Barcelonès Explained

Barcelonès
Settlement Type:Comarca
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2: Barcelona
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona
Seat Type:Capital
Parts Type:Municipalities
Parts Style:list
P1:Badalona, Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Area Total Km2:145.9
Population Total:2,313,975
Population As Of:2023
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonyms:barceloní (m.)
barcelonina (f.)
Blank Name Sec1:Largest municipality
Blank Info Sec1:Barcelona
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Website:barcelones.cat

Barcelonès (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /bəɾsəluˈnɛs/) is the most populated comarca (county) of Catalonia, Spain. It contains Barcelona, which is the capital of Catalonia and of the comarca itself, and four adjacent inner suburbs.

Notwithstanding, the comarca does not have a governing comarcal council; it was dissolved in 2019. Its functions had been and are superseded by the Metropolitan Council of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), which include representatives from municipalities further outside the comarca itself. All combined, Barcelonès municipalities send 39 councilors out of the Metropolitan Council's 90, making up more than 43% of the council voting power.

Municipalities

MunicipalityPopulation(2023)[1] Areakm
align=right 224,301 align=right 21.2
align=right 1,655,956 align=right 101.4
align=right 276,617 align=right 12.4
align=right 37,906 align=right 3.8
align=right 119,195 align=right 7.0
• Total: 5 align=right 2,313,975 align=right 145.8

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: El municipi en xifres. Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya. 2024-01-13.