Viladecans

Municipality in Catalonia, Spain

Viladecans
Municipality
Town hall, Viladecans
Flag Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 41°18′57″N 2°01′11″E / 41.31583°N 2.01972°E / 41.31583; 2.01972Coordinates: 41°18′57″N 2°01′11″E / 41.31583°N 2.01972°E / 41.31583; 2.01972
Country	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Baix Llobregat
Government
• Mayor	Carles Ruiz Novella (2015)[1]
Area[2]
• Total	20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population (2018)[3]
• Total	66,168
• Density	3,200/km2 (8,400/sq mi)
Website	viladecans.cat

Viladecans (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌbiləðəˈkans]) is a large town very close to Barcelona, Spain. It is located between Sant Boi de Llobregat and Sant Climent de Llobregat, and is on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between El Prat de Llobregat and Gavà. Viladecans is basically a service town. It has a hospital, which serves the surrounding towns.

Viladecans has 13 or 14 schools and 30 to 40 sport teams in football, basketball, baseball, softball, gymnastics and other sports.

Demography

This is a table of Viladecans' population demography since 1900.

1900	1930	1950	1970	1986	2005
1194	2990	4294	24,483	45,071	64,077

Notable residents

• Enrique Cortés Pes, Olympic baseball player
• Gervasio Deferr, Olympic gymnast; has lived in Viladecans; now lives in Rubí
• María Vasco, Olympic race walker

Images

Viladecans

Riera

See also

• CB Viladecans

References

1. "Ajuntament de Viladecans". Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
2. "El municipi en xifres: Viladecans". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
3. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

• 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).

External links

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• Town hall web
• Government data pages (in Catalan)

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