Bellvitge is a mostly working-class neighborhood in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or briefly L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Catalonia by population...

, belonging to the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It's part of L'Hospitalet's District VI, along with Gornal

Gornal

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Bellvitge is situated at a height of 4 to 8 meters above sea level. It borders on the west and south by the cities of Cornellà de Llobregat

Cornellà de Llobregat

Cornellà de Llobregat is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Llobregat river.- History :...

, El Prat de Llobregat

El Prat de Llobregat

El Prat de Llobregat , commonly known as El Prat, is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Llobregat inCatalonia, Spain. It is situated in the delta of the Llobregat river on the right bank, bordering the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Barcelona and Viladecans. More than a quarter of the...

 and Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

; with the neighborhood east of El Gornal, and with El Centre to the north.

History

In 1964 the real estate agency Inmobiliaria Ciudad Condal S.A. (ICC) initiated the construction of this neighbourhood 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 the large number of immigrants who came to Catalonia

Catalonia

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 from elsewhere in the neighbouring Spain - more than 126,000 people in 1964 alone - in search of work.

People from Bellvitge

• Xavi Fernández: Professional basketball player
• Alberto Lopo: Football player for the Deportivo de La Coruña
  Deportivo de La Coruña
  Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia; founded in 1906 and currently playing in Segunda División...
  
  

Transport

• Bellvitge railway station
• Barcelona Metro
  Barcelona Metro
  The Barcelona Metro , part of the public transportation system of Barcelona, Catalonia, is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Since July 31, 2010, Barcelona Metro system consists of 11 lines with 165...
  
   stations Bellvitge
  Bellvitge (Barcelona Metro)
  Bellvitge is a Barcelona Metro station in the Bellvitge neighbourhood of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat . The station opened in 1989 with the completion of the Avinguda Carrilet-Hospital de Bellvitge section of L1...
  
   and Hospital de Bellvitge
  Hospital de Bellvitge (Barcelona Metro)
  Hospital de Bellvitge is a Barcelona Metro station located in Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the southern part of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. It's named after the Bellvitge University Hospital...
  
  , on L1
  Barcelona Metro line 1
  — Line 1, shortened to L1 and known as "Hospital de Bellvitge - Fondo", coloured red and often simply called Línia vermella , is the second oldest metro line in Barcelona, after L3. It is operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona . It appeared as a means to join the rail stations the city...
  
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External links

• Official website of L'Hospitalet's city council.