Cornellà de Llobregat
Cornellà de Llobregat | |
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  Cornellà de Llobregat Location in Catalonie | |
| Coordinates: 41°21′18″N 2°04′16″E / 41.35500°N 2.07111°ECoordinates: 41°21′18″N 2°04′16″E / 41.35500°N 2.07111°E | |
| Kintra |  Spain |
| Commonty |  Catalonie |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Baix Llobregat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.90 km2 (2.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 88,740 |
| • Density | 13,000/km2 (33,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Cornellà de Llobregat (Catalan pronunciation: [kurnəˈʎa ðə ʎuβɾəˈɣat]) is a municipality in the comarca o the Baix Llobregat in Catalonie, Spain. It is situatit on the left bank o the Llobregat River.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The history o Cornellà de Llobregat is defined by three principal factors: its proximity tae the ceety o Barcelona, its bein a aurie o passage (as wis the entire Comarca o Baix Llobregat) tae an frae the caipital o Catalonie, an the presence o the Llobregat River. Its name is o Roman oreegin (Cornelianus) an the ceety's airchitectural characteristics possess Visigoth traits.
The first written reference tae the ceety dates frae 980 AD, at which time a kirk an a defence touer tae waird aff the Saracens awready existit in the same place as the current castle (constructit in the fowerteent hunderyear). The ceety wis incorporatit intae Barcelona's territory in the thirteent hunderyear an, for a short time, belangit tae the "Franqueses del Llobregat" in which agricultural activity wis principally developit.
Transport
[eedit | eedit soorce]Demografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2002 |
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| 2197 | 7031 | 11,473 | 77,314 | 86,928 | 82,817 |
Institutions
[eedit | eedit soorce]Citilab is a laboratory for ceetizen innovation based in Cornellà. It is locatit in the umwhile Can Suris factory biggin.
Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Category:Cornellà de Llobregat. |
- Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).
- Wabsteid o the ceety Cornellà de Llobregat Archived 2010-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- (Oficial) Touristic an shoppin info aboot Cornellà de Llobregat Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
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