L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
Location in Barcelonès county
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Coordinates: 41°21′35″N 2°6′00″E / 41.35972°N 2.10000°E / 41.35972; 2.10000
Sovereign state	Spain
Community	Catalonia
Region	Barcelona
County	Barcelonès
Province	Barcelona
Founded	12th century
Government
• Type	Ajuntament
• Body	Ajuntament de L'Hospitalet
• Mayor	David Quirós (2024) (PSC)
Area [1]
• City	12.4 km2 (4.8 sq mi)
Elevation  (AMSL)	8 m (26 ft)
Population  (2018)[2]
• City	261,068
• Density	21,000/km2 (55,000/sq mi)
Demonyms	hospitalenc, -ca  (ca) hospitalense  (es)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	0890x
Dialing code	+34 (E) 93 (B)
INE code	08 1017
City budget (2014)	€200 million
Main festitivity	?
Patron saint	Saint Eulalia
Website	l-h.cat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Catalan pronunciation: [luspitəˈlɛd də ʎuβɾəˈɣat; ˌlɔs-]; Spanish: Hospitalet de Llobregat), often shortened to L'Hospitalet or just L'H, is a municipality in the Barcelonès comarca, in Catalonia (Spain). It is part of the Barcelona metropolitan area, the Barcelona province, and of the Barcelona conurbation.

By population, it is the second largest municipality in Catalonia and the sixteenth in Spain. It is one of the most densely populated cities in the European Union.^[3]