Sant Boi de Llobregat

Municipality of Sant Boi de Llobregat
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Catalonia
Province :	Barcelona
Comarca :	Baix Llobregat
Coordinates	41 ° 21 '  N , 2 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 21 '  N , 2 ° 3'  E
Height :	30  msnm
Area :	21.94 km²
Residents :	83,605 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	3,810.62 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ):	08200
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Catalan
Mayoress :	Lluïsa Moret ( PSC )
Website :	www.santboi.org

Sant Boi de Llobregat is a city in northeastern Spain . It has 83,605 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

geography

Location of Sant Boi in the comarca of Baix Llobregat

Geographical location

San Boi is located in the Comarca Baix Llobregat , Province of Barcelona , Catalonia and belongs to the metropolitan area Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona . The city is located in the river delta of the Río Llobregat not far from the coast of the Mediterranean . The plain borders the mountains of Garraf in the northwest , here is also the highest elevation with 300 m.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities are Santa Coloma de Cervelló , Sant Joan Despí and Sant Climent de Llobregat in the north, Cornellà de Llobregat in the east, Viladecans in the west and El Prat de Llobregat in the south .

Local division

The urban area consists of six districts:

• Ciutat Cooperativa-Molí Nou
• Marianao-Can Paulet
• Barri Center
• Vinyets-Molí Vell
• Camps Blancs-Canons-Orioles
• Casablanca.

traffic

Sant Boi is at the intersection of two motorways, the Autovía A-2 ( E 90 ) and the C-32 . The Barcelona-El Prat airport is only seven kilometers away and can be reached by car or by bus in a few minutes. The S-Bahn lines R5 and R6 ( Rodalies Barcelona ) connect Sant Boi with Barcelona.

history

The oldest excavations date back to the 6th century BC. Dated.

The development of the place, which at that time was still directly on the Mediterranean Sea , did not begin to develop until Roman times . From the 6th to the 7th century the Arabs ruled the city they called Alcalá. The place on the delta of the Río Llobregat was an important strategic place for them. While other cities around Alcalá were already being recaptured by the Christians, the Arabs were able to hold Alcalá for several centuries. After the Christian conquest, the place was called Sent Boy until the 18th century. In 1752 a monastery was founded by monks of the Capuchin order .

In 1875 Sant Boi had 3000 inhabitants. In 1900 it was the largest town in the Comarca Bajo Llobregat with 5000 inhabitants; in 1935 there were already 10,000. The first larger factory was built in 1917, a sewer system was built and the streets were paved.

During the Spanish Civil War Sant Boi was second republican , after the conquest by the nationalists, the name of the place was renamed Vilaboi and later San Baudilio de Llobregat. Only after Franco's death did the place get its current name Sant Boi de Llobregat.

In the 1960s, many Spaniards emigrated from the poor south and west of Spain to Catalonia, particularly to Barcelona. Because the apartment rents were too expensive there, they settled in the outskirts of the metropolis . This resulted in rapid population growth in Sant Boi. In 1960 the population was 20,000, in 1975 it was already 65,000.

economy

Although the main business activity is concentrated in the fields of trade and services, there is also industry worth mentioning in Sant Boi, especially in the metallurgical sector. Agriculture is promoted by the fertile estuary of the Llobregat and the mild climate. Many types of vegetables are grown in Sant Boi, especially the artichokes.

Attractions

Sant Baldiri Church

• Termes romanes. The Roman thermal baths from the 2nd century were discovered during an excavation in 1953.
• Can Torrents, Gothic building from the 16th / 17th centuries Century (renovated 1940–50). Home to the Sant Boi Museum.
• Església de Sant Baldiri, baroque church built 1810–52.
• Can Barraquer, residential building from the 16th / 17th centuries Century in the style of the Renaissance .
• Institut Psiquiàtric Mare de Déu de Montserrat, Institute of Psychiatry, built in 1854 in the style of eclecticism .
• Església de l'Institut Psiquiàtric. Church of the Institute of Psychiatry, built in 1929 in the style of historicism .
• Cal Garrofa, residential building built in 1900 in the style of modernism .
• Torre de Benviure, ruined tower from the 10th / 12th centuries Century in the style of romanticism .
• Palau dels Comtes de Marianao, the originally Spanish country house (Maísa) was converted into a palace in the style of historicism in 1880. Marques de Marianao (1861–1933), who grew rich in Cuba, later became mayor of Sant Boi.
• La Miranda, observation tower in the garden of the Marianao. Modernist tower (1888–1910) built in the form of a rock.

sons and daughters of the town

• Constantino Miranda (1925–1999), obstacle and long-distance runner
• Pau Gasol (born July 6, 1980), Spanish basketball player
• Marc Gasol (born January 29, 1985), Spanish basketball player

Web links

Commons : Sant Boi de Llobregat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the municipality (Catalan, Spanish, English)
• Information of the municipality on the web of the Generalidad de Cataluña (Catalan)
• Picture gallery of historical buildings (Catalan)

Individual evidence

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).