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

Sports facilities. By types. Counties and Aran 2022
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 25 267 23 122 61 231 6 8 88 0 1,438 21 15 7 8 59 152 32 174 14 482 1,920
Alt Penedès 55 3 110 10 148 21 36 46 126 4 5 71 0 635 16 0 1 8 21 109 11 66 10 242 877
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 97 18 172 26 42 47 157 7 11 65 0 686 11 1 9 15 17 88 3 28 5 177 863
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 63 266 6 7 101 0 1,042 6 7 11 22 39 100 11 67 7 270 1,312
Baix Camp 68 16 449 27 249 28 95 113 256 2 7 39 1 1,350 31 12 2 14 22 61 14 57 20 233 1,583
Baix Ebre 28 4 202 14 106 18 33 36 102 1 3 8 1 556 3 4 8 2 13 27 13 11 7 88 644
Baix Empordà 111 6 775 31 241 28 250 91 217 11 15 106 0 1,882 31 27 12 8 60 145 29 131 12 455 2,337
Baix Llobregat 133 49 906 106 768 82 415 325 963 35 76 144 1 4,003 56 18 7 32 79 351 7 45 106 701 4,704
Baix Penedès 27 5 542 17 166 12 79 39 123 1 16 121 0 1,148 0 8 6 5 10 49 11 8 2 99 1,247
Barcelonès 154 74 618 256 1,385 152 296 307 2,207 60 59 528 2 6,098 14 7 0 57 67 418 30 11 153 757 6,855
Berguedà 39 0 128 17 119 10 25 18 100 0 6 49 0 511 8 0 6 15 9 55 25 43 0 161 672
Cerdanya 20 0 117 11 61 9 32 24 42 1 0 21 0 338 16 4 2 10 13 19 30 33 0 127 465
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 7 438 19 148 13 71 60 191 1 13 52 0 1,034 22 6 0 10 16 69 13 6 43 185 1,219
Garrigues 16 4 62 0 48 4 10 11 34 0 3 10 0 202 0 0 3 1 2 26 0 16 0 48 250
Garrotxa 71 10 120 12 126 15 17 15 92 0 8 22 0 508 19 0 0 10 12 68 2 106 21 238 746
Gironès 92 9 112 17 254 50 60 51 240 5 6 104 0 1,000 27 9 1 14 14 120 2 77 40 304 1,304
Maresme 128 26 1,280 82 519 59 299 267 559 12 50 317 1 3,599 24 24 1 32 68 236 51 56 35 527 4,126
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 10 27 35 80 1 4 12 0 481 2 0 5 3 14 48 9 20 7 108 589
Noguera 38 0 125 5 81 16 19 13 68 1 7 25 0 398 3 0 5 7 14 46 9 54 0 138 536
Osona 96 13 148 30 231 45 76 68 235 4 5 43 0 994 32 8 2 25 35 150 9 59 55 375 1,369
Pallars Jussà 9 1 41 1 35 8 6 2 27 2 2 15 0 149 0 0 1 4 7 14 7 22 0 55 204
Pallars Sobirà 23 0 65 8 37 3 11 6 30 0 1 8 0 192 5 2 2 6 17 12 43 130 0 217 409
Pla d'Urgell 26 5 52 2 49 16 10 14 43 2 6 16 0 241 7 0 1 0 8 17 2 0 3 38 279
Pla de l'Estany 41 3 95 4 68 11 17 13 57 3 1 28 0 341 23 3 0 3 4 37 8 43 10 131 472
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 80 14 76 11 25 25 62 1 1 19 0 344 10 4 0 8 9 48 13 66 1 159 503
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 19 300 40 76 97 302 5 14 48 1 1,208 12 8 17 25 41 120 8 40 40 311 1,519
Selva 87 9 493 52 231 37 130 88 223 5 15 101 1 1,472 15 10 17 14 39 122 15 54 14 300 1,772
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 67 362 29 111 141 327 10 10 138 2 2,094 19 9 8 5 36 163 14 10 17 281 2,375
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 11 61 13 15 11 52 4 1 9 0 268 6 4 5 0 4 27 0 43 7 96 364
Vallès Occidental 169 76 767 91 813 92 246 399 1,075 31 46 356 0 4,161 48 18 4 47 84 328 6 47 152 734 4,895
Vallès Oriental 130 37 195 57 457 57 161 184 465 8 29 315 1 2,096 52 25 17 32 73 221 4 72 63 559 2,655
Catalonia 2,278 437 10,347 1,105 8,389 1,024 2,971 2,755 9,256 236 458 3,145 11 42,412 568 256 180 476 963 3,632 511 1,905 851 9,342 51,754
Units: Number of sports facilities.
Source: Consell Català de l'Esport.

Last update: February 2, 2023.

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 "..".