L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | |
 Location in Barcelonès county | |
  L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Location within Catalonia  L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Location within Spain | |
| Coordinates: 41°21′35″N 2°6′00″E / 41.35972°N 2.10000°E | |
| Sovereign state | Spain |
| Community | Catalonia |
| Region | Barcelona |
| County | Barcelonès |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Founded | 12th century |
| Government | |
| • Type | Ajuntament |
| • Body | Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet |
| • Mayor | David Quirós (2024) (PSC) |
| Area | |
| • City | 12.4 km2 (4.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation (AMSL) | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • City | 261,068 |
| • Density | 21,000/km2 (55,000/sq mi) |
| Demonyms | hospitalenc, -ca (ca) hospitalense (es) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 0890x |
| Dialing code | +34 (E) 93 (B) |
| INE code | 08 1017 |
| City budget (2014) | €200 million |
| Main festitivity | ? |
| Patron saint | Saint Eulalia |
| Website | l-h |
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Catalan pronunciation: [luspitəˈlɛd də ʎuβɾəˈɣat; ˌlɔs-]; Spanish: Hospitalet de Llobregat), often shortened to L'Hospitalet or just L'H, is a municipality in the Barcelonès comarca, in Catalonia (Spain). It is part of the Barcelona metropolitan area, the Barcelona province, and of the Barcelona conurbation.
By population, it is the second largest municipality in Catalonia and the sixteenth in Spain. It is one of the most densely populated cities in the European Union.[3]
- ^ "El municipi en xifres: L'Hospitalet de Llobregat". Statistical Institute of Catalonia. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Rae, Alasdair (22 March 2018). "Europe's most densely populated square kilometres – mapped". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 September 2021.