La Maternitat i Sant Ramon is one of the three neighbourhoods in the Les Corts District, bounded to the north by Avinguda Diagonal, to the east by Gran Via de Carles III, to the west by the town of l’Hospitalet and to the south with the district of Sants-Montjuïc, is the area that serves as a gateway to the city of Barcelona. Therefore, its history is closely tied to that of the towns and neighbourhoods around it: l’Hospitalet, Collblanc and Sants. The neighbourhood has a population of 23,868 residents living in an area measuring 190.30 hectares. Its current boundaries were set by the Barcelona of the Neighbourhoods plan approved by the City Council in 2006.