L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

**L'Hospitalet de Llobregat** (), aften shortened tae **L'Hospitalet** (), is a municipality tae the immediate soothwast o Barcelona in Catalonie, Spain.

Bi population, it is the seicont mucklest in Catalonie an the 16t in Spain. Bi population density, is notable for bein ane o the maist densely populatit ceeties in Europe.

## History an toponymy
The first records o the dounset date tae the Neolithic era wi artefacts showin human habitation in the Llobregat river area. Roman artefacts hae been foond datin tae the 2nt century BC such as a funeral decoration representin the heid o Medusa nou in the airchaeological museum o Barcelona. Housomeivver it is no till the 10t hunderyear that written references tae Provençana (the ceety's oreeginal name) appear. The current name oreeginates frae the Catalan leid an derives frae a hostel next tae the Kirk 'Santa Eulàlia de Provençana' uised bi pilgrims in the Middle Ages. The ceety retained the character o a veelage till the 19t hunderyear when the first textile factories wur built causin a population boom. The 1960s an 1970s saw a seicont population boom, caused bi immigration frae poorer regions o Spain: housomeivver this wis not matched bi construction o the necessar amenities an it wis anerly in the 1990s that public investment resultit in addeetional schuils, leisur facilities an hoosin.

## Demographics

Ower 22% o the ceety's residential population wis born ootside o Spain, (mainly in Ecuador, the Dominican Republic an Morocco). Housomeivver the ceety haes a muckle nummer o permanent or nan-permanent residents frae ither kintras o the European Union. Its population in the 2006 census consistit o 78% born in Spain (52% in Catalonie) an breuk doun as follaes:

*Spain 207,930
*The Americas 35,628
*Africae 7,935
*Asia 5,375
*Europe (nan-EU) 2,428
*European Union 2,004
*Oceanie 10

## Geografie
L'Hospitalet's surface is o area: 12.49&nbsp;km². The area on which the ceety is constructed may be dividit in twa different geological areas. 
Ane o thaim follaes the coast teepology an is cried *[[La Marina (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat)|La Marina]]*, similarly tae twa coast areas o neebourin Barcelona's Zona Franca: La Marina del Prat Vermell an La Marina de Port. The latter hauf o L'Hospitalet is cried El Samontà, which consists o hills an a mair elevatit area.

## Economy

The ceety's reputation is mucklely still that o a depressed suburb, drawin on its proletarian oreegins an its reliance on Barcelona. Housomeivver, its economy haes impruivit recently, as can be seen frae the ceety's new skyline an relocation o companies tae the ceety's new financial centre. Urban regeneration an construction hae taken place durin the 2000s, as well as ongoin wirk on impruivin public transportation in the seicont municipality o the Barcelona metropolitan area. The former airline Spanair's heidquairters wur locatit in L'Hospitalet. Umwhile major Celestino Corbacho haes campaigned tae impruive the ceety's infrastructurs frae his poseetion in the Meenistry o Wirk.

## Transport
Public transport in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat is operatit bi several companies, maist o which are pairt o the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns an sister ceeties
L'Hospitalet is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:

* Bayonne, Fraunce, syne 2008

## References

## Freemit airtins

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* Airtistic an historical biggins in Hospitalet de Llobregat