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La Palma de Cervelló, in questions
9 figures for La Palma de Cervelló next to the AMB, each with its source, period and limits. Further down, the 29 questions the viewer can answer.
Figures next to the AMB
Each dot is one of the 36 municipalities; the dark mark is this municipality and the “AMB” line is the reference for the whole metropolitan area.
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Residents
3,059
0.1% of the AMB
Rank 36 of 36 (highest first, logarithmic scale)
Source. INE, annual population census · Period: 1 January 2025
Limit. Resident persons; excludes visitors and floating population. The strip is logarithmic: Barcelona would make a linear one unreadable.
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Population change
+3.0%AMB +7.9%
Rank 32 of 36 (highest first)
Source. Idescat, municipal register · Period: 1 January 2015 to 1 January 2025
Limit. The register, a different series from the annual census of residents. The AMB reference is derived: the sum of the 36 registers.
Thin base: under 5,000 inhabitants in 2015, so a change of a few people weighs a lot.
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Aged 65 and over
21.3%AMB 20.0%
Rank 4 of 36 (highest first)
Source. INE, annual population census · Period: 1 January 2025
Limit. Share of residents; the whole municipality, with no differences between neighbourhoods.
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Net income per person
€19,091AMB €17,634
Rank 6 of 36 (highest first)
Source. INE, Household Income Distribution Atlas (ADRH) · Period: 2023
Limit. Mean of the census sections weighted by 2025 residents, as in the viewer: INE’s municipal figure can differ by up to 5%. Not each household’s income.
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Rent of new contracts
€785AMB €1,071
Rank 27 of 36 (highest first)
Source. Incasòl, rent deposits · Period: first quarter of 2026
Limit. New contracts of the quarter, not the rental stock or what each household pays. The AMB reference is derived.
Thin base: fewer than 30 rent contracts in the quarter.
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Registered unemployment
5.9%AMB 8.2%
Rank 31 of 36 (highest first)
Source. Generalitat, Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu (SEPE data) · Period: August 2026, provisional
Limit. Registered unemployment rate, not the Labour Force Survey; provisional. The AMB reference is derived.
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Jobs per 100 employed residents
53AMB 124
805 affiliations located here and 1,530 held by residents
Rank 26 of 36 (highest first)
Source. Idescat, Social Security affiliations by workplace and by residence · Period: end of the second quarter of 2026, provisional
Limit. Affiliations, not persons; registered location of the contribution account, not where the work is physically done. Above 100, it attracts workers.
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Residents more than 500 m from a CAP
53.4%AMB 37.3%
Rank 18 of 36 (highest first)
Source. CatSalut (health centre finder) and INE (2025 census) · Period: centres loaded on 4 Oct 2026; residents on 1 Jan 2025
Limit. Straight-line distance from one point of each census section, not walking time; a registered centre does not guarantee opening hours or capacity; centres outside the AMB are not included. Section value, not the building’s.
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Residents without a 0.5 ha park within 300 m
100.0%AMB 33.7%
Rank 1 of 36 (highest first)
Source. OpenStreetMap (ODbL) and INE (2025 census) · Period: OSM of 29 Sep 2026; residents on 1 Jan 2025
Limit. Straight-line distance to a public park of 0.5 ha or more from one point of the section; OSM completeness varies and parks outside the AMB are not included. Section value, not the building’s.
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More context
Four readings that do not fit a dot strip, each with its own limit.
What people work in
Idescat does not publish jobs by sector for municipalities of 5,000 inhabitants or fewer: not published, not zero.
Movement by mobile phone
Estimated trips of a working day, over 500 m, that start in La Palma de Cervelló.
- ≈ 1.5trips per resident that start here
- ≈ 60trips that start and end in the municipality
AMB: ≈ 3.6 trips per resident
Source. MITMA, mobility studies with big data (mobile phones) · Period: working week 13–17 October 2025
Limit. Estimate from mobile devices, not persons; no transport mode or route. Only trips over 500 m: in a small municipality most internal movement does not appear. Pairs under 10 trips a day are not published, so trips towards other places are a minimum. Residents of the MITMA zone, not the INE census; the AMB reference is derived.
Open in the viewer →What the sections are like
The census sections of La Palma de Cervelló split into five descriptive types, by the residents who live in them.
