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Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN). Counties and Aran, and areas

Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN). Counties and areas 2004
Surface area (1) PEIN Total surface area % of area PEIN land
Alt Camp 6,718 53,801 12.0
Alt Empordà 40,026 135,753 29.0
Alt Penedès 3,199 59,277 5.0
Alt Urgell 28,671 144,748 20.0
Alta Ribagorça 19,498 42,686 46.0
Anoia 6,947 86,628 8.0
Bages 12,090 129,908 9.0
Baix Camp 11,434 69,707 16.0
Baix Ebre 25,952 100,272 26.0
Baix Empordà 23,679 70,169 34.0
Baix Llobregat 10,380 48,570 21.0
Baix Penedès 1,368 29,624 5.0
Barcelonès 2,042 14,472 14.0
Berguedà 35,195 118,489 30.0
Cerdanya 20,296 54,657 37.0
Conca de Barberà 9,267 65,024 14.0
Garraf 4,877 18,528 26.0
Garrigues 2,626 79,761 3.0
Garrotxa 38,319 73,539 52.0
Gironès 17,229 57,540 30.0
Maresme 7,632 39,891 19.0
Montsià 21,406 73,537 29.0
Noguera 16,221 178,406 9.0
Osona 26,608 126,012 21.0
Pallars Jussà 27,040 134,308 20.0
Pallars Sobirà 80,180 137,792 58.0
Pla d'Urgell 70 30,513 0.0
Pla de l'Estany 1,367 26,283 5.0
Priorat 13,189 49,860 26.0
Ribera d'Ebre 8,753 82,731 11.0
Ripollès 31,279 95,624 33.0
Segarra 1,194 72,276 2.0
Segrià 4,250 139,665 3.0
Selva 22,361 99,511 22.0
Solsonès 9,483 100,121 9.0
Tarragonès 180 31,886 1.0
Terra Alta 14,192 74,336 19.0
Urgell 14 57,973 0.0
Val d'Aran 31,957 63,360 50.0
Vallès Occidental 9,220 58,317 16.0
Vallès Oriental 25,225 85,099 30.0
Zona marítima 8,737 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Catalonia 680,371 3,210,654 21.0
Metropolità 62,221 324,154 19.0
Comarques Gironines 173,184 558,419 31.0
Camp de Tarragona 42,080 299,902 14.0
Terres de l'Ebre 69,857 330,876 21.0
Ponent 24,211 558,594 4.0
Comarques Centrals 90,059 561,158 16.0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 205,123 577,551 36.0
Units: Hectares.
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Direcció General del Medi Natural.
Note: (1) La superfície dels espais s'ha calculat a partir dels límits del PEIN (bases cartogràfiques digitals escala 1:50.000).
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: March 3, 2010.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Natural place of national interest
Natural space or element of medium or small size with unique characteristics of scientific, scenic or educational interest, as declared by a law to guarantee its protection. In these places activities are limited to traditional agricultural, livestock and forestry activities that are compatible with the specific objectives of protecting the space and other activities that are appropriate for such management.
Natural park
Spaces with qualified natural values. The reason for protecting them is for their conservation to be compatible with the organised exploitation of resources and its inhabitants' activities. The declaration is made by decree.

Methodological aspects

All specially protected natural spaces are included in the Plan for spaces of natural interest. Date on 31, December.

The Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN - Pla d'Espais d'Interès Natural) delimits and stablishes the required guidelines for the basic protection of the natural spaces which conservation must be guaranteed according to their scientific, ecological, scenic, cultural, social, educational and recreational values.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".