Sant Boi de Llobregat

**Sant Boi de Llobregat** () is a toun o 80,000 indwallers (as o 2004) in the province o Barcelona in Catalonie, locatit aside the Llobregat river.

The toun distributes its territory intae sax destricts: Ciutat Cooperativa-Molí Nou, Marianao-Can Paulet, Barri Centre, Vinyets-Molí Vell, Camps Blancs-Canons-Orioles an Casablanca.

It leemits tae the north wi the touns o Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Sant Joan Despí an the veelage o Sant Climent de Llobregat, tae the east wi the toun o Cornellà de Llobregat, tae the wast wi Viladecans an tae the sooth wi El Prat de Llobregat, haein a narrae laund extension tae the sooth that enters intae the Mediterranean Sea.

## Economy
Tho the main business activity is centred in the tradin an service sector, Sant Boi haes a remarkable industrial activity an aw, especially for metallurgy; agricultur is stimulatit bi the growthie alluvial land at the mooth o Llobregat river an a mild climate, producin a wide variety o vegetables lik the famous Llobregat's delta artichokes.

## Politics
The mayor is Jaume Bosch i Puges (Socialists' Pairty o Catalonie, PSC). The ceety cooncil's seats are as follaes:

:Socialists' Pairty o Catalonie 13 (social democratic)
:Initiative for Catalonie Greens  3 (ecologist, socialist an federalist)
:Fowkpairty   3 (richt-wing, Christian democratic)
:Convergence an Union  3 (liberal democracy an regionalist)
:Republican Left o Catalonie  2 (independentist an social democratic)
:Ceetizens – Pairty o the Ceetizenry  1 (Unionist pro-Spaie)

## History
The fyndin o aircheological remains correspondin tae Iberie colonies (VI-I bC) an the Romans (I-V aC) - a notewirthy Roman bath is locatit near the river - suggests that the oreegins o Sant Boi can be foond in pre-Roman times.

Lik maist o the surroondin land, frae the 7t tae the 12t hunderyear the toun wis controlled bi the Moors, till thair expulsion frae Iberie durin the Reconquista.  The Moors cried it "Alcala", which means castle, due tae the existence o a hillock frae whaur the river an the valley wur dominatit.  Its present name derives frae the name o Saunt Baudilus, kent as Boi or Baldiri in Catalonie.

Durin the Middle Ages the veelage wis progressively populatit, growin frae the surroondins o the castle tae adjacent zones. A baroque style kirk is biggit durin the 16t hunderyear. The growthe keeps on durin the follaein hunderyears, giein rise tae numerous "Masies" (teepical Catalan agricultural hoosin) near the river an the maist growthie land. At the end o the 19t hunderyear Sant Boi wis a veelage o nearly 5000 indwallers, wi a economy mainly based in agricultur.

At the beginnin o the 20t hunderyear the first industries flourished in Sant Boi, rangin frae brick manufactur tae metalwirk. Wi the end o the Spaingie Ceevil War in 1939 thare is a massive inflow o immigration comin frae diverse pynts o the Spaingie geografie. Thir flows o population consistit mainly in fowk frae veelages an smaw touns searchin a job an career opportunities in the toun o Barcelona, stimulatit bi the increasin demand o wirkmanship in the regrowthe o the Catalan industry during the postwar period. The population rises frae 10.000 fowk in 1940 tae 65.000 in 1975. This period is characterisit bi the construction o complete quairters (Casablanca, Camps Blancs, Cooperativa) dedicatit tae hoosin for the immigration.

### Demografie

## Notable places
*Sant Baldiri's kirk
*Termas Romanas
*Sant Ramon hermitage

## See an aw
*UE Santboiana - the local rugby team

## 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 (Spaingie). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

## Freemit airtins
*Airtistic an historical biggins in Sant Boi de Llobregat (in Catalan)
*shops an services in Sant Boi (in Spaingie)
*Vilaweb-Sant Boi News an Information in Catalan 
*Sant Boi's Ceety Cooncil's Steid in Catalan 
*Sant Boi's Ceety Cooncil's offeecial statistic steid in Catalan