Districts of Barcelona

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The city's ten districts.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain proper 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. 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.

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 hab/km	Neighbourhoods	Councilman	Party
1	Ciutat Vella	4.49	111,290	24,786	La Barceloneta, El Gòtic, El Raval, Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera	Carles Martí i Jufresa	CiU
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	Assumpta Escarp i Gibert	CiU
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*	Immaculada Moraleda i Pérez	CiU
4	Les Corts	6.08	82,588	13,584	les Corts, la Maternitat i Sant Ramon, Pedralbes	Montserrat Ballarín i Espuña	CiU
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	Katty Carreras-Moysi	CiU
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.	Ricard Martínez i Monteagudo	CiU
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.	Elsa Blasco i Riera	CiU
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	Carmen Andrés Añón	CiU
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	Sara Jaurrieta	CiU
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	Francesc Narváez	CiU

1. (*) Monjuïc and Zona Franca are not neighbourhoods but are in the district of Sants-Montjuïc.

Gallery

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  Detailed map of districts of Barcelona.

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  Local government of Nou Barris.

See also

• History of Barcelona

External links

• Clickable districts map