Districts of Barcelona

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain is divided into 10 districts. These are administrated by a councillor designated by the main city council, and each of them have some powers relating to issues such as urbanism or infrastructure in their area. The current division of the city into different districts was approved in 1984.[1] In 2009, in Barcelona started using a new division of 73 neighbourhoods (the 10 districts are still in use), a division that was done for a better service from the City Council.[1]

The city's ten districts.

Some of these districts have a previous history as independent municipalities which were integrated into the city of Barcelona during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, such as Sarrià, Les Corts, Sant Andreu de Palomar, Gràcia or Sant Martí de Provençals. However, other municipalities which are contiguous to Barcelona (such as L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Badalona, Sant Adrià de Besòs or Montcada i Reixac) have remained separate towns to this day, and are part of the much larger metropolitan area of Barcelona.

Number District Size km2 Population Density inhabitants/km2 Neighbourhoods Councilman[2] Party
1 Ciutat Vella 4.49 111,290 24,786 La Barceloneta, El Gòtic, El Raval, Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera Jordi Rabassa i Massons Barcelona en Comú
2 Eixample 7.46 262,485 35,586 L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample, La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample, Dreta de l'Eixample, Fort Pienc, Sagrada Família, Sant Antoni Jordi Martí Grau Barcelona en Comú
3 Sants-Montjuïc 21.35 177,636 8,321 La Bordeta, la Font de la Guatlla, Hostafrancs, la Marina de Port, la Marina del Prat Vermell, El Poble-sec, Sants, Sants-Badal, Montjuïc*, Zona Franca - Port* Marc Serra Solé Barcelona en Comú
4 Les Corts 6.08 82,588 13,584 les Corts, la Maternitat i Sant Ramon, Pedralbes Xavier Marcé Carol Socialists' Party of Catalonia
5 Sarrià-Sant Gervasi 20.09 140,461 6,992 El Putget i Farró, Sarrià, Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova, Sant Gervasi - Galvany, les Tres Torres, Vallvidrera, Tibidabo i les Planes Albert Batlle i Bastardas Socialists' Party of Catalonia
6 Gràcia 4.19 120,087 28,660 Vila de Gràcia, el Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova, la Salut, el Coll, Vallcarca i els Penitents. Eloi Badia i Casas Barcelona en Comú
7 Horta-Guinardó 11.96 169,920 14,217 El Baix Guinardó, El Guinardó, Can Baró, El Carmel, la Font d'en Fargues, Horta, la Clota, Montbau, Sant Genís dels Agudells, la Teixonera, La Vall d'Hebron. Rosa Alarcón Socialists' Party of Catalonia
8 Nou Barris 8.04 164,981 20,520 Can Peguera, Canyelles, Ciutat Meridiana, La Guineueta, Porta, La Prosperitat, les Roquetes, Torre Baró, la Trinitat Nova, El Turó de la Peira, Vallbona, Verdum, Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta Marga Marí-Klose Socialists' Party of Catalonia
9 Sant Andreu 6.56 142,598 21,737 Baró de Viver, Bon Pastor, El Congrés i els Indians, Navas, Sant Andreu de Palomar, La Sagrera i Trinitat Vella Lucía Martín González Barcelona en Comú
10 Sant Martí 10.80 221,029 20,466 El Besòs i el Maresme, el Clot, El Camp de l'Arpa del Clot, Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou, el Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou, Poblenou, Provençals del Poblenou, Sant Martí de Provençals, La Verneda i la Pau, la Vila Olímpica del Poblenou David Escudé Rodríguez Socialists' Party of Catalonia
  1. (*) Monjuïc and Zona Franca are not neighbourhoods but are in the district of Sants-Montjuïc.
  • Detailed map of districts of Barcelona.
  • Local government of Nou Barris.

See also

References
  1. "Pla del futur del barri de Verdun" (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona city council. December 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-30.
  2. "Els Districtes del Nou Govern de Barcelona: Com es reparteixen?". betevé (in Catalan). 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
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