Castelldefels
Castelldefels | ||
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Postal code 08860 | ||
Official language(s) | Catalan and Spanish | |
Website | castelldefels |
Castelldefels (Catalan pronunciation:
Geography and location
It is located about 20 km (12 mi) southwest of
The Olympic canal, called Canal Olímpic de Catalunya, built for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games of Barcelona is in the town.
The
Demography and governance
1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2005 |
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289 | 797 | 2039 | 13,219 | 27,932 | 56,718 |
Between 1979 and 2011, the town was governed by the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). The first democratic mayor after Constitution was Agustín Marina Pérez . In 2011, the conservative People's Party (PP) won a plurality of seats for the first time, and Manuel Reyes of the PP was elected mayor of the town.[6] In 2015, the eco-socialist Candela López of the ICV was elected mayor by a leftist government coalition.
Summary of council election results
1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | |
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Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) | 8 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV) | 5 (a) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||
United and Alternative Left (EUiA) | 1 (b) | 1 (b) | 1 | |||||||||
Movem Castelldefels (with ICV-EUiA) | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) | 4 | |||||||||||
Independents/Residents groups | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Convergence and Union (CiU) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
Together for Castelldefels (Junts) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
People's Party (PP) | 2 (c) | 1 (c) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | |
Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) | 1 | |||||||||||
Citizens – Party of the Citizenry (C's) |
1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Castelldefels Si Pot (CSPOT) | 2 | |||||||||||
Som Castelldefels (SFELS) | 3 | |||||||||||
Total number of seats[7] | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
(a) results for the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia
(b) results for the Party of the Communists of Catalonia
(c) results for the People's Alliance
Education
The town is also the location of the Castelldefels and Nexus (sixth form college) campuses of the British School of Barcelona (BSB).[8]
There are ten public primary schools and three public secondary schools.
Transport
Transport links include two stations (
2010 accident
On 23 June 2010, 12 young people were killed, and 14 injured, when they were hit by an express train as they crossed the tracks in the railway station at Platja de Castelldefels, while on their way to a summer solstice bonfire party on the beach.[9]
References
- Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "The municipality in figures". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. 2017.
- ^ "Lionel Messi admits he sees 'weird things happening' at Barcelona". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ 72037 Castelldefels
- ^ "El PP promet austeritat a Castelldefels després de conquerir la històrica alcaldia socialista", ara.cat, 11 June 2011
- ^ Eleccions municipals 1979–2011, Ciutats catalanes de més de 25.000 habitants, Historiaelectoral.com, accessed 4 September 2011
- ^ "Contact Us". British School of Barcelona. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
The British School of Barcelona Castelldefels Carrer Ginesta, 26 08860 Castelldefels Barcelona, Spain[...]BSB Nexus Carrer Ginesta, 2-10 08860 Castelldefels Barcelona, Spain
- This is visible by clicking the contact address information tabs at the footer of the page. - ^ "Twelve Spanish Teenagers Killed by Express Train", The Guardian, 24 June 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-02-1(Catalan).
External links
- Official site (in Catalan and Spanish)
- Artistic and historical buildings in Castelldefels (in Catalan)
- Government data pages (in Catalan)