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This article is about the Spanish city. For other uses, see Esplugues de Llobregat (disambiguation).
Esplugues de Llobregat is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. It belongs to the comarca of Baix Llobregat,[1] Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. It is a quite important municipality as it has got some famous schools (German School of Barcelona and American School of Barcelona) which attract rich families there, increasing the population and services. It is linked to Barcelona through the following bus lines: 63, 67, 68, 157 and all the railway lines.
[edit] History
The first nominal legal land section, a little portion of land with a few homes and a few inhabitants, in what is today Esplugues was made in 1096. The first documents which talk about a town called Esplugues de Llobregat date from the 14th century.
[edit] Notables
[edit] Demography
| 1900 |
1930 |
1950 |
1970 |
1986 |
2002 |
| 1057 |
3218 |
4318 |
29,474 |
47,670 |
46,447 |
- ↑ Esplugues de Llobregat became part of the Baix Llobregat in the comarcal revision of 1990. Previously it formed part of the Barcelonès.
[edit] Reference
- 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).
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