236 740
Gironès 92 9 112 17 254 50 60 46 233 5 6 108 0 992 27 9 1 14 14 119 2 77 40 303 1,295
Maresme 130 26 1,280 82 518 59 299 266 558 12 50 317 1 3,598 24 24 1 31 64 232 51 56 35 518 4,116
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 5 107 10 27 35 80 1 4 12 0 485 2 0 5 3 14 48 9 20 7 108 593
Noguera 39 0 125 5 80 16 19 13 68 1 7 25 0 398 1 0 5 7 13 46 9 54 0 135 533
Osona 96 14 148 30 232 44 76 68 233 4 5 43 0 993 31 8 2 25 37 148 9 59 50 369 1,362
Pallars Jussà 9 1 41 1 35 8 6 2 27 2 2 15 0 149 0 0 1 4 6 14 7 22 0 54 203
Pallars Sobirà 23 0 65 8 37 3 11 6 30 0 1 8 0 192 5 2 2 6 17 12 42 130 0 216 408
Pla d'Urgell 26 5 52 2 49 16 10 14 41 2 6 16 0 239 7 0 1 0 7 17 2 0 3 37 276
Pla de l'Estany 41 3 95 4 68 11 17 13 56 3 1 28 0 340 23 3 0 3 4 37 8 42 10 130 470
Priorat 15 0 56 0 38 2 3 4 17 0 0 11 0 146 0 0 0 4 2 11 7 48 0 72 218
Ribera d'Ebre 19 6 53 3 49 8 10 15 27 1 1 44 0 236 2 0 3 0 6 23 9 4 0 47 283
Ripollès 30 0 82 15 76 11 25 25 65 1 1 19 0 350 10 4 0 8 9 46 13 65 1 156 506
Segarra 13 1 53 4 47 7 7 13 46 1 3 25 0 220 0 3 3 1 8 10 2 0 0 27 247
Segrià 86 19 201 19 298 40 76 97 295 5 14 45 1 1,196 12 8 17 24 41 119 8 21 40 290 1,486
Selva 87 9 493 53 231 37 133 89 225 5 15 101 1 1,479 15 10 16 13 38 122 14 54 14 296 1,775
Solsonès 11 0 29 2 49 5 16 4 27 0 6 12 0 161 2 6 1 5 5 9 7 65 0 100 261
Tarragonès 103 17 777 66 362 28 114 126 323 10 11 138 2 2,077 18 9 8 5 36 164 13 10 17 280 2,357
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 11 51 4 1 9 0 266 6 4 5 0 4 27 0 43 7 96 362
Vallès Occidental 169 76 767 91 814 90 243 379 1,042 31 47 354 0 4,103 48 18 4 47 82 325 5 47 152 728 4,831
Vallès Oriental 130 37 197 57 451 56 163 174 462 9 29 311 1 2,077 45 25 17 32 70 216 3 72 63 543 2,620
Catalonia 2,281 438 10,353 1,097 8,373 1,005 2,978 2,664 9,152 241 459 3,138 11 42,190 547 256 178 468 932 3,600 500 1,850 826 9,157 51,347
Units: Number of sports facilities.
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: January 20, 2022.

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 "..".