- E · Dispersed fabric, many children, medium income, far from primary care100.0% · 2 sections · 3,059 residents
Source. Xamfrà’s own method, k-means with five types, on INE data (2025 census, 2023 income), the Cadastre and service registers. Residents per 2025 section (INE). Generated on 6 Oct 2026 (method 1.0.0).
Limit. Descriptive grouping of the AMB’s sections on ten published variables: not a ranking or a score, and no type is better than another. Section context, not the building or the people. The A–E order is not a hierarchy.
Open in the viewer →EU-funded research
Horizon Europe (2021–2027) and Horizon 2020 (2014–2020) projects with participants in La Palma de Cervelló.
No organisation located in the municipality in the CORDIS records of these two programmes.
AMB: 7,006 participations · 4,981 projects
Source. CORDIS, European Commission; aggregated by Xamfrà. Data downloaded on 4 Oct 2026.
Limit. Only Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 projects: not all research, nor private R&D, nor patents. A participation is one organisation in one project.
Open in the viewer →Questions the viewer answers about La Palma de Cervelló
29 questions with data for La Palma de Cervelló. Each link opens the viewer with the municipality already chosen and the question’s view. The viewer is in beta and asks for access.
Population
- What is La Palma de Cervelló like?Area profile in the right panel: residents, ages, income and services, with a reference to compare.Limit: A catalogue reading, not a diagnosis: a record is not capacity.
- Where do older residents live in La Palma de Cervelló?% aged 65+ of each census section on the buildings; CAPs, pharmacies and shelters highlighted.Limit: Whole-section value (INE 2025), not the residents of each building.View: Older people
- Where do most children live in La Palma de Cervelló?% aged 0–14 of each census section; schools, nurseries and libraries highlighted.Limit: Section context (INE 2025), not the children in each building.View: Children
- How has the population of La Palma de Cervelló changed since 2015?Register change 2015–2025 of the area next to the others (blue falls, red grows).Limit: Register on 1 January (INE by municipality; City Council for Barcelona); not the census behind the sections.View: Population change
Services
- Who lives far from a primary-care centre in La Palma de Cervelló?Each building with its distance to the nearest CAP or local clinic; the panel counts residents in sections more than 500 m from a CAP.Limit: Straight line, not walking time; a registered CAP says nothing about capacity.View: Health
- Who lives far from a primary school in La Palma de Cervelló?Each building with its distance to the nearest primary school; the panel counts residents in sections more than 500 m from a primary school.Limit: Catalogued centres with primary education, no places or school zones; straight line.View: Education
- Who lives far from a pharmacy in La Palma de Cervelló?Each building with its distance to the nearest pharmacy; the panel counts residents in sections more than 500 m from a pharmacy.Limit: Authorised pharmacies; straight line, not walking time or on-call hours.View: Pharmacies
Mobility
- Who lives far from a train, metro or tram station in La Palma de Cervelló?Each building with its distance to the nearest train, metro or tram station; the panel counts residents in sections more than 500 m from a station.Limit: Station centre (GTFS), not entrances or service; straight line.View: Stations nearby
- Where do the residents of La Palma de Cervelló work?Inbound and outbound arcs of the municipality and a ranking of where its residents work.Limit: Persons with a registered workplace (INE census 2023), not trips or transport mode.View: Commuting
- Where can you ride a bike in La Palma de Cervelló?Bike lanes by type and shared ways, with the kilometres inside the area.Limit: Open sources per municipality; lower bounds where the network is incomplete; not bike traffic.View: Cycle network
Housing and economy
- How much is rent in La Palma de Cervelló?Mean rent of new contracts in the latest quarter, next to the others.Limit: Incasòl deposits: new contracts, not the whole stock or what each household pays.View: Rent
- When were the buildings in La Palma de Cervelló built?Each building with the period of its cadastral parcel’s oldest construction.Limit: Cadastre (own processing); parcel year, not verified building by building.View: Building age
- What is the registered unemployment rate in La Palma de Cervelló?Registered unemployment rate of the latest published month, by municipality.Limit: Provisional Generalitat rate, not the Labour Force Survey; no districts or neighbourhoods.View: Unemployment
Environment
- Who has no park nearby in La Palma de Cervelló?Each building with its distance to the nearest public park ≥ 0.5 ha; the panel counts residents with no park within 300 m.Limit: OpenStreetMap parks; straight line to the edge, not walking time or park quality.View: Park nearby
