El Prat de Llobregat

**El Prat de Llobregat** (), commonly kent as **El Prat** , is a municipality in the ''comarca'' o Baix Llobregat in
Catalonie, Spain. It is situatit in the delta o the Llobregat river on the richt bank, borderin the coast o the Mediterranean Sea atween Barcelona an Viladecans. Mair nor a quairter o the aurie o the municipality is occupee'd bi Barcelona-El Prat Airport. Apairt frae the transport links tae the airport, the toun o El Prat is servit bi a railwey station on the coast line frae Barcelona to Valencia. The municipality haes a beach an a smaw natur reserve at the *Llac* (Loch) *de la Ricarda i del Remolar*. El Prat is famous for its blue-leggit chickens (kent as *gall potablava* in Catalan).

## History
El Prat wis foondit atween the years 1720 an 1740, when the toun stairtit tae grow besides a path crossin. The first biggins tae appear wur the kirk (dedicatit tae Saunt Peter an Saunt Paul), the hostel (which servit as a schuil, bakery, an obviously as a hostel), an some ither hooses biggit bi the fermers o the delta, who came tae the kirk tae pray.

Efter this, the installation o a ferry tae cross the river an, later, the construction o the Ferran Puig brig, the arrival o the railwey an the discovery o unnergrund watter impruivit the communication o El Prat an consequently doubled its population. In 1917, the installation on the toun o La Papelera Espanola, a factory producin paper an derivatives, stairtit the industrial years o El Prat.

Next, in 1923, three private aerodromes stairtit operations in El Prat, due tae the flat terrain o the municipality. That wis the beginnin o the connection atween El Prat and the world of aviation, that wad end up creatin Barcelona-El Prat Airport efter the unification o the three aerodromes in 1948.

In 1926, anither company, this time of the textile sector, called "La Seda de Barcelona", biggit a factory in the toun. That caused the feenal spurt o growthe o El Prat. Wi the immigration o fowk frae the sooth o Spain (maistly Andalusie an Extremadura), the town almost doubled in size bi 1930, an again bi 1950, an then increased its size threefaud in 1970 wi the creation o the neebourheids o Sant Cosme, Sant Jordi an La Granja, biggit tae be the hame o these immigrants. Feenally, wi the next expansion, the population doubled in size ance again, awtho haes nou reached a period o stability.

## Demografie

## Climate

## Economy

At El Prat De Llobregat staunds the *Gearbox del Prat* plant, fully awned bi the Spainyie caur maker SEAT, which is ane o the five production steids in the warld manufacturin transmission pairts an gearboxes for the Volkswagen Group.
An aw Vueling Airlines haes its heid office in the Parque de Negocios Mas Blau II in El Prat de Llobregat. Afore its dissolution, Clickair haed its heid office in El Prat de Llobregat.

## Schuils an Eddication
Public Centres in el Prat de Llobregat

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

;Kindergarten an Primar Eddication (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 Schuils. (Primar Eddication an Seicontar Eddication)
* Col·legi Seda 
* Acadèmia Nuestra Señora del Mar García-Lorca 
* Escola Mare de Déu del Carme

;Secondary Eddication an Baccalaureate(INS)
* Estany de la Ricarda
* Baldiri Guilera
* Salvador Dalí
* Doctor Trueta
* Illa dels Banyols 
* Institut Ribera Baixa

;Special Eddication Centre (CEE):
* Can Rigol

;Adult Schuils(EPA):
* Sant Cosme
* Terra Baixa

## See an aw
*Barcelona metropolitan aurie
*Zona Franca (Barcelona)

## References

* 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).

## Freemit airtins
*Granja Torres  (blue-legged chickens ferm)
*Artistic and historical buildings in Prat de Llobregat (in Catalan)
*El Prat City Council (in Catalan)
*El Prat city map