Nou Barris (, "nine neighbourhoods") is one of the ten

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into which

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

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 thirteen. It covers an area of 8.04 km². It is located in the northern part of the city adjacent to two other districts of Barcelona:

Sant Andreu Sant Andreu () is one of the ten districts of Barcelona since its redistricting in 1984. It was named after the former municipality of Sant Andreu de Palomar, which was the largest in the area and now makes up the bulk of the neighbourhood be ...

and

Horta-Guinardó Horta-Guinardó () is the name of one of the districts of Barcelona, located in its North-Eastern corner. It is named after two very heterogeneous areas of the city, Horta and el Guinardó, which together cover a large area of 11.92 km², ...

and grew up extensively out of small urbanised areas near the former municipalities of Sant Joan d'Horta and

Sant Andreu de Palomar Sant Andreu de Palomar is a neighbourhood of Barcelona. It's the oldest part of the Sant Andreu Sant Andreu () is one of the ten districts of Barcelona since its redistricting in 1984. It was named after the former municipality of Sant A ...

(now neighbourhoods of Barcelona) in the 20th century, especially from the 1950s on. The district council is located in a former

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, the Institut Mental de la Santa Creu.

Neighbourhoods

It is further divided into these neighbourhoods: *

Can Peguera Can Peguera is a neighborhood in the '' Nou Barris'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultr ...

* Canyelles * Ciutat Meridiana * La Guineueta *

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La Prosperitat La Prosperitat is a neighborhood in the '' Nou Barris'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ult ...

* Les Roquetes *

Torre Baró Torre Baró is a neighborhood in the '' Nou Barris'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra' ...

La Trinitat Nova La Trinitat Nova is a neighborhood in the '' Nou Barris'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Trinitat Nova metro station, on lines L3, L4 and L11 of the Barcelona Metro The Barcelona Metro (Catalan and Spanish: ) is an exte ...

El Turó de la Peira Turó de la Peira is a neighborhood in the '' Nou Barris'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ...

* 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

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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

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and

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, and has been largely rehabilitated by the city council. Its density is 20.520 inhabitants/km².

External links

Nou Barris at the city council siteNouBarris.net
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Neighbourhoods

Demographics

See also

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