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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, and two municipalities of the
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and
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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 *
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 ...


See also

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Avinguda de Josep Tarradellas, Barcelona Avinguda de Josep Tarradellas, often known as just Avinguda Tarradellas, is an avenue in Barcelona. Most of it is in the Les Corts district of the city, while the rest acts as the border of two other districts: Sants-Montjuïc and Eixample. It st ...
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Street names in Barcelona The odonyms of Barcelona — meaning the street names in Barcelona along with the names of thoroughfares and other roads in the city — are regulated by the ''Ponència de Nomenclàtor dels Carrers de Barcelona'', a commission under the Departm ...
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Urban planning of Barcelona The urban planning of Barcelona developed in accordance with the historical and territorial changes of the city, and in line with other defining factors of public space, such as architecture, urban infrastructure and the adaptation and maintenance ...


References


External links


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