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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El Prat de Llobregat is located in Catalonie
El Prat de Llobregat
El Prat de Llobregat
Location in Catalonie
Coordinates: 41°20′N 2°06′E / 41.333°N 2.100°E / 41.333; 2.100Coordinates: 41°20′N 2°06′E / 41.333°N 2.100°E / 41.333; 2.100
Kintra Spain
Commonty Catalonie
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBaix Llobregat
Govrenment
 • MayorLluís Tejedor i Ballesteros (IC-V)
Area
 • Total32.23 km2 (12.44 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total63,312
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)pratense (Spainyie), pratenc,-ca (Catalan)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

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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

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1900 1930 1950 1970 1986 2011
2,804 6,694 10,401 36,363 63,052 63,499

Climate

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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

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Vueling Airlines heid office in El Prat de Llobregat

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

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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)
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)
Special Eddication Centre (CEE)
  • Can Rigol
Adult Schuils(EPA)
  • Sant Cosme
  • Terra Baixa

See an aw

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References

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  1. "ESP BARCELONA - EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT".
  2. Gearbox del Prat http://media.seat.com/en/company/380-gearbox-del-prat.html Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Contact Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine." Vueling Airlines. Retrieved on 29 December 2009.
  4. " 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.
  5. "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).

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