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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2004
Cases de colònies Albergs de joventut Granges escola Campaments juvenils Total
Alt Camp 78 0 0 170 248
Alt Empordà 732 232 83 0 1,047
Alt Penedès 432 60 0 0 492
Alt Urgell 90 459 0 0 549
Alta Ribagorça 530 0 0 90 620
Anoia 286 0 0 0 286
Bages 736 240 317 0 1,293
Baix Camp 182 0 114 0 296
Baix Ebre 0 172 0 0 172
Baix Empordà 1,565 0 130 25 1,720
Baix Llobregat 228 104 0 0 332
Baix Penedès 293 150 0 0 443
Barcelonès 0 1,139 0 0 1,139
Berguedà 1,470 190 0 160 1,820
Cerdanya 540 170 0 0 710
Conca de Barberà 652 196 0 0 848
Garraf 314 0 128 0 442
Garrigues 63 64 242 0 369
Garrotxa 1,309 110 110 0 1,529
Gironès 367 94 109 0 570
Maresme 656 816 46 0 1,518
Montsià 556 64 0 0 620
Noguera 495 115 0 498 1,108
Osona 1,678 214 102 175 2,169
Pallars Jussà 251 235 0 330 816
Pallars Sobirà 106 446 0 100 652
Pla d'Urgell 49 0 0 0 49
Pla de l'Estany 517 284 392 0 1,193
Priorat 59 0 86 0 145
Ribera d'Ebre 0 56 0 120 176
Ripollès 710 649 0 65 1,424
Segarra 194 0 0 0 194
Segrià 0 143 72 0 215
Selva 972 70 228 0 1,270
Solsonès 307 348 334 0 989
Tarragonès 374 174 0 0 548
Terra Alta 70 76 0 0 146
Urgell 80 212 0 0 292
Val d'Aran 0 295 0 0 295
Vallès Occidental 217 0 0 0 217
Vallès Oriental 1,189 77 919 0 2,185
Catalunya 18,347 7,654 3,412 1,733 31,146
Metropolità 3,036 2,196 1,093 0 6,325
Comarques Gironines 5,704 1,155 660 90 7,609
Camp de Tarragona 1,638 520 200 170 2,528
Terres de l'Ebre 626 368 0 120 1,114
Ponent 1,349 818 706 498 3,371
Comarques Centrals 4,477 992 753 335 6,557
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,517 1,605 0 520 3,642
Source: Departament de la Presidència. Secretaria General de Joventut.

Last update: May 28, 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.