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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 2010
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 517 1,159 268
Alt Empordà 3,491 2,247 1,108
Alt Penedès 1,936 2,892 557
Alt Urgell 267 498 238
Alta Ribagorça 30 109 47
Anoia 2,214 2,827 557
Bages 3,225 3,154 809
Baix Camp 2,615 4,499 1,625
Baix Ebre 813 1,205 517
Baix Empordà 2,817 2,660 812
Baix Llobregat 11,671 18,564 5,396
Baix Penedès 2,010 4,481 841
Barcelonès 28,037 35,731 21,663
Berguedà 649 914 157
Cerdanya 298 669 117
Conca de Barberà 268 543 105
Garraf 2,358 4,507 1,096
Garrigues 111 499 107
Garrotxa 841 923 242
Gironès 4,159 4,107 1,273
Maresme 7,655 10,193 2,558
Montsià 763 1,065 878
Noguera 440 876 341
Osona 3,180 2,331 665
Pallars Jussà 230 366 586
Pallars Sobirà 119 207 74
Pla d'Urgell 404 675 227
Pla de l'Estany 412 720 141
Priorat 72 284 43
Ribera d'Ebre 260 432 117
Ripollès 302 466 104
Segarra 205 506 180
Segrià 2,844 2,842 2,368
Selva 1,816 4,826 1,151
Solsonès 147 276 54
Tarragonès 4,115 5,840 2,693
Terra Alta 44 178 48
Urgell 333 921 223
Val d'Aran 134 262 264
Vallès Occidental 11,702 17,562 5,831
Vallès Oriental 8,880 9,291 2,220
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 58,301
Metropolità 147,114 23,865 39,321
Comarques Gironines 20,889 8,898 4,831
Camp de Tarragona 15,998 10,405 5,575
Terres de l'Ebre 2,751 2,009 1,560
Ponent 7,114 3,542 3,446
Comarques Centrals 10,527 8,390 2,242
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,261 1,928 1,326
Barcelona 169,878 19,608 41,512
Girona 21,188 9,304 4,930
Lleida 8,930 4,620 4,724
Tarragona 20,163 11,000 7,135
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2010
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 517 1,181 275
Alt Empordà 3,491 2,172 1,192
Alt Penedès 1,936 2,415 577
Alt Urgell 267 433 274
Alta Ribagorça 30 143 55
Anoia 2,214 2,669 769
Bages 3,225 3,021 987
Baix Camp 2,615 3,645 1,743
Baix Ebre 813 1,427 585
Baix Empordà 2,817 2,665 883
Baix Llobregat 11,671 17,742 5,687
Baix Penedès 2,010 3,769 925
Barcelonès 28,037 45,726 20,078
Berguedà 649 833 156
Cerdanya 298 487 146
Conca de Barberà 268 567 128
Garraf 2,358 3,613 1,090
Garrigues 111 548 108
Garrotxa 841 1,061 364
Gironès 4,159 3,992 1,403
Maresme 7,655 8,566 2,698
Montsià 763 985 900
Noguera 440 931 285
Osona 3,180 2,103 676
Pallars Jussà 230 351 208
Pallars Sobirà 119 258 70
Pla d'Urgell 404 827 298
Pla de l'Estany 412 571 167
Priorat 72 305 47
Ribera d'Ebre 260 547 143
Ripollès 302 582 100
Segarra 205 558 102
Segrià 2,844 2,719 2,377
Selva 1,816 4,708 1,471
Solsonès 147 289 64
Tarragonès 4,115 5,614 2,997
Terra Alta 44 226 55
Urgell 333 925 245
Val d'Aran 134 267 274
Vallès Occidental 11,702 15,074 6,032
Vallès Oriental 8,880 7,792 2,448
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 59,082
Metropolità 147,114 26,053 38,610
Comarques Gironines 20,889 8,700 5,580
Camp de Tarragona 15,998 8,680 6,115
Terres de l'Ebre 2,751 2,314 1,683
Ponent 7,114 3,731 3,415
Comarques Centrals 10,527 7,803 2,652
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,261 1,756 1,027
Barcelona 169,878 21,206 41,207
Girona 21,188 8,978 5,705
Lleida 8,930 4,768 4,372
Tarragona 20,163 9,580 7,798
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2010
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp -22 -7 -29
Alt Empordà 75 -84 -9
Alt Penedès 477 -20 457
Alt Urgell 65 -36 29
Alta Ribagorça -34 -8 -42
Anoia 158 -212 -54
Bages 133 -178 -45
Baix Camp 854 -118 736
Baix Ebre -222 -68 -290
Baix Empordà -5 -71 -76
Baix Llobregat 822 -291 531
Baix Penedès 712 -84 628
Barcelonès -9,995 1,585 -8,410
Berguedà 81 1 82
Cerdanya 182 -29 153
Conca de Barberà -24 -23 -47
Garraf 894 6 900
Garrigues -49 -1 -50
Garrotxa -138 -122 -260
Gironès 115 -130 -15
Maresme 1,627 -140 1,487
Montsià 80 -22 58
Noguera -55 56 1
Osona 228 -11 217
Pallars Jussà 15 378 393
Pallars Sobirà -51 4 -47
Pla d'Urgell -152 -71 -223
Pla de l'Estany 149 -26 123
Priorat -21 -4 -25
Ribera d'Ebre -115 -26 -141
Ripollès -116 4 -112
Segarra -52 78 26
Segrià 123 -9 114
Selva 118 -320 -202
Solsonès -13 -10 -23
Tarragonès 226 -304 -78
Terra Alta -48 -7 -55
Urgell -4 -22 -26
Val d'Aran -5 -10 -15
Vallès Occidental 2,488 -201 2,287
Vallès Oriental 1,499 -228 1,271
Catalonia z Category not applicable -781 -781
Metropolità -2,188 711 -1,477
Comarques Gironines 198 -749 -551
Camp de Tarragona 1,725 -540 1,185
Terres de l'Ebre -305 -123 -428
Ponent -189 31 -158
Comarques Centrals 587 -410 177
Alt Pirineu i Aran 172 299 471
Barcelona -1,598 305 -1,293
Girona 326 -775 -449
Lleida -148 352 204
Tarragona 1,420 -663 757
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: September 21, 2011.

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.