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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas 2015
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 9 225 43 75 49 53 4 27 485
Alt Empordà 37 654 126 167 138 101 20 296 1,539
Alt Penedès 31 688 96 122 125 82 10 179 1,333
Alt Urgell 11 136 24 45 28 27 8 0 279
Alta Ribagorça 1 47 7 26 9 7 1 0 98
Anoia 37 612 130 116 104 113 10 145 1,267
Aran 5 64 20 12 28 9 1 0 139
Bages 59 788 163 184 147 80 25 189 1,635
Baix Camp 46 844 144 233 136 125 16 86 1,630
Baix Ebre 26 339 82 158 63 46 17 117 848
Baix Empordà 29 624 126 158 117 102 14 262 1,432
Baix Llobregat 223 2,281 589 625 425 240 54 603 5,040
Baix Penedès 28 421 60 120 62 96 6 30 823
Barcelonès 1,140 9,227 2,295 2,238 2,671 487 518 2,675 21,251
Berguedà 5 302 48 66 48 42 8 73 592
Cerdanya 7 73 25 37 29 24 7 33 235
Conca de Barberà 4 178 29 44 17 38 1 7 318
Garraf 53 609 88 135 135 99 14 154 1,287
Garrigues 11 180 43 32 19 15 3 0 303
Garrotxa 32 350 63 111 42 54 11 147 810
Gironès 132 986 239 361 199 116 48 552 2,633
Maresme 154 1,591 322 385 382 190 40 472 3,536
Moianès 6 103 20 16 14 26 0 29 214
Montsià 17 267 52 93 55 34 8 109 635
Noguera 26 271 73 101 43 42 8 0 564
Osona 63 725 173 140 128 102 24 189 1,544
Pallars Jussà 6 120 21 46 26 24 3 0 246
Pallars Sobirà 1 92 12 46 33 24 1 0 209
Pla d'Urgell 13 231 47 47 19 14 3 0 374
Pla de l'Estany 19 175 35 58 32 25 7 100 451
Priorat 3 142 27 29 13 15 0 6 235
Ribera d'Ebre 4 150 27 38 16 11 1 41 288
Ripollès 11 156 42 51 25 32 4 49 370
Segarra 9 191 33 96 24 36 6 0 395
Segrià 131 1,085 247 338 185 94 39 4 2,123
Selva 58 617 116 200 105 138 23 316 1,573
Solsonès 8 109 20 34 22 26 3 0 222
Tarragonès 107 1,148 212 354 188 133 18 133 2,293
Terra Alta 0 106 23 18 9 10 1 21 188
Urgell 19 243 49 86 33 27 4 0 461
Vallès Occidental 282 2,847 692 711 593 273 86 710 6,194
Vallès Oriental 133 1,565 302 435 304 194 39 404 3,376
Catalonia 2,996 31,562 6,985 8,387 6,840 3,426 1,114 8,158 69,468
Metropolità 1,932 17,511 4,200 4,394 4,375 1,384 737 4,864 39,397
Comarques Gironines 318 3,562 747 1,106 658 568 127 1,722 8,808
Camp de Tarragona 169 2,537 455 735 403 364 39 259 4,961
Terres de l'Ebre 47 862 184 307 143 101 27 288 1,959
Ponent 209 2,201 492 700 323 228 63 4 4,220
Comarques Centrals 141 2,027 424 440 359 276 60 480 4,207
Alt Pirineu i Aran 31 532 109 212 153 115 21 33 1,206
Penedès 149 2,330 374 493 426 390 40 508 4,710
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: March 21, 2016.

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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