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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 2007
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 572 1,601 358
Alt Empordà 3,569 2,694 1,275
Alt Penedès 2,056 3,808 633
Alt Urgell 352 450 208
Alta Ribagorça 31 153 84
Anoia 2,367 3,746 661
Bages 3,381 4,058 1,154
Baix Camp 2,876 4,995 1,989
Baix Ebre 897 1,619 728
Baix Empordà 2,823 3,031 841
Baix Llobregat 10,767 17,754 5,163
Baix Penedès 1,952 5,991 819
Barcelonès 29,317 31,609 21,134
Berguedà 639 1,163 197
Cerdanya 313 719 175
Conca de Barberà 158 778 143
Garraf 2,262 4,523 1,117
Garrigues 116 587 112
Garrotxa 716 994 327
Gironès 4,085 4,232 1,447
Maresme 7,937 10,918 2,391
Montsià 731 1,473 1,137
Noguera 446 957 258
Osona 3,219 2,684 818
Pallars Jussà 160 412 198
Pallars Sobirà 108 255 67
Pla d'Urgell 559 1,113 313
Pla de l'Estany 450 730 144
Priorat 65 292 41
Ribera d'Ebre 334 527 188
Ripollès 303 626 137
Segarra 206 564 148
Segrià 3,403 3,157 2,467
Selva 1,909 6,466 1,341
Solsonès 143 337 84
Tarragonès 4,276 6,702 3,260
Terra Alta 55 185 84
Urgell 361 1,178 292
Val d'Aran 119 223 243
Vallès Occidental 12,277 17,375 6,032
Vallès Oriental 8,989 10,260 2,434
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 60,642
Metropolità 148,079 21,773 38,904
Comarques Gironines 21,057 11,571 5,512
Camp de Tarragona 16,395 13,863 6,610
Terres de l'Ebre 3,012 2,809 2,137
Ponent 8,145 4,502 3,590
Comarques Centrals 10,823 10,914 2,914
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,303 1,992 975
Barcelona 172,363 18,745 41,737
Girona 21,398 11,974 5,669
Lleida 10,192 5,487 4,489
Tarragona 20,783 15,296 8,747
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2007
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 572 983 278
Alt Empordà 3,569 2,017 1,359
Alt Penedès 2,056 2,376 711
Alt Urgell 352 477 336
Alta Ribagorça 31 153 86
Anoia 2,367 2,323 826
Bages 3,381 2,645 1,069
Baix Camp 2,876 3,811 1,752
Baix Ebre 897 1,708 824
Baix Empordà 2,823 2,721 1,036
Baix Llobregat 10,767 19,578 7,190
Baix Penedès 1,952 3,280 1,015
Barcelonès 29,317 53,716 24,808
Berguedà 639 817 202
Cerdanya 313 608 201
Conca de Barberà 158 592 92
Garraf 2,262 3,381 1,302
Garrigues 116 590 135
Garrotxa 716 959 356
Gironès 4,085 4,390 1,739
Maresme 7,937 8,515 3,701
Montsià 731 965 1,018
Noguera 446 1,038 336
Osona 3,219 2,003 793
Pallars Jussà 160 388 202
Pallars Sobirà 108 263 96
Pla d'Urgell 559 949 348
Pla de l'Estany 450 519 202
Priorat 65 300 46
Ribera d'Ebre 334 487 129
Ripollès 303 588 128
Segarra 206 712 232
Segrià 3,403 2,745 2,672
Selva 1,909 4,466 1,586
Solsonès 143 285 94
Tarragonès 4,276 5,277 2,921
Terra Alta 55 245 94
Urgell 361 1,015 270
Val d'Aran 119 294 312
Vallès Occidental 12,277 15,151 7,599
Vallès Oriental 8,989 7,609 3,187
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 71,283
Metropolità 148,079 35,852 48,498
Comarques Gironines 21,057 8,458 6,406
Camp de Tarragona 16,395 7,747 6,104
Terres de l'Ebre 3,012 2,410 2,065
Ponent 8,145 3,995 3,993
Comarques Centrals 10,823 6,999 2,984
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,303 1,963 1,233
Barcelona 172,363 28,951 51,390
Girona 21,398 8,847 6,588
Lleida 10,192 4,923 5,136
Tarragona 20,783 8,781 8,169
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2007
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp 618 80 698
Alt Empordà 677 -84 593
Alt Penedès 1,432 -78 1,354
Alt Urgell -27 -128 -155
Alta Ribagorça 0 -2 -2
Anoia 1,423 -165 1,258
Bages 1,413 85 1,498
Baix Camp 1,184 237 1,421
Baix Ebre -89 -96 -185
Baix Empordà 310 -195 115
Baix Llobregat -1,824 -2,027 -3,851
Baix Penedès 2,711 -196 2,515
Barcelonès -22,107 -3,674 -25,781
Berguedà 346 -5 341
Cerdanya 111 -26 85
Conca de Barberà 186 51 237
Garraf 1,142 -185 957
Garrigues -3 -23 -26
Garrotxa 35 -29 6
Gironès -158 -292 -450
Maresme 2,403 -1,310 1,093
Montsià 508 119 627
Noguera -81 -78 -159
Osona 681 25 706
Pallars Jussà 24 -4 20
Pallars Sobirà -8 -29 -37
Pla d'Urgell 164 -35 129
Pla de l'Estany 211 -58 153
Priorat -8 -5 -13
Ribera d'Ebre 40 59 99
Ripollès 38 9 47
Segarra -148 -84 -232
Segrià 412 -205 207
Selva 2,000 -245 1,755
Solsonès 52 -10 42
Tarragonès 1,425 339 1,764
Terra Alta -60 -10 -70
Urgell 163 22 185
Val d'Aran -71 -69 -140
Vallès Occidental 2,224 -1,567 657
Vallès Oriental 2,651 -753 1,898
Catalonia z Category not applicable .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -10,641
Metropolità -14,079 -9,594 -23,673
Comarques Gironines 3,113 -894 2,219
Camp de Tarragona 6,116 506 6,622
Terres de l'Ebre 399 72 471
Ponent 507 -403 104
Comarques Centrals 3,915 -70 3,845
Alt Pirineu i Aran 29 -258 -229
Barcelona -10,206 -9,653 -19,859
Girona 3,127 -919 2,208
Lleida 564 -647 -83
Tarragona 6,515 578 7,093
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.