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. It borders on the west and south by the cities of Cornellà de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat and Barcelona; with the neighborhood east of El Gornal, and with El Centre to the north.
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In 1964 the real estate agency Inmobiliaria Ciudad Condal S.A. (ICC) initiated the construction of this neighbourhood as it stands nowadays, beside the hermitage, on land which had been bought from local farmers. It was designed as a residential area to house the large number of immigrants who came to Catalonia from elsewhere in the neighbouring Spain - more than 126,000 people in 1964 alone - in search of work.