El Prat de Llobregat
El Prat de Llobregat (Catalan pronunciation: [əɫ ˈpɾad də ʎuβɾəˈɣat]), commonly kent as El Prat [əɫ ˈpɾat], is a municipality in the comarca o Baix Llobregat in Catalonie, Spain. It is situatit in the delta o the Llobregat river on the richt bank, borderin the coast o the Mediterranean Sea atween Barcelona an Viladecans. Mair nor a quairter o the aurie o the municipality is occupee'd bi Barcelona-El Prat Airport. Apairt frae the transport links tae the airport, the toun o El Prat is servit bi a railwey station on the coast line frae Barcelona to Valencia. The municipality haes a beach an a smaw natur reserve at the Llac (Loch) de la Ricarda i del Remolar. El Prat is famous for its blue-leggit chickens (kent as gall potablava in Catalan).
El Prat de Llobregat | |
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 Coat airms | |
  El Prat de Llobregat Location in Catalonie | |
| Coordinates: 41°20′N 2°06′E / 41.333°N 2.100°ECoordinates: 41°20′N 2°06′E / 41.333°N 2.100°E | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Commonty |  Catalonie |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Baix Llobregat |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Lluís Tejedor i Ballesteros (IC-V) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.23 km2 (12.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 63,312 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | pratense (Spainyie), pratenc,-ca (Catalan) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History eedit
El Prat wis foondit atween the years 1720 an 1740, when the toun stairtit tae grow besides a path crossin. The first biggins tae appear wur the kirk (dedicatit tae Saunt Peter an Saunt Paul), the hostel (which servit as a schuil, bakery, an obviously as a hostel), an some ither hooses biggit bi the fermers o the delta, who came tae the kirk tae pray.
Efter this, the installation o a ferry tae cross the river an, later, the construction o the Ferran Puig brig, the arrival o the railwey an the discovery o unnergrund watter impruivit the communication o El Prat an consequently doubled its population. In 1917, the installation on the toun o La Papelera Espanola, a factory producin paper an derivatives, stairtit the industrial years o El Prat.
Next, in 1923, three private aerodromes stairtit operations in El Prat, due tae the flat terrain o the municipality. That wis the beginnin o the connection atween El Prat and the world of aviation, that wad end up creatin Barcelona-El Prat Airport efter the unification o the three aerodromes in 1948.
In 1926, anither company, this time of the textile sector, called "La Seda de Barcelona", biggit a factory in the toun. That caused the feenal spurt o growthe o El Prat. Wi the immigration o fowk frae the sooth o Spain (maistly Andalusie an Extremadura), the town almost doubled in size bi 1930, an again bi 1950, an then increased its size threefaud in 1970 wi the creation o the neebourheids o Sant Cosme, Sant Jordi an La Granja, biggit tae be the hame o these immigrants. Feenally, wi the next expansion, the population doubled in size ance again, awtho haes nou reached a period o stability.
Demografie eedit
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,804 | 6,694 | 10,401 | 36,363 | 63,052 | 63,499 |
Climate eedit
| Climate data for El Prat(data from 1935-1969) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
| Source: Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial[1] | |||||||||||||
Economy eedit
At El Prat De Llobregat staunds the Gearbox del Prat plant, fully awned bi the Spainyie caur maker SEAT, which is ane o the five production steids in the warld manufacturin transmission pairts an gearboxes for the Volkswagen Group.[2]
An aw Vueling Airlines haes its heid office in the Parque de Negocios Mas Blau II in El Prat de Llobregat.[3] Afore its dissolution, Clickair haed its heid office in El Prat de Llobregat.[4]
Schuils an Eddication eedit
Public Centres in el Prat de Llobregat
- Preschuil
- Sol Solet
- Dumbo
- El Cabusset
- La Vailets
- El Xumet del Prat
- Llar d'infants Hello Kitty
- Kindergarten an Primar Eddication (CEIP)
- Joan Maragall
- Escola Mare de Déu del Carme
- Jacint Verdaguer
- Charles Darwin
- Josep Tarradellas
- Sant Cosme i Sant Damià
- Bernat Metge
- Escola del Parc
- Galileo Galilei
- Sant Jaume
- Jaume Balmes
- Pompeu Fabra
- Ramón Llull
- Private Schuils. (Primar Eddication an Seicontar Eddication)
- Col·legi Seda
- Acadèmia Nuestra Señora del Mar García-Lorca
- Escola Mare de Déu del Carme
- Secondary Eddication an Baccalaureate(INS)
- Estany de la Ricarda
- Baldiri Guilera
- Salvador Dalí
- Doctor Trueta
- Illa dels Banyols
- Institut Ribera Baixa[5]
- Special Eddication Centre (CEE)
- Can Rigol
- Adult Schuils(EPA)
- Sant Cosme
- Terra Baixa
See an aw eedit
References eedit
- ↑ "ESP BARCELONA - EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT".
- ↑ Gearbox del Prat http://media.seat.com/en/company/380-gearbox-del-prat.html Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Contact Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine." Vueling Airlines. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.
- ↑ " Article: clickair on track to carry 4.5 million passengers by year end.(Brief article) Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine." Airline Industry Information. 25 September 2007. Retrieved on 30 March 2009.
- ↑ "Institut Ribera Baixa" (in Catalan). Archived frae the original on 19 Mey 2013. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2013.
- 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).
Freemit airtins eedit
- Granja Torres Archived 2017-09-26 at the Wayback Machine (blue-legged chickens ferm)
- Artistic and historical buildings in Prat de Llobregat (in Catalan)
- El Prat City Council (in Catalan)
- El Prat city map