Viladecans facts for kids
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Viladecans
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Municipality
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Town hall, Viladecans
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 Viladecans
Location in Province of Barcelona
Viladecans
Location in Spain
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| Country |  Spain |
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| Community |  Catalonia |
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| Province | Barcelona | ||
| Comarca | Baix Llobregat | ||
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| • Total | 20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) | ||
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| • Total | KIDDLE_IB | ||
Viladecans (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌbiləðəˈkanz]) is a town near Barcelona, Spain. It is located between Sant Boi de Llobregat and Sant Climent de Llobregat, and is on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between El Prat de Llobregat and Gavà. 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, basketball, baseball, softball, gymnastics and other sports.
Demography
This is a table of Viladecans' population demography since 1900.
| 1900 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1986 | 2005 |
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| 1194 | 2990 | 4294 | 24,483 | 45,071 | 64,077 |
Notable residents
- Enrique Cortés Pes, Olympic baseball player
- Gervasio Deferr, Olympic gymnast; has lived in Viladecans; now lives in Rubí
- María Vasco, Olympic race walker
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See also
In Spanish: Viladecans para niños
- CB Viladecans
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