Ciutat Vella

Ciutat Vella
District of Barcelona
Location of Ciutat Vella within Barcelona
Coordinates: 41°22′51″N 2°10′23″E / 41.38083°N 2.17306°E / 41.38083; 2.17306Coordinates: 41°22′51″N 2°10′23″E / 41.38083°N 2.17306°E / 41.38083; 2.17306
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Barcelonès
Municipality	Barcelona
Neighbourhoods	El Raval, El Gòtic, La Barceloneta, Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera
Area
• Total	4.37 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	107,426
• Density	25,000/km2 (64,000/sq mi)
Website	bcn.cat/ciutatvella

Ciutat Vella (Catalan pronunciation: [siwˈtad ˈbeʎə], meaning in English "Old City") is a district of Barcelona, numbered District 1. The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called l'Eixample ("the Extension"). It is considered the centre of the city; the Plaça Catalunya is one of the most popular meeting points in all of Catalonia.

There are four administrative neighborhoods (some of them include former or traditional neighborhoods):

Running down the center of the Ciutat Vella (dividing the Raval and Barri Gòtic) are the boulevards Les Rambles, popularly known as La Rambla (in singular) since they are continuous, like a single street. Les Rambles stretches from Plaça Catalunya to the Mediterranean Sea and, since the 1990s, now extends out over the sea into one of Barcelona's newest centers of entertainment, Maremàgnum. Each of Les Rambles has its own specialty. La Rambla de les Flors (The Flowers Rambla) is devoted to flower stands, another Rambla to animal vendors (selling mainly birds), and the lowest Rambla hosts temporary art fairs. El Mercat de Sant Josep (more commonly known as La Boqueria) and Gran Teatre del Liceu (the Opera House) are both located here. Les Rambles are among the most frequently travelled streets by pedestrians in Barcelona.

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