- Who lives far from a climate shelter in La Palma de Cervelló?Each building with its distance to the nearest climate shelter; the panel counts residents in sections more than 500 m from a climate shelter.Limit: A registered shelter does not guarantee opening hours or capacity; straight line, not walking time.View: Climate shelters
- What was land in La Palma de Cervelló used for in 2016?Land use observed in 2016 on each building, with the AMB raster on the ground.Limit: 2016 photo-interpretation: not zoning or today’s use.View: Land use
More questions (13)
Population
- Where do most people live per km² in La Palma de Cervelló?Residents per km² of each census section, on the buildings.Limit: Area of the whole section, parks and streets included; not each building’s population.View: Density
- Where do most foreign-national residents live in La Palma de Cervelló?% of foreign-national residents of each census section, on the buildings.Limit: Nationality (INE 2025), not place of birth; a section value, not the building’s.View: Foreign nationality
Services
- Which facilities are there in La Palma de Cervelló?Neutral city; each building containing a facility takes the colour of its type.Limit: A highlighted building contains a facility point; outside Barcelona, social services have partial coverage.View: Facilities
- Where are the libraries in La Palma de Cervelló?Neutral city; buildings containing a library in colour, plus the points.Limit: Catalogued libraries; not opening hours, collections or loans.View: Libraries
- Where are the sports facilities in La Palma de Cervelló?Neutral city; buildings containing a sports facility in colour.Limit: Facilities catalogue; a record is not a single venue or capacity.View: Sport
- Who lives furthest from a hospital in La Palma de Cervelló?Distance to the nearest hospital; the panel counts residents in sections more than 3 km from a hospital.Limit: CatSalut registry hospitals; straight line, not ambulance time or speciality.View: Hospitals
- Where do older residents live far from a primary-care centre in La Palma de Cervelló?Bivariate map by section: % aged 65+ × distance to the nearest CAP or local clinic.Limit: Straight line from one point of the section, not walking time; a registered CAP says nothing about capacity.View: Older people × primary care
- Where do many children live far from a primary school in La Palma de Cervelló?Bivariate map by section: % aged 0–14 × distance to the nearest primary school.Limit: Catalogued centres with primary education, no places or school zones; straight line.View: Children × school
Housing and economy
- Where is income higher or lower in La Palma de Cervelló?Net income per person (2023) of each census section, on the buildings.Limit: INE ADRH 2023 joined to 2025 sections; section context, not household income.View: Income
- How many tourist flats are there in La Palma de Cervelló?Tourist-use dwellings in the Tourism Register per 1,000 residents of the municipality.Limit: Registered tourist flats, not occupancy or listings; a section or municipal colour, not each building’s.View: Tourist flats
- How many jobs are there in La Palma de Cervelló per 100 employed residents?Jobs (affiliations) per 100 employed residents, by municipality; above 100, it attracts workers.Limit: Idescat affiliations at the municipality of the contribution account; no districts or neighbourhoods.View: Jobs
- Where are the tallest buildings in La Palma de Cervelló?Each building coloured by its display height, from 0 to 160 m or more.Limit: OpenStreetMap height, not a cadastral measurement; it may be a fallback value.View: Heights
- What is the approved zoning in La Palma de Cervelló?Each building takes the colour of the AMB 2024 consolidated zoning at its interior point.Limit: Non-normative consolidation as of 1 Jan 2024; not current use or plans in progress.View: Zoning
How we check
Every figure on this page comes from an open source with its publisher, period and licence. An unknown value is never painted as zero: when there is no data, the row does not appear. Method and sources →
Sources of this page
- INE: annual population census at 1 Jan 2025 and Household Income Distribution Atlas 2023 (CC BY 4.0).
- Idescat: municipal register 2015 and 2025; Social Security affiliations by municipality (tables by workplace and by residence).
- Generalitat de Catalunya: Incasòl rent deposits 2026-Q1 and registered unemployment rate of August 2026 (Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, SEPE data, provisional); CatSalut, health centre finder.
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): parks, with the limits of their tagging.
- MITMA: mobility studies with big data, based on open data of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.
- CORDIS, European Commission: Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 projects (Commission reuse notice); aggregated by Xamfrà.
Page generated on 17 Oct 2026 from the viewer’s published data.
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