Viladecans () is a town near

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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

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and other sports.

Demography

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

Notable residents

Enrique Cortés Pes Enrique Cortés Pes Gallego (born 29 November 1966 in Viladecans, Barcelona) is a former Spanish baseball player. He played with Spain at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ...

, Olympic baseball player *

Gervasio Deferr Gervasio Deferr Ángel (born 7 November 1980) is a retired gymnast from Spain who competed at three Olympic Games. He became the Olympic champion in men's vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (scored 9.712) and repeated the feat at the 200 ...

, Olympic gymnast; has lived in Viladecans; now lives in Rubí *

María Vasco María del Monte Vasco Pes Gallardo (born December 26, 1975 in Viladecans) is a Spanish race walker. She won the bronze medal in the 20 km at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Vasco was als ...

, Olympic race walker

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References

* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).

External links

Town hall web

Government data pages
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Demography

Notable residents

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