Campins, Spain facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Campins
|
||
|---|---|---|
|
Municipality
|
||
Saint John's church in Campins
|
||
|
||
 Campins
Location in Province of Barcelona
Campins
Location in Spain
|
||
| Country |  Spain |
|
| Community |  Catalonia |
|
| Province | .svg){kind=small} Barcelona |
|
| Comarca | Vallès Oriental | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi) | |
| Population
(2018)
|
||
| • Total | 515 | |
| • Density | 70.5/km2 (182.7/sq mi) | |
Campins is a small town, or municipality, located in the Vallès Oriental area of Catalonia. This region is in the northeastern part of Spain. Campins is also part of a smaller area called Lower Montseny.
What is Demography?
Demography is the study of how populations change over time. It looks at things like how many people live in a place and how that number grows or shrinks.
Population Changes in Campins
The population of Campins has changed quite a bit over the centuries. For example, in 1497, only 14 families lived there. By 1717, this grew to 67 families.
In the mid-1800s, the population reached over 350 people. However, it then slowly decreased for many years. By 1981, only 160 people lived in Campins.
Since then, the population has started to grow again. In 2006, there were 363 people, and by 2011, it reached 507. This shows that more people are choosing to live in Campins now.
