Eixample
The Eixample is the quarter designed during the middle of the 19th century by Ildefons Cerdà, expanding the medieval city of Barcelona into space left empty for defence outside the city walls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barcelona El Prat Airport and Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L’Hospitalet.
Barcelona El Prat Airport
Photo: Gpetrov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, also known as El Prat, is a major transport hub of the city of Barcelona and the whole Catalonia.
Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L’Hospitalet
Stadium
Photo: Jordi1966, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Estadi Municipal de Futbol de L'Hospitalet is a football stadium located in the Feixa Llarga district of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.
Bellvitge University Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bellvitge University Hospital is a public hospital located in town of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, with care, teaching and researching activity. It is specialized in high complexity medical care.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include L’Hospitalet de Llobregat and El Prat de Llobregat.
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat
Photo: Ralcaraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat isn’t a beautiful city. It’s a "bedroom town" southwest of Barcelona. It's the second biggest in Catalonia by population. It's important for being one of the most dense cities in Spain and also in the European Union.
El Prat de Llobregat
Photo: Buckeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Prat de Llobregat is a small city of 64,000 people in the Baix Llobregat region of Catalonia. With a quiet atmosphere and friendly people, it has the advantage of both a big city and a small town.
Sant Boi de Llobregat
Photo: Santboià, Public domain.
Sant Boi is a city near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, in the south of Catalonia, 11 km from the biggest city, Barcelona. It has a population of 83,000.
Eixample
- Type: Neighborhood with 266,000 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.3309° or 41° 19′ 51″ northLongitude
2.0975° or 2° 5′ 51″ eastPopulation
266,000Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
8FH483JW+9XOpenStreetMap ID
way 744567481OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
11549759
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Eixample” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Eixample”
- French: “Eixample”
- German: “Eixample”
- Portuguese: “Eixample”
- Spanish: “Distrito del Ensanche”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Eixample”. Photo: Armigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.