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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2005
Cases de colònies Albergs de joventut Granges escola Campaments juvenils Total
Alt Camp 78 0 0 170 248
Alt Empordà 755 232 143 0 1,130
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 717 240 317 0 1,274
Baix Camp 182 0 114 0 296
Baix Ebre 0 172 0 0 172
Baix Empordà 1,565 0 202 25 1,792
Baix Llobregat 228 104 0 0 332
Baix Penedès 293 150 0 0 443
Barcelonès 0 1,603 0 0 1,603
Berguedà 1,256 190 0 160 1,606
Cerdanya 490 512 0 0 1,002
Conca de Barberà 680 196 0 0 876
Garraf 314 184 128 0 626
Garrigues 63 64 242 0 369
Garrotxa 1,249 110 110 0 1,469
Gironès 395 94 109 0 598
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 1,134 3,128
Pallars Jussà 251 298 60 330 939
Pallars Sobirà 156 446 0 100 702
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 0 0
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 628 649 0 65 1,342
Segarra 195 0 0 0 195
Segrià 0 241 110 0 351
Selva 1,064 70 228 0 1,362
Solsonès 247 408 334 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 18,035 8,865 3,642 2,692 33,234
Metropolità 3,036 2,844 1,093 0 6,973
Comarques Gironines 6,173 1,439 1,184 90 8,886
Camp de Tarragona 1,666 520 200 170 2,556
Terres de l'Ebre 626 368 0 120 1,114
Ponent 833 632 352 498 2,315
Comarques Centrals 4,184 1,052 753 1,294 7,283
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,517 2,010 60 520 4,107
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.