La Maternitat i Sant Ramon is a neighborhood in the les Corts

Les Corts, Barcelona

Les Corts is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona, Spain has been divided up since 1984, numbered IV. It was created in 1897 out of two former municipalities: Les Corts de Sarrià and some parts of Sarrià...

district of Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, Catalonia

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

 (Spain

Spain

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), the westernmost area of the district, distinctly more working class than its neighbours Pedralbes

Pedralbes

Pedralbes is a neighborhood in Les Corts district of Barcelona, Catalonia . Before the administrative division of 1984, the neighborhood was part of Sarrià and the former municipality of Sant Vicenç de Sarrià....

 and Les Corts

Les Corts

Les Corts may refer to:*Camp de Les Corts - the former home ground of FC Barcelona.*District of Les Corts - a district of Barcelona....

 and similar to the also neighbouring L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or briefly L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Catalonia by population...

 and Sants

Sants

Sants is a neighborhood in the southern part of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Formerly an industrial town on the plain bordering Barcelona, known as Santa Maria de Sants, it belongs nowadays to the district of Sants-Montjuïc and is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the northeast, Les Corts to...

. It was part of the former independent municipality of Les Corts, also known as les Corts de Sarrià. Its name stems from the 19th century maternity house known as La Maternitat, in Travessera de Les Corts, designed by Camil Oliveres i Gensana and which includes a large garden. It's made up of residential areas to the west such as Sant Ramon proper and the Torre Melina buildings, and the build-up areas of La Maternitat and Can Bacardí to the east. Centre Cívic Riera Blanca is this neighbourhood's community centre

Community centre

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.

Most of the facilities of FC Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

, including its famous stadium Camp Nou

Camp Nou

Camp Nou , sometimes called "the Nou Camp" in English, is a football stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The stadium, located in the west of the city, has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957....

, are located in this neighbourhood.

Transport

The Barcelona Metro

Barcelona Metro

The Barcelona Metro , part of the public transportation system of Barcelona, Catalonia, is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs. Since July 31, 2010, Barcelona Metro system consists of 11 lines with 165...

 stations Les Corts

Les Corts (Barcelona Metro)

Les Corts is a Barcelona Metro station, on L3. It's named after a district, Les Corts. It was opened in 1975, when the Zona Universitària - Sants Estació section was added to the line. It's located under carrer de Joan Güell, between Travessera de les Corts and carrer de can Bruixa...

 and Zona Universitària

Zona Universitària (Barcelona Metro)

Zona Universitària is a station in the Barcelona Metro network, named after the Universitat de Barcelona campus of the same name, and currently the southern terminus of L3 . It's located underground Avinguda Diagonal, where it has four entrances, two on each side of the avenue...

, on L3

Barcelona Metro line 3

— Line 3, currently known as Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova, coloured green and often simply referred to as Línia verda , is a metro line in Barcelona operated by TMB, and therefore part of the fare-integrated ATM transport network of the urban region...

, are both nearby. Camp Nou, a L9

Barcelona Metro line 9

Line 9 is a line of the Barcelona Metro network that is currently under construction, with five stations open in the Santa Coloma de Gramenet suburb since December 2009...

 station still under construction, will serve the neighbourhood. On the other hand, Trambaix

Trambaix

The Trambaix is a light rail system operated by TRAMMET connecting the Baix Llobregat area with the city of Barcelona, Catalonia. It opened to the public on April 5, 2004 after a weekend when the tram could be used free of charge....

 station Can Ramon links it with the Baix Llobregat

Baix Llobregat

Baix Llobregat is a comarca on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Sant Feliu de Llobregat.-Municipalities:Populations are from 2002.* Abrera - pop. 9,166* Begues - pop. 5,023* Castelldefels - pop. 52,405...

municipalities to the west and inner-city Barcelona to the east.

External links

• BCN.cat