Horta-Guinardó
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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...
, located in its North-Eastern corner. It is named after two very heterogeneous areas of the city, Horta and el Guinardó
El Guinardó
El Guinardó is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
, which together cover a large area of 11.92 km², which sums up for the 11,9% of the total extension of the city.
A former municipality that eventually became part of the city in the late 19th century, it's bordered by five out of ten districts of Barcelona (Gràcia
Gràcia
Gràcia is a district of the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It comprises the neighborhoods of Vila de Gràcia, Vallcarca i els Penitents, El Coll, La Salut and Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova. Gràcia is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the south, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi to the west and...
, Nou Barris
Nou Barris
Nou Barris is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona has been officially divided since 1984. The name refers to the original nine neighbourhoods it was composed of, even though nowadays it's made up of fourteen...
, Eixample
Eixample
The Eixample is a district of Barcelona between the old city and what were once surrounding small towns , constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries....
, Sant Andreu
Sant Andreu
Sant Andreu is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona has been divided up since 1984. It was named after a former municipality in the plain of Barcelona called Sant Andreu de Palomar, the largest in the area, which makes up nowadays the bulk of a neighbourhood bearing the same name...
and Sant Martí
Sant Martí
Sant Martí , is a district of Barcelona located on its eastern side, usually numbered 10 out of the ten districts of the city.It borders the Mediterranean sea, Sant Adrià del Besòs and four other districts of the city: Ciutat Vella, l'Eixample, Horta-Guinardó and Sant Andreu.It did not become an...
), and by two other municipalities of the metropolitan area (Sant Cugat and Cerdanyola del Vallès
Cerdanyola del Vallès
Cerdanyola del Vallès is a municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental in Catalonia . It is situated in the on the north side of the Collserola ridge. The town is served by the A-7 and C-58 autopistes, the N-150 road and the RENFE railway commuter lines R4, R7 and railway regional line Ca4...
. It didn't undergo a massive urbanisation process until the 1950s.
Territory and demographics
Its inhabitants added up to 169,920 in the 2005 census. As the third largest district in the city (after Sants-MontjuïcSants-Montjuïc
Sants-Montjuïc is one of the ten districts Barcelona has been split in since 1984, numbered District 3. Comprising very different areas of the city, it covers the southern part of Barcelona, joining the two former districts II and VII , as well as the different areas comprised in the Zona Franca...
and Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi is one of the biggest districts of Barcelona, situated on the north-west of the city, surrounded by districts of Les Corts, Gràcia, Eixample i Horta-Guinardo, and by the villages of Sant Just, Sant Feliu, Molins de Rei and Sant Cugat...
), it is not one of the most densely populated parts of the city: the figures show its population is actually in decline. It is known for the steepness of its streets, which is due to the hilly landscape in this area of Barcelona, surrounded by the hills of Collserola
Serra de Collserola
The Serra de Collserola , or simply Collserola, is a mountain range between the rivers Besòs and Llobregat. It is part of the Catalan Coastal Range....
, Vall d'Hebron and Riera d'Horta.
Neighbourhoods
- El GuinardóEl GuinardóEl Guinardó is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
- El Baix GuinardóEl Baix GuinardóEl Baix Guinardó is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
- Can BaróCan BaróCan Baró is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
- La Font d'en FarguesLa Font d'en FarguesLa Font d'en Fargues is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
- El CarmelEl CarmelEl Carmel , or simply Carmel, is a neighbourhood in the district of Horta-Guinardó, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.Carmel is in the municipal district of Horta-Guinardó. The area was developed mainly in the 60s and 70s when immigrant workers, encouraged to move to Barcelona by the government of...
- La TeixoneraLa TeixoneraLa Teixonera is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia . The name honours Joaquim Taxonera, who urbanized the neighbourhood....
(also spelt Taxonera) - La ClotaLa ClotaLa Clota is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
- HortaHorta, BarcelonaHorta is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia . It is documented for the first time in 965, in which appears as the valley of Horta. Originally the neighborhood was the main town of the former municipality of Horta which was more or less as the current district...
- La Vall d'HebronLa Vall d'HebronLa Vall d'Hebron is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia .The Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron is not in the neighborhood of la Vall d'Hebron, it is located in the neighborhood of Montbau, on the other side of Ronda de Dalt.Four venues in the area hosted...
- MontbauMontbauMontbau is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia . In the eastern part of the neighborhood there is the campus Mundet, which had been the old Llars Mundet that was a charitable organization...
- Sant Genís dels AgudellsSant Genís dels AgudellsSant Genís dels Agudells is a neighborhood in the Horta-Guinardó district of Barcelona, Catalonia ....
External links
- City Council of Barcelona page for Horta-Guinardó http://w3.bcn.es/XMLServeis/XMLHomeLinkPl/0,4022,321150885_323795929_1,00.html