Esplugues de Llobregat

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Esplugues de Llobregat
Image:Bandera d'Esplugues de Llobregat.gif Flag Coat of Arms
Location
Coordinates : Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2)
General information
Native name	Esplugues de Llobregat (Catalan)
Spanish name	Esplugas de Llobregat
Founded	1096
Postal code	08950
Area code	+34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona)
Website	http://www.esplugues.cat/
Administration
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Baix Llobregat
Neighborhoods	10
Mayor	Pilar Díaz Romero (PSC)
Geography
Land Area	4,6 km²
Altitude	110 m AMSL
Population
Population	46,550 (2005)
Density	10119,5 hab./km² (2005)

Esplugues de Llobregat is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. It belongs to the comarca of Baix Llobregat,^[1] Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. It is a quite important municipality as it has some famous schools (German School of Barcelona and American School of Barcelona) which attract rich families there, increasing the population and services.^{[neutrality disputed]} It is linked to Barcelona through the following bus lines: 57, 63, 67, 68, 157 and all the railway lines.

[edit] History

The first nominal legal land section, a little portion of land with a few homes and a few inhabitants, in what is today Esplugues was made in 1096. The first documents which talk about a town called Esplugues de Llobregat date from the 14th century.

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[edit] Demography

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

[edit] External links

• Official site (in Catalan)

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