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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 2017
Surface area PEIN (1) Total surface area % of area PEIN land
Alt Camp 15,055 53,764 28.0
Alt Empordà 49,783 135,686 36.7
Alt Penedès 12,498 59,278 21.1
Alt Urgell 49,038 144,722 33.9
Alta Ribagorça 20,919 42,722 49.0
Anoia 13,161 86,668 15.2
Aran 37,419 63,299 59.1
Bages 14,714 109,277 13.5
Baix Camp 21,797 69,708 31.3
Baix Ebre 38,229 100,210 38.1
Baix Empordà 26,535 70,138 37.8
Baix Llobregat 14,269 48,787 29.2
Baix Penedès 9,185 29,641 31.0
Barcelonès 2,081 14,619 14.2
Berguedà 39,999 118,519 33.7
Cerdanya 20,567 54,649 37.6
Conca de Barberà 18,607 65,068 28.6
Garraf 8,370 18,526 45.2
Garrigues 7,005 79,718 8.8
Garrotxa 39,650 73,332 54.1
Gironès 18,170 57,568 31.6
Maresme 11,478 39,797 28.8
Moianès 12,760 33,754 37.8
Montsià 29,278 73,445 39.9
Noguera 57,226 178,377 32.1
Osona 28,778 124,698 23.1
Pallars Jussà 46,225 134,355 34.4
Pallars Sobirà 95,642 137,821 69.4
Pla d'Urgell 467 30,543 1.5
Pla de l'Estany 1,658 26,332 6.3
Priorat 25,443 49,799 51.1
Ribera d'Ebre 23,431 82,717 28.3
Ripollès 35,800 95,689 37.4
Segarra 23,144 72,349 32.0
Segrià 15,904 139,573 11.4
Selva 23,013 99,398 23.2
Solsonès 25,959 100,023 26.0
Tarragonès 2,586 32,061 8.1
Terra Alta 23,500 74,264 31.6
Urgell 16,919 57,834 29.3
Vallès Occidental 14,949 58,295 25.6
Vallès Oriental 28,384 73,521 38.6
Catalonia (àmbit terrestre) 1,019,595 3,210,544 31.8
Catalonia (àmbit marí) 85,629 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Metropolità 75,238 246,578 30.5
Comarques Gironines 194,631 558,144 34.9
Camp de Tarragona 83,488 270,398 30.9
Terres de l'Ebre 114,583 330,636 34.7
Ponent 120,667 558,393 21.6
Comarques Centrals 118,597 494,211 24.0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 269,811 577,568 46.7
Penedès 42,749 174,614 24.5
Units: Hectares.
Source: Ministry of Territory and Sustainability.
Note: (1) Càlculs realitzats de la superposició, mitjançant mètodes SIG, de la base municipal 1:5.000 de l'ICGC (versió 01/01/2018) i la base cartogràfica del Pla d'Espais d'Interés Natural 1:50.000 del Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Per aquesta raó, els valors que apareixen en aquesta taula no són exactes i tenen caràcter orientatiu.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 16, 2018.

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 "..".