The city Barcelona

Barcelona is, after Madrid, the biggest City of Spain. It's the capital of Catalonia, and also of the province Barcelona. The city had 1.605.602 in the beginning of 2006, and the whole metropole counted 5.327.872 people.



The citizens often name Barcelona as "Barna", not to be confused with "Barça", which is used for the soccer team FC Barcelona. Barcelona is situated at the Mediterranean Sea, at the so called Costa del Maresme, between Costa Brava and Costa Daurada. The city lies only 160km from the Pyrenees.

More information can be found on the official website of Barcelona.