Cornellà de Llobregat, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

🇪🇸 Cornellà de Llobregat is a municipality in the comarca of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the left bank of the Llobregat River. It is in the south-western part of the Barcelona metropolitan area and is part of the wider urban area. It houses one of the two La Liga football clubs from Catalonia, RCD Espanyol.

The history of Cornellà de Llobregat is defined by three principal factors: its proximity to the city of Barcelona, its being an area of passage (as was the entire Comarca of Baix Llobregat) to and from the capital of Catalonia, and the presence of the Llobregat River. Its name is of Roman origin (Cornelianus) and the city's architectural characteristics possess Visigoth traits.

The first written reference to the city dates from 980 AD, at which time a church and a defense tower to ward off the Saracens already existed in the same place as the current castle (constructed in the fourteenth century). The city was incorporated into Barcelona's territory in the thirteenth century and, for a short time, belonged to the "Franqueses del Llobregat" in which agricultural activity was principally developed.

Public transport in Cornellà de Llobregat (Catalonia, Spain, Cornellà henceforth) is an important part of the transportation network spanning the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. The city of Cornellà, a mostly working-class area with strong dormitory town traits, is one of the most populated in the Baix Llobregat with about 90,000 inhabitants and a daily destination for thousands of commuters in the urban area of the capital.

Metro stations Barcelona Metro line L5 is operated by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and is a regular rapid transit line. On the other hand, L8 is a Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) service which grew out of a former commuter line, adapted to the standards, schedules and frequency of metro lines.

Institutions Citilab is a laboratory for citizen innovation based in Cornellà. It is located in the former Can Suris factory building.