Sants
Sign in to saveSants () is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Barcelona. It belongs to the district of Sants-Montjuïc and is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the northeast, Les Corts to the northwest, and by the municipality of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat to the south. Although old-fashioned, its name is sometimes still written as Sans in some Spanish-language sources.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sants
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Neighborhood of Barcelona
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Barcelona.Edificios.Sants.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Casa Jaume Estrada (1906) on the neighbourhood's main artery, Carrer de Sants
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Catalonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Barcelona
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Barcelonès
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Barcelona
- Settlement.subdivision_type5
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name5
- Sants-Montjuïc
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.098
- Settlement.population_total
- 40831
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Sants () is a neighbourhood in the southern part of Barcelona. It belongs to the district of Sants-Montjuïc and is bordered by the districts of Eixample to the northeast, Les Corts to the northwest, and by the municipality of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat to the south. Although old-fashioned, its name is sometimes still written as Sans in some Spanish-language sources.
The main artery of the neighbourhood is Carrer de Sants, popularly known as Carretera de Sants, which runs westwards from Plaça Espanya to the neighbouring municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. It is one of the largest commercial streets in Barcelona.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sants” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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