El Prat de Llobregat

Municipality of El Prat de Llobregat
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Baix Llobregat
Coordinates	41 ° 20 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 20 ′ N , 2 ° 6 ′ E
Height :	8 msnm
Area :	32.23 km²
Residents :	64,599 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	2,004.31 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number ( INE ):	08169
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayor :	Lluís Tejedor
Website :	www.elprat.cat
Location of the municipality

El Prat de Llobregat is a town in the comarca of Baix Llobregat in Catalonia , Spain and belongs to the metropolitan area Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona . It is located on the right bank of the Llobregat river delta , about seven kilometers south of the center of the Catalan capital, Barcelona , and about three kilometers north of the Mediterranean. A quarter of the municipality is taken up by Barcelona Airport . In addition to the airport and extensive commercial and industrial areas, which house parts of the port of Barcelona , the city has wide sandy beaches with leisure facilities and campsites as a further economic pillar. The city's train station is on the Barcelona – Valencia railway line and is served by regional trains and trains from the Rodalies system, which is similar to the S-Bahn, in the Barcelona area. In addition, the city will be connected by several stations to the underground lines L9 and L10 of the Barcelona Metro, which are currently under construction . The city is famous for its blue- footed roosters (called gall potablava in Catalan ).

The town hall of El Prat de Llobregat

The city's patron saints are Sant Cosme and Sant Damià .

Individual evidence

↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

Web links

Commons : El Prat de Llobregat - collection of images, videos and audio files

Historic buildings in Prat de Llobregat (in Catalan )

[1] Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).