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Started buildings. Surface area. By destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Buildings started. Surface area. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2010
Non residential
Residential Establishments Industry Trade & warehouses Offices Accommodation and food service activities Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 4.6 2.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 2.4 4.8
Alt Empordà 66.1 0.0 1.0 9.3 0.6 0.0 3.4 5.1
Alt Penedès 35.8 12.0 7.5 1.7 0.9 0.0 40.2 62.3
Alt Urgell 7.4 3.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.1 4.9
Alta Ribagorça 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4
Anoia 36.2 8.9 23.6 2.0 0.9 0.0 14.4 49.8
Bages 46.8 21.8 0.3 4.5 3.0 0.0 42.7 72.3
Baix Camp 26.6 17.4 8.3 12.6 1.0 1.8 91.2 132.2
Baix Ebre 16.0 3.0 0.4 2.4 0.4 2.7 11.8 20.6
Baix Empordà 44.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1.7
Baix Llobregat 259.5 100.0 26.6 11.8 18.7 4.2 57.2 218.4
Baix Penedès 22.9 7.2 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 4.5 13.4
Barcelonès 352.7 129.6 15.4 107.5 46.0 66.0 209.2 573.7
Berguedà 7.0 5.2 0.1 0.0 1.5 0.0 4.4 11.2
Cerdanya 10.1 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0
Conca de Barberà 3.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.7 3.1
Garraf 17.5 5.2 0.1 8.5 0.0 0.0 32.2 46.1
Garrigues 2.8 1.6 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.8 4.1
Garrotxa 37.7 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.7
Gironès 49.3 0.4 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6
Maresme 160.0 72.8 3.2 38.2 1.4 0.0 29.6 145.2
Montsià 20.5 10.4 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.0 16.8 33.1
Noguera 11.0 2.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 8.6 11.5
Osona 45.2 22.2 8.9 3.4 0.0 0.0 28.6 54.2
Pallars Jussà 1.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 1.4
Pallars Sobirà 8.6 2.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3
Pla d'Urgell 9.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 4.1
Pla de l'Estany 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Priorat 2.5 1.1 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 2.8 4.6
Ribera d'Ebre 7.1 6.6 0.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 11.3
Ripollès 5.6 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.8
Segarra 4.7 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 3.0
Segrià 43.8 23.1 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.0 17.9 42.5
Selva, La 47.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7
Solsonès 8.3 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.0
Tarragonès 77.2 28.9 0.0 4.1 8.1 0.0 21.9 63.0
Terra Alta 3.2 1.2 0.0 1.4 0.8 0.0 1.7 5.1
Urgell 17.5 3.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.4 7.6
Val d'Aran 5.2 3.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.4 5.9
Vallès Occidental 320.7 120.8 2.3 37.6 8.4 6.4 88.9 264.5
Vallès Oriental 59.4 45.2 41.4 9.3 5.7 0.0 69.8 171.4
Catalonia 1,921.9 672.1 134.7 257.3 100.6 81.1 818.6 2,064.5
Metropolità 1,205.6 485.6 96.5 214.7 81.1 76.6 527.1 1,481.6
Comarques Gironines 265.1 2.4 4.9 0.5 0.6 0.0 5.2 13.6
Camp de Tarragona 137.1 57.6 8.3 19.3 9.6 1.8 124.5 221.1
Terres de l'Ebre 46.8 21.1 0.7 9.7 3.0 2.7 32.8 70.0
Ponent 89.4 35.2 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 34.8 72.8
Comarques Centrals 143.5 59.7 24.2 9.9 5.4 0.0 90.3 189.6
Alt Pirineu i Aran 34.5 10.5 0.0 0.6 0.9 0.0 3.9 15.9
Barcelona 888.1 367.3 105.2 112.2 28.3 43.6 371.5 1,028.2
Girona 724.6 178.7 20.4 113.0 57.9 33.0 250.9 653.8
Lleida 125.4 47.4 0.0 3.2 0.9 0.0 39.0 90.5
Tarragona 183.9 78.7 9.0 29.0 13.5 4.5 157.2 291.9
Units: Thousands of square metres.
Source: Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Secretaria d'Habitatge i Millora Urbana.
Note: (1) Includes livestock.

Last update: April 6, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.
Establishment
Structurally separate and independent area where economic activities dependent on a company are or could be carried out.

Methodological aspects

The information on buildings started comes from the building work approvals by the Official Associations of Surveyors, Architectural Technicians and Building Engineers of Catalonia.

Since these are administrative data from a set of professional associations, the total construction activity for non-residential buildings in Catalonia is not included.

From 2014 there is a break in the series due to the application of methodological changes.