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Archives. Main indicators. By ownership

Archives. Main indicators. By ownership Catalonia. 2017
Surface (m²) Shelves (m) Consulting rooms Places Documents (m) Consultations
Generalitat 115,659 641,745 82 844 511,185 1,278,084
Local administration 53,310 287,817 152 1,181 235,763 1,667,097
State 4,385 12,035 3 21 9,648 37,421
Church 12,145 32,019 31 322 18,757 43,456
Others 19,630 56,028 43 436 51,379 319,720
Total 205,129 1,029,644 311 2,804 826,732 3,345,778
Source: Ministry of Culture.
Note: Does not include data from the Archive of the Crown of Aragon.

Last update: September 20, 2019.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Archive
Centre that houses historical content, with somebody effectively in charge of the same and that orders and regulates access and consultation of the content placed at the service of researchers, whatever its administrative dependence.

Methodological aspects

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