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Murcia is the municipality with the largest number of sports facilities by number of inhabitants according to a report by the magazine "Consumer Eroski, which have compared the sports facilities of A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada, Madrid, Malaga, Murcia, Oviedo, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid, Vitoria and Zaragoza.

The municipality has 425 sports facilities, among which are 32 sports pavilions, 47 football fields, 18 swimming pools and 21 pools of summer.

Murcia has risen in four years the provision of swimming pools, sports halls and football pitches.

At present there is a pool for every 9,930 inhabitants, while in 2006 the ratio was a facility for every 13,750 inhabitants, is a sports hall for every 11,500 residents, while in 2006 it was one for every 19,940 inhabitants, and have a football field for every 8,570 inhabitants, where four years ago was one for every 9,065 residents.

The town is well above the average for the study of facilities for residents, since the average is one pool for every 19,500 residents, a football field for every 17,700 inhabitants and a sports hall for every 33,000 residents.

Pools

In Murcia there is a pool for every 9,930 inhabitants and is the second capital of the study the number of pools only to Vitoria, which is the first (one pool for every 8,730 inhabitants) and contrasts with data such as Spain (a pool for every 63,390 inhabitants), ranked 16 in the study, Granada (one pool for every 58,580 inhabitants, and the post 15 of the study) and Madrid (a facility for every 23,100 inhabitants), the ninth in the number of pools per capita .

Soccer fields

In addition, Murcia is a leader in number of pitches per population, one for each 8,570 inhabitants, ranking first study, while in cities like Bilbao take the place 17 (one per 88,715 inhabitants), Pamplona, the post 16 (one per 66,160 inhabitants), Barcelona, tenth (one football field per 20,530 inhabitants) and Madrid, in sixth place (a facility for every 17,990 residents.)

Sports halls

Murcia also leads the ranking of wards by population, with one for every 11,500 inhabitants, occupying the first position in the study.

In Malaga there is a covered sports for every 81,190 inhabitants, ranking 13; in Madrid, one for every 48,600 residents (twelve in the study site), in Córdoba there is a covered sports for every 36,500 inhabitants, being the eleventh in the study, and Bilbao is a facility of this type for every 35,490 residents, occupying the tenth place, the report said.

In addition, the study shows that the price of tickets for sports in Murcia is cheaper than in other cities as the most economical Murcia payment is 78 euros per year, a user who swim, two days a week -, while the next cheapest is to Vitoria to 83.70 euros and the most expensive of Valencia, to 190.70 euros per year.

As for maintenance and cleaning, in Murcia have visited the Palace of Sports, Prince of Asturias, Pavilion Infanfe, El Carmen, Fitness Center and Sports Center Inacua Fleet.

And they have successfully passed the examination to be qualified as 'good' in the maintenance and cleaning, 'very well' in accessibility and 'very good' in safety and security.

The buildings are in good condition, inside and outside.

In the investment chapter, Murcia is among the cities that most money goes to sport.

If the report is an average of 3.8% of the general municipal budget, in our town is intended by 4.5%, surpassed only by Vitoria (9.1%), A Coruña (5.5%), Valladolid (5 , 4%) and San Sebastian (5.3%), and well ahead of cities such as Madrid (4%), Manchester (1.5%), Saragossa (2%) and Alicante (2.4%).

The budget of the Municipality of Murcia for Sports in 2010 is 20.1 million euros, invested 46 euros per inhabitant.

Tables compare the number of sports facilities per capita, according to the study published by Eroski-Consumer:

CITY POOLS

Vitoria 1, 1 for every 8,730 inhabitants.

2 º Murcia 1 per 9,930 inhabitants.

3 º A Coruña 1 per 10,250 inhabitants.

4 º San Sebastian 1 per 11,585 inhabitants.

5 º Oviedo 1 per 12,500 inhabitants.

6 º Barcelona 1 per 13,860 inhabitants.

7 º Bilbao 1 per 17,740 inhabitants.

8 th Valencia 1 per 18,100 inhabitants.

Media Study 1 per 19,500 inhabitants.

9 º Madrid 1 per 23,100 inhabitants.

10 º Valladolid 1 per 24,450 inhabitants.

11 º Málaga 1 per 37,890 inhabitants.

12 º Alicante 1 per 41,845 inhabitants.

13 º Córdoba 1 per 46,920 inhabitants.

14 º Pamplona 1 per 49,620 inhabitants.

15 º Granada 1 per 58,580 inhabitants.

16 º Cadiz 1 per 63,390 inhabitants.

Sevilla

Zaragoza

The county has 18 heated pools and 21 pools of summer.

CITY SOCCER FIELDS

Murcia 1, 1 for every 8,570 inhabitants.

2 º Vitoria 1 per 10,250 inhabitants.

3 º Valladolid 1 per 10,600 inhabitants.

4 º Málaga 1 per 12,630 inhabitants.

5 º Sevilla 1 per 13,020 inhabitants.

Media Study 1 per 17,700 inhabitants.

6 º Madrid 1 per 17,990 inhabitants.

7 º Granada 1 per every 18,000 inhabitants.

8 º Córdoba 1 per 18,250 inhabitants.

9 º Zaragoza 1 per 19,830 inhabitants.

10 º Barcelona 1 per 20,530 inhabitants.

11 th San Sebastian 1 per 20,598 inhabitants.

12 º Cadiz 1 per 21,130 inhabitants.

13 º A Coruña 1 per 24,610 inhabitants.

14 º Valencia 1 per 24,670 inhabitants.

15 º Oviedo 1 per 28,000 inhabitants.

16 º Pamplona 1 per 66,160 inhabitants.

17 º Bilbao 1 per 88,715 inhabitants.

Alicante

Murcia has 47 pitches, 30 of which are artificial turf, 4 and 13 natural grass land.

CITY HALLS

Murcia 1, 1 per every 11,500 inhabitants.

2 º Cadiz 1 per 15,850 inhabitants.

3 º Valladolid 1 per 16,730 inhabitants.

4 º San Sebastian 1 per 16,850 inhabitants.

5 º Zaragoza 1 per 17,750 inhabitants.

6 º Granada 1 per 21,300 inhabitants.

7 º Pamplona 1 per 22,055 inhabitants.

8 º Oviedo 1 per 22,400 inhabitants.

9 º Vitoria 1 per 23,570 inhabitants.

Media in study 1 for every 33,000 inhabitants.

10 º Bilbao 1 per 35,490 inhabitants.

11 º Córdoba 1 per 36,500 inhabitants.

12 º Madrid 1 per 48,600 inhabitants.

13 º Málaga 1 per 81,190 inhabitants.

14 º Alicante 1 per 83,690 inhabitants.

A Coruña

Barcelona

Sevilla

Valencia

Murcia has 32 sports halls in neighborhoods and districts

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia