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; 2.17306
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").

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

• La Barceloneta
• El Gòtic
• El Raval
• Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera:
  • Sant Pere
  • Santa Caterina
  • La Ribera