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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 2010
Surface area (m² constructed)
Up to 50 51 - 75 76 - 100 101 - 125 126 - 150 Over 150 Total
Alt Camp 0 3 2 0 9 16 30
Alt Empordà 3 21 82 145 28 186 465
Alt Penedès 0 1 185 20 28 71 305
Alt Urgell 0 1 57 1 4 7 70
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Anoia 0 2 157 55 18 71 303
Bages 0 67 41 49 74 119 350
Baix Camp 4 5 122 11 14 54 210
Baix Ebre 7 1 18 4 4 50 84
Baix Empordà 2 21 52 34 38 107 254
Baix Llobregat 2 1 206 91 57 1,233 1,590
Baix Penedès 3 29 104 32 8 31 207
Barcelonès 0 295 131 370 707 930 2,433
Berguedà 0 0 9 17 9 14 49
Cerdanya 0 0 0 17 8 24 49
Conca de Barberà 0 0 1 0 3 12 16
Garraf 0 5 11 50 25 33 124
Garrigues 0 1 1 3 2 7 14
Garrotxa 0 13 60 99 20 91 283
Gironès 1 70 44 99 107 65 386
Maresme 1 30 162 108 274 466 1,041
Montsià 0 9 103 51 7 20 190
Noguera 0 0 5 16 32 16 69
Osona 0 0 69 83 48 126 326
Pallars Jussà 0 0 1 0 2 7 10
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 35 6 0 27 68
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 2 11 6 29 48
Pla de l'Estany 0 62 0 18 34 17 131
Priorat 0 0 4 3 3 5 15
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 0 52 1 6 59
Ripollès 0 0 33 2 6 8 49
Segarra 0 0 26 0 1 4 31
Segrià 8 72 73 36 11 90 290
Selva, La 0 31 127 72 47 99 376
Solsonès 0 0 43 1 0 23 67
Tarragonès 1 209 249 177 55 75 766
Terra Alta 0 1 1 2 3 9 16
Urgell 0 8 16 24 61 19 128
Val d'Aran 0 3 3 18 1 8 33
Vallès Occidental 1 33 383 199 655 906 2,177
Vallès Oriental 0 33 59 133 26 157 408
Catalonia 33 1,027 2,677 2,109 2,437 5,240 13,523
Metropolità 4 398 1,137 971 1,772 3,796 8,078
Comarques Gironines 6 218 398 469 280 573 1,944
Camp de Tarragona 8 246 482 223 92 193 1,244
Terres de l'Ebre 7 11 122 109 15 85 349
Ponent 8 81 123 90 113 165 580
Comarques Centrals 0 69 319 205 149 353 1,095
Alt Pirineu i Aran 0 4 96 42 16 75 233
Barcelona 4 467 1,412 1,175 1,920 4,126 9,104
Girona 6 218 398 474 289 593 1,978
Lleida 8 85 263 128 121 243 848
Tarragona 15 257 604 332 107 278 1,593
Source: Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Secretaria d'Habitatge i Millora Urbana.
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: April 6, 2011.

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.