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Housing starts. By projected surface area. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Housing starts. By projected surface area. Counties, areas and provinces 2005
Surface area (m² constructed)
Up to 50 51 - 75 76 - 100 101 - 125 126 - 150 Over 150 Total
Alt Camp 4 71 258 517 100 139 1,089
Alt Empordà 0 861 1,329 846 352 547 3,935
Alt Penedès 17 367 862 1,147 395 461 3,249
Alt Urgell 1 6 166 87 28 71 359
Alta Ribagorça 0 127 169 4 1 32 333
Anoia 25 428 589 715 418 389 2,564
Bages 52 742 1,066 859 508 470 3,697
Baix Camp 84 1,971 2,287 1,087 796 616 6,841
Baix Ebre 19 571 948 583 146 308 2,575
Baix Empordà 51 661 1,444 1,000 391 668 4,215
Baix Llobregat 66 476 1,739 1,636 718 1,133 5,768
Baix Penedès 53 977 1,218 565 375 602 3,790
Barcelonès 72 898 2,622 2,726 653 1,087 8,058
Berguedà 0 110 328 187 79 119 823
Cerdanya 18 164 125 218 92 132 749
Conca de Barberà 0 30 30 205 50 100 415
Garraf 27 285 432 672 225 754 2,395
Garrigues 0 8 92 20 16 38 174
Garrotxa 6 66 394 166 123 128 883
Gironès 4 224 1,203 808 489 440 3,168
Maresme 87 1,245 1,937 1,079 418 1,045 5,811
Montsià 14 962 1,805 524 220 130 3,655
Noguera 0 56 485 176 64 75 856
Osona 37 598 1,107 840 279 397 3,258
Pallars Jussà 0 0 173 203 58 34 468
Pallars Sobirà 0 97 270 43 11 19 440
Pla d'Urgell 0 165 212 158 112 140 787
Pla de l'Estany 5 39 68 105 87 79 383
Priorat 1 3 45 42 3 8 102
Ribera d'Ebre 0 26 428 116 43 33 646
Ripollès 0 209 192 105 72 66 644
Segarra 0 31 167 43 48 56 345
Segrià 23 651 2,110 1,444 431 551 5,210
Selva, La 13 962 1,524 950 459 571 4,479
Solsonès 1 2 102 31 14 23 173
Tarragonès 43 801 2,413 1,800 687 425 6,169
Terra Alta 1 3 27 48 2 38 119
Urgell 0 129 619 379 43 119 1,289
Val d'Aran 0 4 45 194 64 51 358
Vallès Occidental 194 2,668 4,019 3,651 1,503 1,910 13,945
Vallès Oriental 115 659 1,807 1,697 544 1,474 6,296
Catalonia 1,033 18,353 36,856 27,676 11,117 15,478 110,513
Metropolità 578 6,598 13,418 12,608 4,456 7,864 45,522
Comarques Gironines 79 3,022 6,154 3,980 1,973 2,499 17,707
Camp de Tarragona 185 3,853 6,251 4,216 2,011 1,890 18,406
Terres de l'Ebre 34 1,562 3,208 1,271 411 509 6,995
Ponent 23 1,040 3,685 2,220 714 979 8,661
Comarques Centrals 115 1,880 3,192 2,632 1,298 1,398 10,515
Alt Pirineu i Aran 19 398 948 749 254 339 2,707
Barcelona 692 8,476 16,508 15,209 5,732 9,247 55,864
Girona 97 3,181 6,195 4,152 2,055 2,568 18,248
Lleida 25 1,281 4,694 2,828 908 1,264 11,000
Tarragona 219 5,415 9,459 5,487 2,422 2,399 25,401
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Direcció General d'Habitatge.
Notes:
Based on construction certificates issued by Catalonia's colleges of surveyors.
Superfície projectada: Superfície total construïda de l'immoble/nombre d'habitatges.

Last update: November 5, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.
Constructed surface
Surface contained within the exterior perimeter of the walls of a home. In buildings with more than one home the proportional part of the common spaces or services is imputed to each of the homes.
Projected surface
Surface obtained from the ratio between the total constructed surface area of a property and the number of rooms in the property.

Methodological aspects

The data on housing started, is obtained from new works certificates issued by colleges of surveyors of Catalonia, and the intentions of promoters and constructors are outlined. Data is included on the construction of housing that enjoys official protection listed by protection scheme. The completed housing is taken from end of construction certificates issued by colleges of surveyors.