Les Corts, Barcelona
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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...
, Spain
Spain
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has been divided up since 1984, numbered IV. It was created in 1897 out of two former municipalities: Les Corts de Sarrià and some parts of Sarrià
Sarrià, Barcelona
Sarrià is a neighborhood in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona, Catalonia .- Former municipality :Today what was the old municipality is divided into various neighborhoods and districts...
(the remaining of which went to become the current district of 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 had 82.588 inhabitants in the 2005 census, which makes it the least populous district of the city.
It is located in the northern part of the city, next to three other districts of 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...
: 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...
, 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....
as well as Sants-Montjuïc
Sants-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 two municipalities of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona: 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...
and Esplugues de Llobregat
Esplugues de Llobregat
Esplugues de Llobregat is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. It belongs to the comarca of Baix Llobregat, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. It has some schools, such as the German School of Barcelona and American School of Barcelona, which attract rich families, thus increasing...
.
Etymology
The name is not derived from courts, but developed from the Latin cohors, cohortes (meaning "rural houses"), as a reference to the local Roman villas and masiesMasia
A masia , more commonly known as mas in Catalan , is a type of rural construction common to the Iberian Peninsula, particularly during the ancient Kingdom of Aragon which have their origins in the Roman villas...
which stood there before the 20th-century urbanisation of the area.
Neighbourhoods
It is further divided into the following neighbourhoods:- Les CortsLes Corts (neighbourhood)Les Corts is a neighborhood in the les Corts district of Barcelona, Catalonia .It is the most central part of the district and was the main core of the old town of les Corts, or les Corts de Sarrià ....
- PedralbesPedralbesPedralbes is a neighborhood in Les Corts district of Barcelona, Catalonia . Before the administrative division of 1984, the neighborhood was part of Sarrià and the former municipality of Sant Vicenç de Sarrià....
- La Maternitat i Sant RamonLa Maternitat i Sant RamonLa Maternitat i Sant Ramon is a neighborhood in the les Corts district of Barcelona, Catalonia , the westernmost area of the district, distinctly more working class than its neighbours Pedralbes and Les Corts and similar to the also neighbouring L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Sants...