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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 2014
Surface area PEIN Total surface area % of area PEIN land
Alt Camp 15,080 53,798 28.0
Alt Empordà 49,911 135,786 36.8
Alt Penedès 12,483 59,275 21.1
Alt Urgell 49,054 144,751 33.9
Alta Ribagorça 20,922 42,687 49.0
Anoia 13,136 86,634 15.2
Bages 22,561 129,912 17.4
Baix Camp 21,778 69,702 31.2
Baix Ebre 38,293 100,201 38.2
Baix Empordà 26,593 70,194 37.9
Baix Llobregat 14,313 48,775 29.3
Baix Penedès 9,175 29,631 31.0
Barcelonès 2,092 14,616 14.3
Berguedà 40,061 118,525 33.8
Cerdanya 20,640 54,669 37.8
Conca de Barberà 18,594 65,013 28.6
Garraf 8,375 18,518 45.2
Garrigues 7,025 79,771 8.8
Garrotxa 39,752 73,373 54.2
Gironès 18,074 57,515 31.4
Maresme 11,497 39,844 28.9
Montsià 29,396 73,407 40.0
Noguera 57,268 178,402 32.1
Osona 29,399 126,061 23.3
Pallars Jussà 46,220 134,308 34.4
Pallars Sobirà 95,685 137,794 69.4
Pla d'Urgell 463 30,522 1.5
Pla de l'Estany 1,645 26,272 6.3
Priorat 25,485 49,859 51.1
Ribera d'Ebre 23,455 82,731 28.4
Ripollès 33,778 95,660 35.3
Segarra 23,064 72,281 31.9
Segrià 15,994 139,669 11.5
Selva 23,121 99,522 23.2
Solsonès 25,966 100,071 25.9
Tarragonès 2,584 31,986 8.1
Terra Alta 23,566 74,305 31.7
Urgell 16,950 57,955 29.2
Val d'Aran 37,534 63,360 59.2
Vallès Occidental 15,065 58,310 25.8
Vallès Oriental 32,481 85,097 38.2
Zona marítima 86,473 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Catalonia 1,105,002 3,210,760 31.7
Metropolità 83,823 265,158 31.6
Comarques Gironines 191,692 562,573 34.1
Camp de Tarragona 83,522 270,358 30.9
Terres de l'Ebre 114,709 330,643 34.7
Ponent 120,764 558,599 21.6
Comarques Centrals 131,124 561,203 23.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 270,056 577,569 46.8
Penedès 21,658 88,907 24.4
Units: Hectares.
Source: Ministry of Territory and Sustainability.
Note: From March 2014 onwards, eight municipalities in L'Anoia will change designation and will belong to El Penedès region of the Central Counties.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 10, 2015.

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.

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 "..".