Pedralbes

For the monastery, see Monastery of Pedralbes.

Pedralbes (Catalan pronunciation: [pəˈðɾalβəs], Old Catalan for white stones) is a neighborhood in Les Corts district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Before the administrative division of 1984, the neighborhood was part of Sarrià and the former municipality of Sant Vicenç de Sarrià.

Pedralbes
Neighborhood of Barcelona
Creu de Pedralbes [ca] on Pedralbes avenue
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Catalonia
Province	Barcelona
Comarca	Barcelonès
Municipality	Barcelona
District	Les Corts
Area [1]
• Total	2.702 km2 (1.043 sq mi)
Population [1]
• Total	11,864
• Density	4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	pedralbenc, -a

Pedralbes was the home of the Infanta Cristina of Spain from 2004 to 2013. ^[2]

The Lycée Français de Barcelone, a French international school, is located in Pedralbes.^[3]

Pedralbes was completely transformed beginning in the 1940s with the urbanisation of the area.^[4] Pedralbes is today Barcelona's most upmarket residential area, with large mansions surrounded by gardens, around Avinguda de Pearson, or isolated luxury apartment blocks, around Avinguda de Pedralbes.^[5]