Esplugues de Llobregat

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Esplugues de Llobregat
Image:Bandera d'Esplugues de Llobregat.gif Coat of arms of Esplugues de Llobregat
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Location
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Time zone : CET (GMT +1)
- summer : CEST (GMT +2)
General information
Native name Esplugues de Llobregat (Catalan)
Spanish name Esplugas de Llobregat
Founded 1096
Postal code 08950
Area code +34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona)
Website http://www.esplugues.cat/
Administration
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Catalonia
Province Barcelona
Comarca Baix Llobregat
Neighborhoods 10
Mayor Pilar Díaz Romero (PSC)
Geography
Land Area 4,6 km²
Altitude 110 m AMSL
Population
Population 46,550 (2005)
Density 10119,5 hab./km² (2005)

Esplugues de Llobregat is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. It belongs to the comarca of Baix Llobregat,[1] Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. It is a quite important municipality as it has some famous schools (German School of Barcelona and American School of Barcelona) which attract rich families there, increasing the population and services.[neutrality disputed] It is linked to Barcelona through the following bus lines: 57, 63, 67, 68, 157 and all the railway lines.

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[edit] History

The first nominal legal land section, a little portion of land with a few homes and a few inhabitants, in what is today Esplugues was made in 1096. The first documents which talk about a town called Esplugues de Llobregat date from the 14th century.

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[edit] Demography

1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2002
1057 3218 4318 29,474 47,670 46,447

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Esplugues de Llobregat became part of the Baix Llobregat in the comarcal revision of 1990. Previously it formed part of the Barcelonès.

[edit] References

  • Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

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