Sant Boi de Llobregat | |||
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Municipality | |||
Church of St. Baldiri
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Location within Spain | |||
Coordinates: 41°20′10″N 2°02′35″E / 41.336°N 2.043°ECoordinates: 41°20′10″N 2°02′35″E / 41.336°N 2.043°E | |||
Country | Spain | ||
Community | Catalonia | ||
Province | Barcelona | ||
Comarca | Baix Llobregat | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Lluïsa Moret Sabidó (2015) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 21.5 km2 (8.3 sq mi) | ||
Population (2014) | |||
• Total | 83,107 | ||
• Density | 3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi) | ||
Demonym(s) | Santboià/-na | ||
Website | stboi |
Sant Boi de Llobregat (IPA: [ˈsam ˈbɔj ðə ʎuβɾəˈɣat]) is a town of 83,000 inhabitants (as of 2014) in the Barcelona province in Catalonia, Spain, located aside the Llobregat river.
The town distributes its territory into six districts: Ciutat Cooperativa-Molí Nou, Marianao-Can Paulet, Barri Centre, Vinyets-Molí Vell, Camps Blancs-Canons-Orioles and Casablanca.
It limits to the north with the towns of Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Sant Joan Despí and the village of Sant Climent de Llobregat, to the east with the town of Cornellà de Llobregat, to the west with Viladecans and to the south with El Prat de Llobregat, having a narrow land extension to the south that enters into the Mediterranean Sea.
Though the main business activity is centered in the trading and service sector, Sant Boi has also a remarkable industrial activity, especially for metallurgy; agriculture is stimulated by the fertile alluvial lands at the mouth of Llobregat river and a mild climate, producing a wide variety of vegetables like the famous Llobregat's delta artichokes.
The mayor is Jaume Bosch i Puges (Socialists' Party of Catalonia, PSC). The city council's seats are as follows:
The finding of archeological remains corresponding to Iberian colonies (VI-I bC) and the Romans (I-V aC) - a noteworthy Roman bath is located near the river - suggests that the origins of Sant Boi can be found in pre-Roman times.