- Esplugues de Llobregat
Spanish city
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native_name = Esplugues de Llobregat
spanish_name = Esplugas de Llobregat
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image_flag_size = 150px
image_coat_of_arms = Spain.Esplugues.de.Llobregat.Escudo.Oficial.svg
image_coat_of_arms_size = 110px
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time_zone = CET (GMT +1)
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founded =1096
native_language = Catalan
community = Catalonia
community_link = Catalonia
province = Barcelona
province_link = Barcelona (province)
comarca = Baix Llobregat
comarca_link = Baix Llobregat
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neighborhoods = 10
mayor = Peter Griffin
political_party = PSC
political_party_link = Socialists' Party of Catalonia
area = 4,6
altitude = 110
population = 46,550
date-population = 2005
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density = 10119,5
date-density = 2005
website = http://www.esplugues.cat/
postal_code = 08950
area_code = 93Esplugues de Llobregat is a municipality of the
Barcelona metropolitan area . It belongs to thecomarca ofBaix Llobregat , [Esplugues de Llobregat became part of the Baix Llobregat in the comarcal revision of 1990. Previously it formed part of the Barcelonès.] Barcelona province,Catalonia ,Spain .It is a quite important municipality as it has some famous schools (German School of Barcelona and American School of Barcelona) which attract rich families there, increasing the population and services. POV-statement|date=September 2008It is linked toBarcelona through the following bus lines: 57, 63, 67, 68, 157, metropolitan buses, and Tram lines.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 the14th century .Demography
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pop_1900=1057
pop_1930=3218
pop_1950=4318
pop_1970=29,474
pop_1986=47,670
pop_latest=46,447
latest_year=2002Notes
References
* 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).
External links
* [http://www.ajesplugues.es Official site] ("in Catalan")
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