Sant Joan Despí
Municipality in Catalonia, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sant Joan Despí (Old Catalan for 'Saint John of the Pine'; Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsaɲ ʒuˈan dəsˈpi]) is a city and municipality located in the Baix Llobregat area (Barcelona province in Catalonia, Spain). It is situated on the left bank of the Llobregat river. Es is a dialectal form of the masculine article el, hence Despí would be rendered Del pi in standard Catalan.
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Sant Joan Despí | |
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Torre de la Creu, or "the Egg House" | |
Coordinates: 41°22′05″N 2°03′29″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Community | Catalonia |
Province | Barcelona |
Comarca | Baix Llobregat |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antoni Poveda Zapata (2015)[1] (PSC-PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
Population (2018)[3] | |
• Total | 34,084 |
• Density | 5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
Website | sjdespi |
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Since 2006, the town has been the home of the FC Barcelona training ground and youth academy, the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper; in 2019, the club's Johan Cruyff Stadium opened adjacent to the training facility, which is home to FC Barcelona Femení, FC Barcelona Atlètic, and Juvenil A (U19 A team).