:El Prat de Llobregat

File:(El Prat de Llobregat) Barcelona, Spain. Copernicus Sentinel-2. ESA (cropped).jpg's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.]]

It is situated in the delta of the Llobregat river on the right bank, bordering the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Barcelona and Viladecans. More than a quarter of the area of the municipality is occupied by Barcelona–El Prat Airport. Apart from the transport links to the airport, the town of El Prat is served by a railway station on the coast line from Barcelona to Valencia. The municipality also has a beach and a small nature reserve at the Llac (Lake) de la Ricarda i del Remolar. El Prat is famous for its blue-legged chickens (known as gall potablava in Catalan). El Prat forms part of the metropolitan area of Barcelona.

El Prat was founded between the years 1720 and 1740, when the town started to grow besides a path crossing. The first buildings to appear were the church (dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul), the hostel (which served as a school, bakery, and obviously as a hostel), and some other houses built by the farmers of the delta, who came to the church to pray.

After this, the installation of a ferry to cross the river and, later, the construction of the Ferran Puig bridge, the arrival of the railroad and the discovery of underground water improved the communication of El Prat and consequently doubled its population. In 1917, the installation on the town of La Papelera Espanola, a factory producing paper and derivatives, started the industrial years of El Prat.

Next, in 1923, three private aerodromes started operations in El Prat, due to the flat terrain of the municipality. That was the beginning of the connection between El Prat and the world of aviation, that would end up creating Barcelona International Airport after the unification of the three aerodromes in 1948.

In 1926, another company, this time of the textile sector, called "La Seda de Barcelona", built a factory in the town. That caused the final spurt of growth of El Prat. With the immigration of people from the south of Spain (mostly Andalusia and Extremadura), the town almost doubled in size by 1930, and again by 1950, and then increased its size threefold in 1970 with the creation of the neighborhoods of Sant Cosme, Sant Jordi and La Granja, built to be the home of these immigrants. Finally, with the next expansion, the population doubled in size once again, although has now reached a period of stability.

{{Catalan city demography table

| pop_1857=1,895

| pop_1900=2,804

| pop_1930=6,694

| pop_1950=10,401

| pop_1970=36,363

| pop_1986=63,052

| pop_2002=66,312

| pop_2006=63,069

| pop_2009=63,418

| pop_latest=63,499

| latest_year=2011}}

El Prat de Llobregat has a typical Csa Mediterranean climate.

{{Weather box

| location = El Prat de Llobregat Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport (1991-2020)

| metric first = yes

| single line = yes

| Jan high C = 14.0

| Feb high C = 14.5

| Mar high C = 16.4

| Apr high C = 18.5

| May high C = 21.7

| Jun high C = 25.5

| Jul high C = 28.3

| Aug high C = 28.9

| Sep high C = 26.0

| Oct high C = 22.3

| Nov high C = 17.6

| Dec high C = 14.5

| year high C =

| Jan mean C = 9.7

| Feb mean C = 10.2

| Mar mean C = 12.3

| Apr mean C = 14.5

| May mean C = 17.8

| Jun mean C = 21.7

| Jul mean C = 24.5

| Aug mean C = 25.1

| Sep mean C = 22.1

| Oct mean C = 18.3

| Nov mean C = 13.3

| Dec mean C = 10.4

| year mean C =

| Jan low C = 5.5

| Feb low C = 5.9

| Mar low C = 8.1

| Apr low C = 10.4

| May low C = 13.8

| Jun low C = 17.9

| Jul low C = 20.8

| Aug low C = 21.3

| Sep low C = 18.0

| Oct low C = 14.3

| Nov low C = 9.1

| Dec low C = 6.2

| year low C =

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 41.3

| Feb precipitation mm = 30.1

| Mar precipitation mm = 41.7

| Apr precipitation mm = 47.3

| May precipitation mm = 41.9

| Jun precipitation mm = 26.3

| Jul precipitation mm = 27.3

| Aug precipitation mm = 51.2

| Sep precipitation mm = 86.1

| Oct precipitation mm = 82.1

| Nov precipitation mm = 45.5

| Dec precipitation mm = 37.3

| year precipitation mm =

| Jan precipitation days = 4.2

| Feb precipitation days = 3.4

| Mar precipitation days = 4.4

| Apr precipitation days = 5.6

| May precipitation days = 4.6

| Jun precipitation days = 3.1

| Jul precipitation days = 2.1

| Aug precipitation days = 4.2

| Sep precipitation days = 6.0

| Oct precipitation days = 6.4

| Nov precipitation days = 4.6

| Dec precipitation days = 3.9

| year precipitation days =

| unit precipitation days = 1 mm

| Jan humidity = 68

| Feb humidity = 67

| Mar humidity = 68

| Apr humidity = 68

| May humidity = 67

| Jun humidity = 65

| Jul humidity = 65

| Aug humidity = 66

| Sep humidity = 68

| Oct humidity = 72

| Nov humidity = 69

| Dec humidity = 69

| year humidity =

| Jan sun = 136

| Feb sun = 164

| Mar sun = 214

| Apr sun = 228

| May sun = 257

| Jun sun = 267

| Jul sun = 298

| Aug sun = 273

| Sep sun = 222

| Oct sun = 177

| Nov sun = 135

| Dec sun = 118

| year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 46

| Feb percentsun = 54

| Mar percentsun = 57

| Apr percentsun = 57

| May percentsun = 57

| Jun percentsun = 59

| Jul percentsun = 65

| Aug percentsun = 64

| Sep percentsun = 60

| Oct percentsun = 51

| Nov percentsun = 46

| Dec percentsun = 41

| year percentsun =

| source 1 = Agencia Estatal de Meteorología{{cite web|title=AEMET OpenData|url=https://opendata.aemet.es/centrodedescargas/inicio|publisher=AEMET|access-date=6 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/efemerides_extremos?w=0&k=cat&datos=det&l=0076|title=Valores Extremos|publisher=Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia|access-date=10 February 2025}}

