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Youth facilities. Places. Counties and Aran

Youth facilities. Places. By types. Counties and Aran 2015
Summer camps Youth hostels School farms Nature classes Youth camps Total
Alt Camp 38 50 0 0 120 208
Alt Empordà 611 322 143 0 110 1,186
Alt Penedès 434 60 0 0 0 494
Alt Urgell 52 459 0 0 0 511
Alta Ribagorça 360 127 0 0 140 627
Anoia 323 78 0 0 0 401
Aran 0 295 0 0 0 295
Bages 639 273 0 36 0 948
Baix Camp 550 205 54 0 0 809
Baix Ebre 40 804 0 0 0 844
Baix Empordà 1,471 0 280 0 0 1,751
Baix Llobregat 232 580 0 36 0 848
Baix Penedès 416 290 0 0 0 706
Barcelonès 0 9,580 0 0 0 9,580
Berguedà 930 421 0 69 160 1,580
Cerdanya 293 1,312 0 0 100 1,705
Conca de Barberà 580 196 0 0 0 776
Garraf 340 124 80 48 0 592
Garrigues 63 0 340 0 0 403
Garrotxa 1,810 165 132 0 0 2,107
Gironès 551 327 0 0 0 878
Lluçanès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Maresme 502 1,226 0 46 145 1,919
Moianès 712 0 0 0 0 712
Montsià 941 86 0 0 60 1,087
Noguera 710 155 0 0 310 1,175
Osona 1,839 168 0 50 1,194 3,251
Pallars Jussà 30 466 0 60 160 716
Pallars Sobirà 49 685 0 0 50 784
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pla de l'Estany 894 412 0 0 193 1,499
Priorat 59 34 0 0 0 93
Ribera d'Ebre 82 188 0 0 120 390
Ripollès 741 710 0 0 180 1,631
Segarra 195 66 0 0 0 261
Segrià 0 241 72 0 0 313
Selva 1,413 60 23 228 60 1,784
Solsonès 449 408 214 0 26 1,097
Tarragonès 370 174 0 0 0 544
Terra Alta 70 76 0 0 0 146
Urgell 80 0 0 0 0 80
Vallès Occidental 30 471 0 0 0 501
Vallès Oriental 1,623 32 632 103 150 2,546
Catalonia 20,522 21,326 1,970 676 3,278 47,772
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 28, 2016.

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.