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Started buildings. Surface area. By destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Buildings started. Surface area. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Non residential
Residential Establishments Industry Trade & warehouses Offices Accommodation and food service activities Others (1) Total
2010 1,921.9 672.1 134.7 257.3 100.6 81.1 818.6 2,064.5
2009 1,573.6 441.0 136.3 58.9 121.4 27.2 433.3 1,218.0
2008 3,047.3 1,189.4 119.1 42.8 119.2 56.3 155.8 1,682.6
2007 9,029.9 3,685.6 148.0 156.1 31.5 74.6 210.5 4,306.3
2006 13,660.9 5,176.5 148.0 95.2 326.4 147.0 256.0 6,149.1
2005 11,574.9 4,641.1 408.1 371.4 453.2 126.0 539.2 6,539.1
2004 11,250.1 4,231.9 611.3 526.9 381.9 356.2 40.4 6,148.7
2003 11,010.0 4,087.5 544.3 470.7 282.8 338.4 33.8 5,757.4
Units: Thousands of square metres.
Source:
2003-2007: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Direcció General d'Habitatge.
2008-2009: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Secretaria d'Habitatge.
2010: Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Secretaria d'Habitatge i Millora Urbana.
Note: (1) Includes livestock.

Last update: April 6, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.
Establishment
Structurally separate and independent area where economic activities dependent on a company are or could be carried out.

Methodological aspects

The information on buildings started comes from the building work approvals by the Official Associations of Surveyors, Architectural Technicians and Building Engineers of Catalonia.

Since these are administrative data from a set of professional associations, the total construction activity for non-residential buildings in Catalonia is not included.

From 2014 there is a break in the series due to the application of methodological changes.