Gornal (L'Hospitalet de Llobregat)
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El Gornal, or simply Gornal, is a neighbourhood in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
, belonging to the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It's part of District VI of L'Hospitalet, along with Bellvitge
. Its creation started with the urban expansion of Bellvitge into empty terrains around Renfe
railtracks. From the 1970s on it has been growing extensively, with the introduction of apartment blocks destined to low-income people.
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat or briefly L'Hospitalet is a city to the immediate southwest of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, and the second largest in Catalonia by population...
, belonging to the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It's part of District VI of L'Hospitalet, along with Bellvitge
Bellvitge
Bellvitge is a mostly working-class neighborhood in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, belonging to the metropolitan area of Barcelona. It's part of L'Hospitalet's District VI, along with Gornal.Bellvitge is situated at a height of 4 to 8 meters above sea level...
. Its creation started with the urban expansion of Bellvitge into empty terrains around Renfe
RENFE
Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
railtracks. From the 1970s on it has been growing extensively, with the introduction of apartment blocks destined to low-income people.