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Immigrations, emigrations and net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Immigrations. By place of origin. Counties, areas and provinces 2005
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 492 1,526 272
Alt Empordà 3,027 2,334 992
Alt Penedès 2,103 3,610 570
Alt Urgell 284 412 202
Alta Ribagorça 25 131 62
Anoia 2,484 4,253 570
Bages 3,317 4,561 767
Baix Camp 2,886 4,688 1,866
Baix Ebre 842 1,666 682
Baix Empordà 2,587 2,824 823
Baix Llobregat 14,011 20,165 4,691
Baix Penedès 1,836 7,059 641
Barcelonès 27,513 30,199 18,339
Berguedà 590 995 118
Cerdanya 280 532 183
Conca de Barberà 167 585 93
Garraf 2,513 5,281 954
Garrigues 93 455 87
Garrotxa 762 1,116 275
Gironès 3,648 4,316 1,226
Maresme 8,900 12,041 2,264
Montsià 637 1,113 732
Noguera 396 856 252
Osona 3,230 3,025 663
Pallars Jussà 67 227 46
Pallars Sobirà 111 256 75
Pla d'Urgell 423 942 268
Pla de l'Estany 484 689 92
Priorat 51 305 43
Ribera d'Ebre 223 356 95
Ripollès 294 602 97
Segarra 183 530 99
Segrià 2,778 2,524 2,097
Selva 1,801 6,626 1,069
Solsonès 105 322 57
Tarragonès 3,628 6,066 2,605
Terra Alta 35 124 58
Urgell 303 1,070 192
Val d'Aran 116 237 272
Vallès Occidental 13,368 18,812 4,807
Vallès Oriental 9,991 11,138 2,137
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 51,433
Metropolità 159,080 20,565 33,762
Comarques Gironines 19,049 12,061 4,574
Camp de Tarragona 14,639 14,650 5,520
Terres de l'Ebre 2,542 2,454 1,567
Ponent 6,824 3,729 2,995
Comarques Centrals 10,783 12,099 2,175
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,033 1,645 840
Barcelona 184,426 17,835 35,882
Girona 19,338 12,221 4,731
Lleida 8,421 4,627 3,733
Tarragona 18,393 15,892 7,087
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2005
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 492 855 221
Alt Empordà 3,027 1,830 966
Alt Penedès 2,103 2,074 659
Alt Urgell 284 459 265
Alta Ribagorça 25 140 52
Anoia 2,484 2,121 689
Bages 3,317 2,326 893
Baix Camp 2,886 3,138 1,306
Baix Ebre 842 1,310 757
Baix Empordà 2,587 2,612 828
Baix Llobregat 14,011 20,509 6,481
Baix Penedès 1,836 3,043 804
Barcelonès 27,513 61,534 22,117
Berguedà 590 831 139
Cerdanya 280 550 188
Conca de Barberà 167 517 105
Garraf 2,513 3,186 1,072
Garrigues 93 551 119
Garrotxa 762 891 257
Gironès 3,648 3,766 1,257
Maresme 8,900 8,564 3,248
Montsià 637 810 876
Noguera 396 945 339
Osona 3,230 1,963 789
Pallars Jussà 67 369 102
Pallars Sobirà 111 246 87
Pla d'Urgell 423 731 318
Pla de l'Estany 484 558 94
Priorat 51 290 35
Ribera d'Ebre 223 515 134
Ripollès 294 667 110
Segarra 183 771 204
Segrià 2,778 2,923 2,731
Selva 1,801 4,071 1,271
Solsonès 105 326 66
Tarragonès 3,628 4,401 2,238
Terra Alta 35 234 51
Urgell 303 1,086 293
Val d'Aran 116 263 280
Vallès Occidental 13,368 14,711 6,079
Vallès Oriental 9,991 7,882 2,689
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 61,209
Metropolità 159,080 37,779 42,345
Comarques Gironines 19,049 7,949 4,783
Camp de Tarragona 14,639 6,665 4,709
Terres de l'Ebre 2,542 2,064 1,818
Ponent 6,824 4,359 4,004
Comarques Centrals 10,783 6,510 2,576
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,033 1,877 974
Barcelona 184,426 29,338 44,854
Girona 19,338 8,329 4,953
Lleida 8,421 5,447 4,875
Tarragona 18,393 7,517 6,527
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2005
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp 671 51 722
Alt Empordà 504 26 530
Alt Penedès 1,536 -89 1,447
Alt Urgell -47 -63 -110
Alta Ribagorça -9 10 1
Anoia 2,132 -119 2,013
Bages 2,235 -126 2,109
Baix Camp 1,550 560 2,110
Baix Ebre 356 -75 281
Baix Empordà 212 -5 207
Baix Llobregat -344 -1,790 -2,134
Baix Penedès 4,016 -163 3,853
Barcelonès -31,335 -3,778 -35,113
Berguedà 164 -21 143
Cerdanya -18 -5 -23
Conca de Barberà 68 -12 56
Garraf 2,095 -118 1,977
Garrigues -96 -32 -128
Garrotxa 225 18 243
Gironès 550 -31 519
Maresme 3,477 -984 2,493
Montsià 303 -144 159
Noguera -89 -87 -176
Osona 1,062 -126 936
Pallars Jussà -142 -56 -198
Pallars Sobirà 10 -12 -2
Pla d'Urgell 211 -50 161
Pla de l'Estany 131 -2 129
Priorat 15 8 23
Ribera d'Ebre -159 -39 -198
Ripollès -65 -13 -78
Segarra -241 -105 -346
Segrià -399 -634 -1,033
Selva 2,555 -202 2,353
Solsonès -4 -9 -13
Tarragonès 1,665 367 2,032
Terra Alta -110 7 -103
Urgell -16 -101 -117
Val d'Aran -26 -8 -34
Vallès Occidental 4,101 -1,272 2,829
Vallès Oriental 3,256 -552 2,704
Catalonia z Category not applicable -9,776 -9,776
Metropolità -17,214 -8,583 -25,797
Comarques Gironines 4,112 -209 3,903
Camp de Tarragona 7,985 811 8,796
Terres de l'Ebre 390 -251 139
Ponent -630 -1,009 -1,639
Comarques Centrals 5,589 -401 5,188
Alt Pirineu i Aran -232 -134 -366
Barcelona .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -11,503 -8,972
Girona .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3,892 -222
Lleida .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -820 -1,142
Tarragona .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 8,375 560
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Internal emigration
People removing their names from the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving to another municipality in Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain.
Internal immigration
People adding their names to the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving from another municipality in Catalonia or from elsewhere in Spain.
Internal migration
Change of residence between two municipalities of Catalonia, or between a municipality in Catalonia and another in Spain.
Internal migratory balance
Difference between the internal immigration recorded (registrations on the civil registers of inhabitants) and the internal emigration recorded (cancellations on the civil registers of inhabitants) for a defined period. The net migration rate is positive if immigration is greater than emigration and negative if emigration is higher than immigration.

Methodological aspects

The statistics Migratory Movements provides information on people's movement due to a change in residence from one municipality in Catalonia to another, whether in Catalonia, the rest of Spain or abroad. Idescat bases this operation on the additions and removals due to changes in residence registered in municipal registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

From the year 2022 the source is the Statistics on Migrations and Changes of Residence by INE, while from 1998 to 2021 the source was the Statistics on Residential Variations by INE. Migration balances and flows within Catalonia and with the rest of Spain are comparable with the previous series, but the flows of external migration are higher with the new source.

The main characteristics analysed are sex, age and nationality.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.