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Sants-Montjuïc

El Poble-sec

El Poble-sec is a neighborhood in the district of , . The neighborhood is located between mountain and the Avinguda del Paral·lel.
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  • Type: Quarter with 40,900 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona, Barcelonès, Spain
  • Also known as: “El Poble-sec, Barcelona”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys and National Art Museum of Catalonia.

Stadium
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Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, also known as Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, formerly known as the Estadi de and Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and also known in English as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, is a in , .

Museum
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The Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, abbreviated as MNAC, is a of visual art located in , Catalonia, Spain. Situated on hill at the end of Avinguda de la Reina Maria Cristina, near , the museum is especially…

Museum
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The , also known as MAE, is a centre for information and research on the performing arts in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Antoni and The Raval.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the district of , . Its non-official centre, the marketplace of the same name—designed by Antoni Rovira i Trias and built between 1872 and 1882—is one of the oldest and most popular in the city, especially with the secondhand book stalls that surround the building Sunday mornings.

Quarter
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El Raval is a neighborhood in the district of , the capital city of . The neighborhood, especially the part closest to the , was formerly known as Barri Xinès or Barrio Chino, meaning "Chinatown".

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is a district in the southwest of . Many of its attractions focus on the Parc de Montjuïc, which has museums, a castle, Olympic facilities and some great views overlooking the city.

El Poble-sec

Latitude
41.37281° or 41° 22′ 22″ north
Longitude
2.16197° or 2° 9′ 43″ east
Population
40,900
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
8FH495F6+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1710349123
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
6545103
Wiki­data ID
Q980253
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“El Poble-sec” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “El Poble-sec”
  • Catalan: “el Poble Sec”
  • Catalan: “el Poble-sec”
  • Catalan: “El Poble-sec”
  • Catalan: “Poble Sec”
  • Catalan: “Poble-sec”
  • Dutch: “El Poble-sec”
  • French: “Poble-sec”
  • Galician: “El Poble-sec, Barcelona”
  • Irish: “el Poble-sec”
  • Italian: “El Poble-sec”
  • Romanian: “El Poble-sec”
  • Spanish: “El Poble-sec”
  • Spanish: “Pueblo Seco”
  • Swedish: “Poble-sec”
  • Turkish: “El Poble-sec”

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