Barcelona, Catalonia

Barcelona: Capital of Catalonia, Spain

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Quick Facts about Barcelona

Population : 1,636,762
Country : Spain
State : Catalonia (Spain)
County : Província de Barcelona
Head of government : Mayor of Barcelona, Q8350052
Postal code : 08001–08042
Plate code : B
Phone Area Codes : 93
Area : 101.3 km2
Official name : Barcelona
Patron saint : Virgin Mary
Male population : 775619
Female population : 861143
Altitude : 30 feet / 9 meters
Capital city : Barcelona is capital of Catalonia, Barcelonès, Barcelona Province, Catalan Republic, Principality of Catalonia, County of Barcelona, Catalan Republic (1641), Catalan State, Catalan State (1873), Montserrat, Bouches-de-l'Èbre-Montserrat
Time Zone : UTC+01:00
Local time : 22:00:29 (5th November 2024)

Geography

Barcelona is located at 41°23'20"N 2°9'32"E (41.3887900, 2.1589900). It has 7 neighbors: Sant Just Desvern, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Sant Cugat del Valles, Montcada i Reixac, l Hospitalet de Llobregat and el Prat de Llobregat.

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  • Jordi Hereu i Boher , 1 July, 2011 2006-08-08T00:00:00Z
  • Xavier Trias , 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z 13 June, 2015
  • Narcís Serra , 2 December, 1982 1979-04-19T00:00:00Z
  • Pasqual Maragall i Mira , 26 September, 1997 1982-12-02T00:00:00Z
  • Ada Colau , 118 2015-06-13T00:00:00Z
  • Joan Clos i Matheu , 8 August, 2006 1997-09-26T00:00:00Z

  • Algiers
  • Antwerp (1997 )
  • Athens
  • Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
  • Boston
  • Buenos Aires
  • Busan
  • Cairo
  • Cologne
  • Dubai (2006 )
  • Dublin
  • Fez (2009 )
  • Gaza City
  • Gdańsk (1990 )
  • Havana
  • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Isfahan
  • Istanbul
  • Kōbe (1993 )
  • Medellín
  • Montevideo
  • Montpellier
  • Montreal
  • Monzón
  • Nizhny Novgorod (2009 )
  • Perpignan (1994 )
  • Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole (1994 )
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Rosario
  • Saint Petersburg (1984 )
  • Santo Domingo
  • Sarajevo
  • Seville
  • Shanghai (2001 )
  • São Paulo
  • Tel Aviv (1998 )
  • Tirana
  • Trujillo (1991 )
  • Valparaíso
  • Varna
  • Wenzhou (2011 )

Barcelona has 7 neighbours.

  • Gràcia
  • Ciutat Vella
  • Les Corts
  • Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
  • Sant Andreu
  • Sants-Montjuïc
  • Sant Martí
  • Nou Barris
  • Eixample
  • Horta-Guinardó

Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
1715 37,000 - resident registration
1717 35,928 -2.98% register office
1769 54,000 33.47% resident registration
1777 111,410 51.53% register office
1787 100,160 -11.23% register office
1807 130,000 22.95% resident registration
1820 140,000 7.14% resident registration
1830 160,000 12.5% resident registration
1857 235,060 31.93% register office
1860 249,209 5.68% register office
1877 353,853 29.57% register office
1887 405,913 12.83% register office
1900 544,137 25.4% register office
1910 595,732 8.66% register office
1920 721,869 17.47% register office
1930 1,005,565 28.21% register office
1936 1,062,157 5.33% register office
1940 1,081,175 1.76% register office
1945 1,205,509 10.31% register office
1950 1,280,179 5.83% register office
1955 1,403,028 8.76% register office
1960 1,557,863 9.94% register office
1965 1,655,603 5.9% register office
1970 1,745,142 5.13% register office
1975 1,754,714 0.55% register office
1981 1,754,900 0.01% register office
1986 1,694,064 -3.59% register office
1991 1,681,132 -0.77% resident registration
2001 1,505,325 -11.68% resident registration
2002 1,527,190 1.43% resident registration
2003 1,582,738 3.51% resident registration
2004 1,578,546 -0.27% resident registration
2005 1,593,075 0.91% resident registration
2006 1,605,602 0.78% resident registration
2007 1,595,110 -0.66% resident registration
2008 1,615,908 1.29% resident registration
2009 1,621,537 0.35% resident registration
2010 1,619,337 -0.14% resident registration
2011 1,615,448 -0.24% resident registration
2012 1,620,943 0.34% resident registration
2013 1,611,822 -0.57% resident registration
2014 1,602,386 -0.59% resident registration
2015 1,604,555 0.14% resident registration
2016 1,608,746 0.26% resident registration
2017 1,620,809 0.74% resident registration
2018 1,620,343 -0.03% resident registration
2019 1,636,762 1% resident registration

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