Viladecans () is a town near
Barcelona
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, Spain. It is located between
Sant Boi de Llobregat and
Sant Climent de Llobregat
Sant Climent de Llobregat is a municipality in the comarca of Baix Llobregat, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain. It is connected by road with Viladecans and Sant Boi de Llobregat
Sant Boi de Llobregat () is a city in the Province of Barcelo ...
, and is on the coast of the
Mediterranean Sea
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between
El Prat de Llobregat
El Prat de Llobregat (), commonly known as El Prat , is a municipality of Spain located in the ''comarca'' of Baix Llobregat in Catalonia. The Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport largely lies within the municipal limits. It is part of ...
and
Gavà
Gavà () is a municipality in the Baix Llobregat comarca, in the province of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It borders the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Viladecans and Castelldefels.
Gavà has a beach and two population centers: the cit ...
.
Viladecans is basically a service town. It has a hospital, which serves the surrounding towns.
Viladecans has 13 or 14 schools and 30 to 40 sport teams in
football
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,
basketball
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,
baseball
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,
softball
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,
gymnastics
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and other sports.
Demography
This is a table of Viladecans' population demography since 1900.
Notable residents
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Enrique Cortés Pes, Olympic baseball player
*
Gervasio Deferr
Gervasio Deferr Ángel (born 7 November 1980) is a retired gymnast from Spain who competed at three Olympic Games. He became the Olympic champion in men's vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney (scored 9.712) and repeated the feat at the 2 ...
, Olympic gymnast; has lived in Viladecans; now lives in
Rubí
*
María Vasco
María del Monte Vasco Pes Gallardo (born December 26, 1975 in Viladecans) is a Spanish race walker.
She won the bronze medal in the 20 km at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Vasco was als ...
, Olympic race walker
Images
See also
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CB Viladecans
Club Béisbol Viladecans is a División de Honor de Béisbol baseball club in Viladecans, Catalonia, Spain. It was founded in 1945 and was one of the most active teams during the heyday of baseball in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s. Club Beisbol Vil ...
References
* Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).
External links
Town hall webGovernment data pages
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