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Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2004
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 6 143 38 55 18 42 4 5 311
Alt Empordà 17 357 85 99 66 59 6 149 838
Alt Penedès 23 301 67 93 32 51 2 132 701
Alt Urgell 7 79 16 29 15 18 2 0 166
Alta Ribagorça 0 22 3 18 5 4 0 0 52
Anoia 30 333 96 84 35 88 2 114 782
Bages 41 492 132 141 45 77 14 153 1,095
Baix Camp 29 470 105 152 57 78 11 12 914
Baix Ebre 15 212 53 78 27 38 6 17 446
Baix Empordà 18 347 79 103 67 73 5 153 845
Baix Llobregat 168 1,383 444 473 139 183 21 485 3,296
Baix Penedès 12 253 35 76 17 78 3 8 482
Barcelonès 964 5,720 1,893 1,765 1,379 368 498 2,166 14,753
Berguedà 5 180 42 50 20 31 3 57 388
Cerdanya 7 44 15 28 19 19 5 18 155
Conca de Barberà 3 108 23 33 8 27 1 1 204
Garraf 31 278 61 89 40 65 2 127 693
Garrigues 7 114 37 28 13 5 1 0 205
Garrotxa 20 230 48 78 18 31 6 89 520
Gironès 86 538 142 204 86 59 22 327 1,464
Maresme 100 802 221 266 100 136 7 366 1,998
Montsià 12 172 39 50 23 27 4 4 331
Noguera 13 161 51 65 20 22 1 0 333
Osona 37 395 127 94 43 70 15 149 930
Pallars Jussà 5 64 14 29 10 10 1 0 133
Pallars Sobirà 1 45 9 29 14 11 0 0 109
Pla d'Urgell 11 137 33 26 7 8 0 0 222
Pla de l'Estany 11 95 23 38 10 19 5 45 246
Priorat 3 95 25 19 7 13 0 2 164
Ribera d'Ebre 4 108 24 19 5 10 1 6 177
Ripollès 10 92 33 43 12 18 3 27 238
Segarra 4 85 23 60 11 28 1 1 213
Segrià 87 696 170 223 111 63 18 3 1,371
Selva 26 327 71 100 46 85 4 146 805
Solsonès 5 65 15 18 11 16 0 0 130
Tarragonès 74 713 147 231 76 88 9 43 1,381
Terra Alta 0 70 18 8 4 8 0 0 108
Urgell 15 155 38 59 19 14 3 0 303
Val d'Aran 4 37 13 7 13 2 1 0 77
Vallès Occidental 174 1,617 528 501 169 189 35 556 3,769
Vallès Oriental 70 798 201 327 91 149 14 304 1,954
Catalonia 2,155 18,333 5,237 5,888 2,908 2,380 736 5,665 43,302
Metropolità 1,530 10,899 3,415 3,514 1,950 1,141 579 4,136 27,164
Comarques Gironines 188 1,986 481 665 305 344 51 936 4,956
Camp de Tarragona 127 1,782 373 566 183 326 28 71 3,456
Terres de l'Ebre 31 562 134 155 59 83 11 27 1,062
Ponent 137 1,348 352 461 181 140 24 4 2,647
Comarques Centrals 118 1,465 412 387 154 282 34 473 3,325
Alt Pirineu i Aran 24 291 70 140 76 64 9 18 692
Source: Ministry of Justice.
Notes:
Rights: Fostering and defending public, social personal rights.
Sectors: Interests of economic, geographical and professional sectors.
Space: Land planning, ecology and housing.

Last update: November 30, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Association
Non-profit organization, voluntarily formed by three or more persons to serve an objective of general or specific interest, through the sharing of personal resources or property temporarily or indefinitely.

Methodological aspects

The Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities is responsible for registering ordinary associations. Political, religious, competitive sports and professional associations which regulate working rights are excluded because they have specific registers.

The Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities is also responsible for registering and supervising foundations.

Associations and foundations are founded by three or more persons with a common objective. The most significant differences between an association and a foundation are these:

  • The creation of a foundation requires assets.
  • An association may pursue a general or specific objective (whatever the members want, as long as it is legal). In contrast, a foundation may only pursue objectives of general interest.
  • The governing bodies of an association are the general assembly and the board of directors, while the foundation has a board of trustees.

On December, 31.

The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

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