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Nou Barris is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona has been officially divided since 1984. The name refers to the original nine neighbourhoods it was composed of, even though nowadays it's made up of fourteen. It covers up an extension of 8,04 km².
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.
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Neighbourhoods
It is further divided into these neighbourhoods:
- Can Peguera
- Canyelles
- Ciutat Meridiana
- La Guineueta
- Porta
- La Prosperitat
- Les Roquetes
- Torre Baró
- La Trinitat Nova
- El Turó de la Peira
- Vallbona
- Verdum
- 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's the district of Barcelona with the largest Roma people community. In 2005 the population went down again, with 164.981 inhabitants. Since 2000 it's become one of the areas of the city with the strongest presence of immigrants, especially from Romania, Ukraine and Ecuador, and has been largely rehabilitated by the city council. Its density is 20.520 hab./km².
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Barcelona's Districts and Neighbourhoods Ciutat Vella La Barceloneta · El Gòtic · El Raval · Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
L'Eixample L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample · La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample · Dreta de l'Eixample · Fort Pienc · Sagrada Família · Sant Antoni
Sants-Montjuïc Les Corts Les Corts · La Maternitat i Sant Ramon · Pedralbes
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi El Putget i Farró · Sarrià · Sant Gervasi - la Bonanova · Sant Gervasi - Galvany · les Tres Torres · Vallvidrera, Tibidabo i les Planes
Gràcia Vila de Gràcia · Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova · La Salut · El Coll · Vallcarca i els Penitents
Horta-Guinardó El Baix Guinardó · El Guinardó · Can Baró · El Carmel · La Font d'en Fargues · Horta · La Clota · Montbau · Sant Genís dels Agudells · La Teixonera · La Vall d'Hebron
Nou Barris Can Peguera · Canyelles · Ciutat Meridiana · La Guineueta · Porta · La Prosperitat · Roquetes · Torre Baró · Trinitat Nova · Turó de la Peira · Vallbona · Verdum · Vilapicina i Torre Llobeta
Sant Andreu Baró de Viver · Bon Pastor · El Congrés i els Indians · Navas · Sant Andreu de Palomar · La Sagrera · Trinitat Vella
Sant Martí El Besòs i el Maresme · El Clot · El Camp de l'Arpa del Clot · Diagonal Mar i Front Marítim del Poblenou · El Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou · El Poblenou · Provençals del Poblenou · Sant Martí de Provençals · La Verneda i la Pau · La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou
Categories:- Nou Barris
- Barcelona districts
- Romani communities in Spain
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