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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or L'Hospitalet is a city contiguous to the west of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. and the second in Catalonia by population.

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Biggest suburb in the E.U.

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat is notable for being the biggest suburb not only in Spain but also in the European Union.

Demographics

The current population of the city is 261.310 (census estimate 2006). The city had a net gain of population of 6,000 people in 2003. Over 22% of the city's residential population is born outside of Spain, (mainly in Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Morocco). However the city has a large number of permanent or non-permanent residents from other countries of the European Union.

Density: 20921,54 h/km²

Geography

Area: 12,49 km²

Skyscrapers

Hotel Hesperia
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Hotel Hesperia
Hospital of Bellvitge
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Hospital of Bellvitge


Administrative Units

Ter street
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Ter street

El Centre is the historical center of the city, the oldest neighborhood, where the City Council is, as well as the center of activities La Farga and many of the cultural equipments, such as the Museum of History, the library Can Sumarro, the cultural center Barradas or the Sala Alexandre Cirici. It borders the district of Sanfeliu and Can Serra to the north, of Bellvitge to the south, of Sant Josep to the east, and the city of Cornellà de Llobregat to the west.

Sant Josep remains framed by the square that is formed by the avenue of the Fabregada and that of Isabel la Católica through the part of west, the Torrent Gornal to the east, on the north side the railroad and Carrilet to the south. In this area, all the industrial activities that Hospitalet had through the ages left their mark: from the flour mills and the distilleries, up to the different energetic exploitation of the waterfalls of the Canal de la Infanta or the ceramic, textile, metallurgical and chemical industries. In fact, Sant Josep was configured as an industrial suburb, but the subsequent disappearance of many factories, as well as the increase in population, have given it a residential character.

The civic life is centered around the avenue of the Cerezos and the Comunidades square. This public space is the scenario of the greatest holiday celebrations, that takes place towards San Juan, of the Carnival and of many other popular events. The cultural center is also at the heart of many of the activities.

It is one of neighborhoods with more personality in the city, with a marked commercial character. Today, the Mercado square and the surroundings are the main center of civic life.

Its origins has been linked to Collblanc. Today, the Española square and the new park of the Torrassa are the heart of this neighborhood, and is where the holiday celebrations at the beginning of every summer are bigger.

It is the smallest neighborhood of the city.

Bellvitge
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Bellvitge

In 1964 the Inmobiliaria Ciudad Condal S.A. (ICC) company initiated the construction of this neighborhood as it stands nowadays, beside the hermitage, on land which had been bought from local farmers. It was designed as a residential area to house to the large number of immigrants who came to Catalonia from elsewhere in Spain - more than 126.000 people in 1964 - in search of work.

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