}}

{{Weather box

|location = El Prat(data from 1935-1969)

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan high C = 12.8

|Feb high C = 13.8

|Mar high C = 15.3

|Apr high C = 17.8

|May high C = 20.9

|Jun high C = 24.6

|Jul high C = 27.3

|Aug high C = 27.4

|Sep high C = 25.4

|Oct high C = 21.5

|Nov high C = 17.0

|Dec high C = 13.7

|year high C = 19.8

|Jan mean C = 8.4

|Feb mean C = 9.2

|Mar mean C = 11.2

|Apr mean C = 13.5

|May mean C = 16.4

|Jun mean C = 20.4

|Jul mean C = 23.0

|Aug mean C = 23.3

|Sep mean C = 21.4

|Oct mean C = 17.2

|Nov mean C = 12.7

|Dec mean C = 9.6

|year mean C = 15.5

|Jan low C = 4.1

|Feb low C = 4.5

|Mar low C = 7.2

|Apr low C = 9.2

|May low C = 12.0

|Jun low C = 16.3

|Jul low C = 18.8

|Aug low C = 19.2

|Sep low C = 17.3

|Oct low C = 13.0

|Nov low C = 8.4

|Dec low C = 5.4

|year low C = 11.3

|source 1 = Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial{{cite web

|url=http://www.ucm.es/info/cif/station/es-el-pr.htm

|title=ESP BARCELONA - EL PRAT DE LLOBREGAT

}}

|date=September 2012}}

File:Vueling headquarters el Prat.JPG head office in El Prat de Llobregat]]

At El Prat De Llobregat stands the Gearbox del Prat plant, fully owned by the Spanish car maker SEAT, which is one of the five production sites in the world manufacturing transmission parts and gearboxes for the Volkswagen Group.Gearbox del Prat http://media.seat.com/en/company/380-gearbox-del-prat.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326040151/http://media.seat.com/en/company/380-gearbox-del-prat.html |date=2010-03-26 }}

Also Vueling Airlines formerly had its head office in the Parque de Negocios Mas Blau II in El Prat de Llobregat."[http://www.vueling.com/vueling/contact.php?language=EN&idMenu=7 Contact] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228031908/http://www.vueling.com/vueling/contact.php?language=EN&idMenu=7 |date=2009-12-28 }}." Vueling Airlines. Retrieved on 29 December 2009. Before its dissolution, Clickair had its head office in El Prat de Llobregat."[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102195208/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-169093469.html Article: clickair on track to carry 4.5 million passengers by year end.(Brief article)]." Airline Industry Information. 25 September 2007. Retrieved on 30 March 2009.

Public centers in El Prat de Llobregat

;Preschool

• Sol Solet
• Dumbo
• El Cabusset
• La Vailets
• El Xumet del Prat
• Llar d'infants Hello Kitty

;Kindergarten and primary education (CEIP):

• Joan Maragall
• Escola Mare de Déu del Carme
• Jacint Verdaguer
• Charles Darwin
• Josep Tarradellas
• Sant Cosme i Sant Damià
• Bernat Metge
• Escola del Parc
• Galileo Galilei
• Sant Jaume
• Jaume Balmes
• Pompeu Fabra
• Ramón Llull

;Private schools (primary education and secondary education )

• Col·legi Seda
• Acadèmia Nuestra Señora del Mar García-Lorca
• Escola Mare de Déu del Carme

;Secondary education and baccalaureate (INS)

• Estany de la Ricarda
• Baldiri Guilera
• Salvador Dalí
• Doctor Trueta
• Illa dels Banyols
• Institut Ribera Baixa{{cite web|url=http://www.iesriberabaixa.cat/|title=Institut Ribera Baixa|language=ca|access-date=2013-04-28}}

;Special education center (CEE):

• Can Rigol

;Adult schools(EPA):

• Sant Cosme
• Terra Baixa

{{Portal|Spain}}

• Metropolitan area of Barcelona
• Zona Franca (Barcelona)

{{Reflist}}

• 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).

• [http://www.poblesdecatalunya.cat/municipi.php?m=081691 Artistic and historical buildings in Prat de Llobregat] (in Catalan)
• [http://www.elprat.cat El Prat City Council] (in Catalan)
• [http://aplicacions.municat.gencat.cat/index.php?page=consulta&mostraEns=0816910007 Government data pages] {{in lang|ca}}

{{Geographic location

|Centre = El Prat de Llobregat

|N = L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

|NE = Barcelona

|E =

|SE = Balearic Sea

|S =

|SW = Viladecans

|W = Sant Boi de Llobregat

|NW = Cornellà de Llobregat

}}

{{Baix Llobregat}}

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