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Barcelona

This article is about the city in Spain. For the football club, see FC Barcelona. For other uses, see Barcelona (disambiguation).

Barcelona
Muscab
City and municipality
Flag of Barcelona
Flag
Coat of arms of Barcelona
Coat of arms
Nicknames: 
Ciutat Comtal  (Catalan)
Ciudad Condal  (Spanish)
"Comital City" or "City of Counts"

Cap i Casal de Catalunya  (Catalan)
'Head and Hearth of Catalonia'

Abbreviation(s):
Barna, BCN
Barcelona is located in Province of Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona
Location in the Province of Barcelona
Barcelona is located in Catalonia
Barcelona
Barcelona
Location in Catalonia
Barcelona is located in Spain
Barcelona
Barcelona
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 41°23′N 2°11′E / 41.383°N 2.183°E / 41.383; 2.183
Country Spain
Autonomous community Catalonia
ProvinceBarcelona
ComarcaBarcelonès
Districts
10
Government
 • TypeAyuntamiento
 • BodyAjuntament de Barcelona
 • MayorJaume Collboni (Socialists' Party of Catalonia)
Area
[1]
 • City101.4 km2 (39.2 sq mi)
Elevation
 (AMSL)
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • City1,620,343
 • Rank2nd
 • Density16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
4,840,000[2]
 • Metro
5,474,482
DemonymsBarcelonan, Barcelonian
barceloní, -ina  (Catalan)
barcelonés, -esa  (Spanish)
Postal code
080xx
Area code+34 (E) 93 (B)
INE code08 0193
City budget (2014)€2.6 billion[4]
Official languageCatalan and Spanish
Main festivityLa Mercè
Patron saintEulalia of Barcelona
Websitewww.barcelona.cat

Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, which is a region of Spain. Barcelona is the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. The city is between the rivers of Llobregat and Besòs, and south of the Pyrenees mountains. It has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification). Most rain falls in autumn and spring, and the least rain falls in winter and summer. The average rainfall is relatively low, due to the rain shadow from the mountains.

In 1992, Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympic Games. Many new parks were opened and other significant changes to the city were made. One example is opening the new beaches in the Poble Nou area.

In 2007, about 1.6 million people lived in Barcelona. Around 3.1 million people live in the Metropolitan Area and 4.9 million people live in the Urban Region. Barcelona is the second most populated city in Spain, and the tenth in the European Union.

Barcelona is home to football team F.C. Barcelona.

  1. ↑ "El municipi en xifres: Barcelona". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Demographia: World Urban Areas Archived 3 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine – Demographia, April 2018
  3. ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  4. ↑ Trias aprueba definitivamente el presupuesto de Barcelona para 2014 Archived 14 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, La Vanguardia.

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