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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas 2019
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 6 231 44 80 49 57 4 28 499
Alt Empordà 44 691 134 203 178 115 26 256 1,647
Alt Penedès 31 744 101 128 128 93 17 165 1,407
Alt Urgell 10 149 25 45 34 23 7 0 293
Alta Ribagorça 1 50 6 27 9 7 1 0 101
Anoia 38 663 132 123 125 131 18 135 1,365
Aran 4 64 21 13 30 10 1 0 143
Bages 64 852 170 191 168 90 28 172 1,735
Baix Camp 47 899 148 240 138 128 21 90 1,711
Baix Ebre 30 354 84 160 69 58 21 124 900
Baix Empordà 38 683 131 196 153 115 25 223 1,564
Baix Llobregat 216 2,384 607 652 475 274 67 543 5,218
Baix Penedès 29 450 58 130 70 99 10 31 877
Barcelonès 1,122 9,672 2,410 2,323 3,081 576 553 2,149 21,886
Berguedà 6 316 47 70 57 42 7 66 611
Cerdanya 7 85 26 40 37 22 10 30 257
Conca de Barberà 4 199 31 49 21 38 2 6 350
Garraf 53 700 106 143 163 111 17 139 1,432
Garrigues 9 183 44 34 20 16 3 1 310
Garrotxa 32 355 69 127 55 64 11 119 832
Gironès 148 1,046 239 431 266 129 55 500 2,814
Maresme 166 1,727 348 427 457 208 46 416 3,795
Moianès 8 123 19 16 18 25 0 27 236
Montsià 23 306 54 102 60 38 8 110 701
Noguera 22 283 72 105 50 48 9 1 590
Osona 64 809 177 152 132 100 25 163 1,622
Pallars Jussà 6 133 23 45 30 23 3 0 263
Pallars Sobirà 1 101 15 46 42 27 2 0 234
Pla d'Urgell 20 195 37 66 42 27 7 84 478
Pla de l'Estany 16 236 49 49 24 19 6 1 400
Priorat 3 145 28 26 12 15 1 4 234
Ribera d'Ebre 4 159 26 40 20 16 3 41 309
Ripollès 10 168 41 55 27 35 6 44 386
Segarra 6 211 34 101 29 35 9 0 425
Segrià 132 1,115 237 358 201 92 39 3 2,177
Selva 66 669 120 247 144 156 33 274 1,709
Solsonès 6 116 21 32 26 23 5 1 230
Tarragonès 87 1,216 214 375 200 138 26 113 2,369
Terra Alta 1 109 22 20 10 11 1 22 196
Urgell 20 240 51 93 38 30 5 1 478
Vallès Occidental 289 3,012 736 752 705 317 107 631 6,549
Vallès Oriental 150 1,693 316 465 364 218 51 372 3,629
Catalonia 3,039 33,536 7,273 8,977 7,957 3,799 1,296 7,085 72,962
Metropolità 1,943 18,488 4,417 4,619 5,082 1,593 824 4,111 41,077
Comarques Gironines 358 3,807 771 1,325 865 641 163 1,500 9,430
Camp de Tarragona 147 2,690 465 770 420 376 54 241 5,163
Terres de l'Ebre 58 928 186 322 159 123 33 297 2,106
Ponent 205 2,268 487 740 362 240 71 7 4,380
Comarques Centrals 148 2,216 434 461 401 280 65 429 4,434
Alt Pirineu i Aran 29 582 116 216 182 112 24 30 1,291
Penedès 151 2,557 397 524 486 434 62 470 5,081
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 11, 2020.

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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