Les Corts () is one of the ten districts into which

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has been divided up since 1984, numbered IV. It was created in 1897 out of two former municipalities: Les Corts de Sarrià and some parts of

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(the remaining of which went to become the current district of

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). It had 82,588 inhabitants in the 2005 census, which makes it the least populous district of the city. It is located in the western part of the city, next to three other districts of

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as well as

Sants-Montjuïc Sants-Montjuïc () is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona has been split since 1984, numbered District 3. Comprising very different areas of the city, it covers the southern part of Barcelona, joining the two former districts ''II'' (mad ...

, and two municipalities of the

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and

Esplugues de Llobregat Esplugues de Llobregat () is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. Formerly in the ''Barcelonès'', since 1990 it has been part of the comarca of Baix Llobregat. During recent decades Esplugues has evolved from a predominantly indus ...

Etymology

The name is not derived from courts, but developed from the Latin ''cohors'', ''cohortes'' (meaning "rural houses"), as a reference to the local Roman villas and '' masies'' which stood there before the 20th-century urbanisation of the area.

Neighbourhoods

It is further divided into the following neighbourhoods: * Les Corts *

Pedralbes Pedralbes (, Old Catalan for ''white stones'') is a neighborhood in '' Les Corts'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Before the administrative division of 1984, the neighborhood was part of Sarrià and the former municipality of Sant Vice ...

La Maternitat i Sant Ramon La Maternitat i Sant Ramon is a neighborhood in the '' les Corts'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain), the westernmost area of the district, distinctly more working class than its neighbours Pedralbes and Les Corts and similar to the also ne ...

References

External links

Les Corts Official Website
Districts of Barcelona {{Barcelona-geo-stub

Etymology

Neighbourhoods

See also

References

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