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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties 2007
Cases de colònies Albergs de joventut Granges escola Campaments juvenils Total
Alt Camp 98 39 0 170 307
Alt Empordà 778 232 143 30 1,183
Alt Penedès 432 60 0 0 492
Alt Urgell 90 459 0 0 549
Alta Ribagorça 530 0 0 90 620
Anoia 251 0 0 0 251
Bages 797 240 317 0 1,354
Baix Camp 182 22 114 0 318
Baix Ebre 0 222 0 0 222
Baix Empordà 1,565 0 202 25 1,792
Baix Llobregat 138 448 0 0 586
Baix Penedès 293 290 0 0 583
Barcelonès 0 1,791 0 0 1,791
Berguedà 1,025 190 0 160 1,375
Cerdanya 394 855 0 0 1,249
Conca de Barberà 640 196 0 0 836
Garraf 314 184 128 0 626
Garrigues 63 64 340 0 467
Garrotxa 1,249 291 110 0 1,650
Gironès 406 94 109 0 609
Maresme 502 816 46 0 1,364
Montsià 606 86 0 0 692
Noguera 455 115 0 498 1,068
Osona 1,681 168 50 1,134 3,033
Pallars Jussà 191 364 60 80 695
Pallars Sobirà 156 398 0 100 654
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 0 0
Pla de l'Estany 534 284 392 0 1,210
Priorat 59 0 86 0 145
Ribera d'Ebre 82 124 0 120 326
Ripollès 674 649 0 65 1,388
Segarra 195 0 0 0 195
Segrià 0 241 110 0 351
Selva 1,389 70 228 0 1,687
Solsonès 281 445 334 26 1,086
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 1,231 38 890 0 2,159
Catalunya 18,022 10,232 3,659 2,498 34,411
Metropolità 2,834 3,337 1,064 0 7,235
Comarques Gironines 6,061 1,336 792 120 9,519
Camp de Tarragona 1,646 721 200 170 2,737
Terres de l'Ebre 758 508 0 120 1,386
Ponent 1,327 916 842 498 2,373
Comarques Centrals 4,035 1,043 701 1,320 7,099
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,361 2,371 60 270 4,062
Source: Departament d'Acció Social i Ciutadania. 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.