Nou Barris (, "nine neighbourhoods") is one of the ten
districts
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into which
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
has been officially divided since 1984. The name refers to the original nine neighbourhoods it was composed of, even though nowadays it is made up of thirteen. It covers an area of 8.04 km
2.
It is located in the northern part of the city adjacent to two other districts of Barcelona:
Sant Andreu and
Horta-Guinardó and grew up extensively out of small urbanised areas near the former municipalities of
Sant Joan d'Horta and
Sant Andreu de Palomar (now neighbourhoods of Barcelona) in the 20th century, especially from the 1950s on. The district council is located in a former
mental institution, the
Institut Mental de la Santa Creu.
Neighbourhoods
It is further divided into these neighbourhoods:
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Can Peguera
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Canyelles
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Ciutat Meridiana
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La Guineueta
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Porta
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La Prosperitat
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Les Roquetes
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Torre Baró
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La Trinitat Nova
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El Turó de la Peira
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Vallbona
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Verdum
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Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta
Demographics
In 1998 it had 168,837 inhabitants, having lost over 20,000 people from a population peak in 1991. It is the district of Barcelona with the largest
Romani community. In 2005 the population went down again, with 164.981 inhabitants. Since 2000 it has become one of the areas of the city with the strongest presence of immigrants, especially from
Romania
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,
Ukraine
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and
Ecuador
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, and has been largely rehabilitated by the city council. Its density is 20.520 inhabitants/km
2.
See also
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Districts of Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain is divided into 10 districts. These are administered by a councillor designated by the main city council, and each of them have some powers relating to issues such as urbanism or infrastructure in their area. The curre ...
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Street names in Barcelona
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Urban planning of Barcelona
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External links
Nou Barris at the city council siteNouBarris.net
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Districts of Barcelona
Romani communities in Spain