Barcelona facts

Dull facts about Barcelona that no-one need ever know…

Location

  • Latitude 2º 7’ 42” E
  • Longitude 41º 24’ 42” N
  • Altitude 12,5 m (Plaça Sant Jaume)

Population
  • 1,600,000 inhabitants.
  • 16,000 people/square Km

Languages
  • Catalan
  • Castilian

Currency
  • Euro

World Heritage Sites
  • Parc Güell
  • Güell Palace
  • Casa Milà (La Pedrera)
  • Casa Batlló
  • Casa Vicens
  • Sagrada Familia
  • Palau de la Música Catalana
  • Hospital de Sant Pau

Barcelona boasts:
  • 600,000 cars
  • 200,000 motorcycles
  • 91,000 mopeds
  • 2,573 bus stops
  • 108 bus routes
  • 122 Km of bus lanes
  • 1080 buses that make
  • 190,950,000 passenger trips a year
  • at an average speed of 11.4 Km/hr
  • There are 7 metro lines
  • going to 109 stations
  • on 93 Km of rails
  • on which 791 carriages
  • carry 360,650,000 passengers

As well as:
  • 256,000 pigeons
  • 3,000 parrots in
  • 230,878 trees and
  • 90,000 dogs that foul
  • 1,329 Km of streets patrolled by
  • 2,659 municipal policemen…



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