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Foreign students. By place of origin. Counties and Aran

Foreign students. By place of origin. Counties, areas and provinces School year 2010/2011
European Union Rest of Europe Maghreb Rest of Africa North America Central and South America Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 221 62 530 15 0 229 14 1,071
Alt Empordà 1,055 208 2,154 239 12 1,344 98 5,110
Alt Penedès 164 79 1,277 30 6 682 75 2,313
Alt Urgell 171 252 52 6 0 212 16 709
Alta Ribagorça 27 11 12 0 0 20 0 70
Anoia 249 90 945 66 7 482 82 1,921
Bages 474 144 1,768 207 6 876 218 3,693
Baix Camp 1,049 231 2,456 89 7 1,520 255 5,607
Baix Ebre 725 151 972 21 0 400 217 2,486
Baix Empordà 668 209 2,081 181 3 747 94 3,983
Baix Llobregat 1,337 413 3,985 238 32 5,652 733 12,390
Baix Penedès 347 79 1,372 18 8 694 86 2,604
Barcelonès 3,428 1,996 5,038 1,007 253 23,833 10,238 45,793
Berguedà 141 19 289 11 2 217 17 696
Cerdanya 93 43 12 10 1 262 10 431
Conca de Barberà 90 23 160 9 1 65 23 371
Garraf 672 105 664 37 13 914 97 2,502
Garrigues 170 3 112 12 0 28 12 337
Garrotxa 158 52 216 374 4 266 375 1,445
Gironès 766 280 2,053 1,199 11 1,897 372 6,578
Maresme 711 219 3,325 1,044 35 2,183 483 8,000
Montsià 869 137 409 13 1 416 109 1,954
Noguera 372 44 379 73 0 160 35 1,063
Osona 309 85 2,644 306 8 727 328 4,407
Pallars Jussà 83 20 93 17 0 141 4 358
Pallars Sobirà 57 7 10 0 0 84 0 158
Pla d'Urgell 386 42 418 73 1 198 35 1,153
Pla de l'Estany 133 18 214 289 8 127 50 839
Priorat 71 8 67 0 1 30 1 178
Ribera d'Ebre 288 25 205 3 0 63 19 603
Ripollès 53 9 179 4 4 107 12 368
Segarra 361 203 258 200 1 144 22 1,189
Segrià 1,469 247 1,421 804 9 1,293 241 5,484
Selva 972 358 903 431 7 1,036 436 4,143
Solsonès 74 17 223 2 0 61 8 385
Tarragonès 1,135 331 2,482 311 15 2,104 313 6,691
Terra Alta 138 2 8 0 0 23 12 183
Urgell 287 64 495 114 0 192 33 1,185
Val d'Aran 83 9 40 2 1 105 0 240
Vallès Occidental 1,338 522 5,119 858 81 7,085 878 15,881
Vallès Oriental 604 233 2,329 831 25 2,804 312 7,138
Catalonia 21,798 7,050 47,369 9,144 563 59,423 16,363 161,710
Metropolità 7,418 3,383 19,796 3,978 426 41,557 12,644 89,202
Comarques Gironines 3,805 1,134 7,800 2,717 49 5,524 1,437 22,466
Camp de Tarragona 2,566 655 5,695 424 24 3,948 606 13,918
Terres de l'Ebre 2,020 315 1,594 37 1 902 357 5,226
Ponent 3,045 603 3,083 1,276 11 2,015 378 10,411
Comarques Centrals 998 265 4,924 526 16 1,881 571 9,181
Alt Pirineu i Aran 514 342 219 35 2 824 30 1,966
Penedès 1,432 353 4,258 151 34 2,772 340 9,340
Barcelona 9,470 3,918 27,523 4,637 468 45,486 13,467 104,969
Girona 3,831 1,151 7,807 2,721 49 5,626 1,440 22,625
Lleida 3,564 932 3,378 1,307 13 2,767 407 12,368
Tarragona 4,933 1,049 8,661 479 33 5,544 1,049 21,748
Source: Ministry of Education.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: May 16, 2012.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The data on infant, primary and secondary education is taken from an exploitation of the data provided by the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Education or teaching centres at all education levels. The public sector includes data for the centres that depend on the Ministry of Education and other public administrations, while the private sector deals with privately owned centres.

In 1990 the Law for general ordering of the education system (LOGSE) was passed, which modifies the previous education system (LGE) of 1970. In the 1991/92 academic year the teaching approved by the new law was gradually introduced and the 2000/01 academic year was the first in which none of the teaching relating to the previous education system was still in existence.

However, the two education models coexisted over the long period of experimentation and implantation of the new education law.

The data on centres and teaching staff is given, on the one hand, for infant and primary education as a whole, and on the other, for secondary education, although it is often the case that centres and teachers overlap in terms of the different levels given.

The data on special education presented here corresponds to specific special education centres and specific special education groups located in ordinary centres. Integrated pupils are excluded.

The centres that provide specialist education in music, applied arts and design, dance, languages, dramatic art and the restoration and conservation of cultural assets are also in the process of adaptation to new curricular designs regulated by the implantation of the LOGSE.

The figures referring to adult education refer to students in public centres and classes that depend on the Ministry of Education.

Data are provisional.