Sant Martí (destrict)

Barcelona Business Centre in Diagonal Mar, Sant Martí destrict

Detricts o Barcelona, Sant Martí coloured in licht broun.

Sant Martí (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsam mərˈti]), is a destrict o Barcelona locatit on its eastren side, uisually nummered 10 out o the ten destricts o the ceety.

It borders the Mediterranean sea, Sant Adrià del Besòs an fower ither destricts o the ceety: Ciutat Vella, l'Eixample, Horta-Guinardó an Sant Andreu.

It did no become a integral pairt o Barcelona till as late as 1897, haein been a autonomous veelage syne 1714 wi the imposition o the infamous Nueva Planta decrees. Afore then, it haed been a seicontar pairish o Santa Maria del Mar.

Demographics

The destrict is namit efter Saunt Martin kirk.

Sant Martí haes a population o 221,029 (2005), which maks it the seicont maist populatit destrict in Barcelona. Bein the fowert lairgest destrict (10,8 km²), it is the saxt in density (20.466 hab./km²).

Neebourheids

It is dividit in neebourheids:

• El Besòs i el Maresme
• El Camp de l'Arpa del Clot
• El Clot
• Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou
• El Parc i Llacuna del Poblenou
• El Poblenou
• Provençals del Poblenou
• Sant Martí de Provençals
• La Verneda i la Pau
• La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou

Etymology

It is possible tae trace the oreegin o the name Provençals in the Laitin wird provincialis, a term uised bi the Romans tae design fields juist ayont the ceety waws. An aw, Sant Martí is the name o the first kirk built in the aurie.

Hotels

4 starn hotels

Hotel	Carrer	Districte	Codi postal	Plantes
Hotel Icaria Barcelona	Avinguda Icària 195	Port Olímpic	08005	6
Hotel Diagonal Zero	Plaça Llevant s/n	Fòrum	08019	17

Freemit airtins

• Sant Martí cooncil Archived 2010-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Sant Martí neebourheids