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Livestock operations. By species. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces 2010
Operations
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 6 37 56 64 163
Alt Empordà 308 207 137 315 967
Alt Penedès 16 51 48 14 129
Alt Urgell 352 111 92 37 592
Alta Ribagorça 75 42 43 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 160
Anoia 25 60 67 99 251
Bages 291 130 137 357 915
Baix Camp 12 43 50 47 152
Baix Ebre 52 149 163 48 412
Baix Empordà 114 137 96 211 558
Baix Llobregat 16 73 74 10 173
Baix Penedès 5 17 18 22 62
Barcelonès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Berguedà 422 136 157 260 975
Cerdanya 300 63 29 8 400
Conca de Barberà 19 24 21 37 101
Garraf .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 11 22 0 33
Garrigues 187 34 31 208 460
Garrotxa 354 199 124 117 794
Gironès 159 90 57 164 470
Maresme 40 34 29 8 111
Montsià 33 65 61 111 270
Noguera 315 112 85 689 1,201
Osona 830 230 153 842 2,055
Pallars Jussà 127 92 70 111 400
Pallars Sobirà 194 80 73 9 356
Pla d'Urgell 133 26 15 305 479
Pla de l'Estany 135 77 40 181 433
Priorat 8 9 14 12 43
Ribera d'Ebre 4 61 69 47 181
Ripollès 498 117 94 82 791
Segarra 120 35 29 285 469
Segrià 803 121 58 875 1,857
Selva 151 128 88 144 511
Solsonès 186 96 102 184 568
Tarragonès 4 23 25 11 63
Terra Alta 7 53 48 45 153
Urgell 137 30 24 319 510
Val d'Aran 85 119 50 0 254
Vallès Occidental 48 53 59 32 192
Vallès Oriental 254 165 143 123 685
Catalonia 6,825 3,340 2,751 6,433 19,349
Metropolità 374 387 375 187 1,323
Comarques Gironines 1,719 955 636 1,214 4,524
Camp de Tarragona 54 153 184 193 584
Terres de l'Ebre 96 328 341 251 1,016
Ponent 1,695 358 242 2,681 4,976
Comarques Centrals 1,754 652 616 1,742 4,764
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,133 507 357 165 2,162
Barcelona 1,942 943 889 1,745 5,519
Girona 1,719 955 636 1,214 4,524
Lleida 3,014 961 701 3,030 7,706
Tarragona 150 481 525 444 1,600
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Note: The official brand is considered a livestock operation.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces 2010
Places
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 3,073 14,144 5,220 70,658 93,095
Alt Empordà 59,950 85,362 10,856 405,967 562,135
Alt Penedès 6,585 52,562 2,672 8,094 69,913
Alt Urgell 31,935 41,316 6,580 38,789 118,620
Alta Ribagorça 12,280 43,916 3,173 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 59,369
Anoia 9,298 28,606 3,886 121,657 163,447
Bages 45,119 60,035 13,572 372,906 491,632
Baix Camp 2,402 23,200 11,275 69,855 106,732
Baix Ebre 8,244 42,171 20,761 85,791 156,967
Baix Empordà 15,902 52,320 5,990 155,353 229,565
Baix Llobregat 2,339 31,385 7,240 3,013 43,977
Baix Penedès 1,913 15,414 1,579 31,050 49,956
Barcelonès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0
Berguedà 46,108 54,126 11,682 267,689 379,605
Cerdanya 23,904 12,672 1,713 4,639 42,928
Conca de Barberà 4,462 7,288 4,982 61,340 78,072
Garraf .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 11,384 2,310 0 13,694
Garrigues 35,098 30,468 5,422 367,199 438,187
Garrotxa 35,002 38,542 7,046 97,076 177,666
Gironès 23,194 23,200 3,312 125,989 175,695
Maresme 5,363 9,572 2,346 10,379 27,660
Montsià 2,523 19,491 4,870 177,304 204,188
Noguera 70,665 101,853 9,618 1,039,441 1,221,577
Osona 111,444 106,061 12,343 937,130 1,166,978
Pallars Jussà 20,041 81,697 6,945 145,700 254,383
Pallars Sobirà 19,973 48,128 8,197 1,611 77,909
Pla d'Urgell 32,580 26,417 2,887 408,704 470,588
Pla de l'Estany 22,351 24,377 2,500 169,417 218,645
Priorat 1,551 3,125 2,670 10,033 17,379
Ribera d'Ebre 217 20,758 9,918 53,664 84,557
Ripollès 37,070 24,627 4,164 23,159 89,020
Segarra 21,197 18,730 2,720 326,446 369,093
Segrià 174,467 93,057 3,621 1,292,409 1,563,554
Selva 18,709 44,651 4,093 76,681 144,134
Solsonès 26,090 48,203 6,642 205,580 286,515
Tarragonès 1,422 6,227 1,187 11,229 20,065
Terra Alta 1,055 17,465 2,800 55,613 76,933
Urgell 27,302 24,899 2,541 420,487 475,229
Val d'Aran 1,920 9,949 2,868 0 14,737
Vallès Occidental 9,339 27,423 4,656 37,423 78,841
Vallès Oriental 49,665 57,928 8,859 114,645 231,097
Catalonia 1,021,752 1,482,749 235,716 7,804,120 10,544,337
Metropolità 73,291 190,254 28,083 173,554 465,182
Comarques Gironines 212,178 293,079 37,961 1,053,642 1,596,860
Camp de Tarragona 14,823 69,398 26,913 254,165 365,299
Terres de l'Ebre 12,039 99,885 38,349 372,372 522,645
Ponent 361,309 295,424 26,809 3,854,686 4,538,228
Comarques Centrals 238,059 297,031 48,125 1,904,962 2,488,177
Alt Pirineu i Aran 110,053 237,678 29,476 190,739 567,946
Barcelona 285,260 439,082 69,566 1,872,936 2,666,844
Girona 212,178 293,079 37,961 1,053,642 1,596,860
Lleida 497,452 581,305 62,927 4,251,005 5,392,689
Tarragona 26,862 169,283 65,262 626,537 887,944
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Note: Data corresponds to the capacity (places) of operations, not to head of livestock.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 6, 2012.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Livestock operation
The entirety of the animals, equipment or buildings and other assets and rights that are commercialised by their owner for livestock production, primarily for market purposes, which is located on an estate or contiguous group of estates operated by a single owner. Livestock operation that is divided by pathways or other roads open to traffic is still considered as such.
Livestock
Includes animals on the operation, plus transhumant livestock and livestock as part of an integration or contract scheme i.e. that implies dependence on supplies and sales.

Methodological aspects

Livestock operations must be registered in the Register of Livestock Operations handled by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment. It is obligatory for all livestock operations located in Catalonia to be included in this administrative record. This register contains data related to the activity or activities carried out as part of the operation, as well as data on capacity categorised by species. Inclusion on the register is a prerequisite for the start of any livestock activity, for issuing documents related to the operation and for obtaining grants. The time reference is 1st March of the reference year.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment has promoted the SIR management program (Catalan Livestock Information System), which is a means of electronic communication between the various livestock sectors, allowing them to manage their operations directly, streamlining the procedures related to animal movement and identification, and the operation's registration. "This digital management means a substantial saving in time and journeys to the different branches of the Ministry, especially in those rural areas where operations are often harder to reach and isolated, while at the same time offering information on currently active operations.