L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample
L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | |
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Interactive map of L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Catalonia |
| Province | Barcelona |
| Comarca | Barcelonès |
| Municipality | Barcelona |
| District | Eixample |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.234 km2 (0.476 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 41,872 |
| • Density | 33,930/km2 (87,880/sq mi) |
| Website | Official website  |
L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample (Catalan: [lənˈtiɣə əsˈkɛrə ðə ləˈʃamplə]; "the Old Left of the Eixample") is a neighborhood in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). As of 2016, it had a population of 41,854.[2]
The present-day neighborhoods of L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample and La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample formed a single neighborhood (l'Esquerra de l'Eixample) until 2006, when it was administratively divided into two neighborhoods.[3]
History
The Catalan word eixample ("expansion")[4] refers to the 19th-century expansion of the city of Barcelona beyond its old walls.[5] The Cerdà Plan, approved in 1859, laid out this expansion between the old city and the village of Gràcia.[6] The term Esquerra ("left") denotes the western side of the Eixample, while Antiga ("old") distinguishes it from La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample ("new").
References
- 1 2 "L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample - L'Eixample - Ajuntament de Barcelona" (in Catalan). Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
- ↑ "Barrios (73)".
- ↑ "Els socis del govern aproven la divisió de Barcelona en 73 barris amb el rebuig de CiU i PP". 3Cat (in Catalan). 22 December 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ "eixample". Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana (in Catalan). Enciclopèdia Catalana. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ "L'Eixample". Meet Barcelona. Barcelona City Council. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
- ↑ "The Cerdà Plan". Virtual tour of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 8 June 2026.