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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties, areas and provinces 2007
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 42,586 538 79.2
Alt Empordà 129,158 1,358 95.1
Alt Penedès 98,856 593 166.8
Alt Urgell 21,566 1,447 14.9
Alta Ribagorça 4,123 427 9.7
Anoia 111,655 866 128.9
Bages 176,846 1,299 136.1
Baix Camp 180,196 697 258.5
Baix Ebre 78,590 1,003 78.4
Baix Empordà 126,450 702 180.2
Baix Llobregat 771,516 486 1,588.5
Baix Penedès 90,891 296 306.8
Barcelonès 2,212,658 145 15,289.2
Berguedà 40,479 1,185 34.2
Cerdanya 17,744 547 32.5
Conca de Barberà 20,714 650 31.9
Garraf 136,328 185 735.8
Garrigues 19,979 798 25.0
Garrotxa 53,507 735 72.8
Gironès 169,624 575 294.8
Maresme 414,081 399 1,038.0
Montsià 67,834 735 92.2
Noguera 38,596 1,784 21.6
Osona 147,138 1,260 116.8
Pallars Jussà 13,467 1,343 10.0
Pallars Sobirà 7,191 1,378 5.2
Pla d'Urgell 34,976 305 114.6
Pla de l'Estany 28,893 263 109.9
Priorat 9,785 499 19.6
Ribera d'Ebre 23,319 827 28.2
Ripollès 26,576 956 27.8
Segarra 21,703 723 30.0
Segrià 190,558 1,397 136.4
Selva 157,674 995 158.4
Solsonès 13,401 1,001 13.4
Tarragonès 231,161 319 725.0
Terra Alta 12,719 743 17.1
Urgell 35,015 580 60.4
Val d'Aran 9,815 634 15.5
Vallès Occidental 845,942 583 1,450.6
Vallès Oriental 377,198 851 443.2
Catalonia 7,210,508 32,107 224.6
Metropolità 4,856,579 3,242 1,498.2
Comarques Gironines 691,882 5,584 123.9
Camp de Tarragona 575,333 2,999 191.8
Terres de l'Ebre 182,462 3,309 55.1
Ponent 340,827 5,586 61.0
Comarques Centrals 489,519 5,612 87.2
Alt Pirineu i Aran 73,906 5,776 12.8
Barcelona 5,332,513 7,726 690.2
Girona 706,185 5,905 119.6
Lleida 414,015 12,168 34.0
Tarragona 757,795 6,308 120.1
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Density
Total population divided by the surface area, expressed in inhabitants per square kilometre.
Population
All inhabitants of a given place. Since 1996, when the continuous management system was established for the Municipal Population Register, in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, official population figures for municipalities have been obtained annually using data referred to January 1 of each year.
Surface area
Extension of the territory, measured in square kilometres, which lies within the administrative boundaries of a certain municipality. Also includes enclaves that some municipalities have that are located within other counties.

Methodological aspects

The Municipal population register is the administrative record containing the residents of a given municipality and it constitutes proof that they reside in the municipality and have their usual home there. Statistical processing of the municipal population register provides figures on the number of people registered in the population census in each municipality in Catalonia.

The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

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 "..".