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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas 2021
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 6 248 47 86 52 67 7 0 513
Alt Empordà 46 723 135 211 192 119 27 253 1,706
Alt Penedès 31 761 104 132 134 104 18 163 1,447
Alt Urgell 10 155 26 47 34 28 7 0 307
Alta Ribagorça 1 51 6 28 11 8 1 0 106
Anoia 40 687 133 133 134 137 20 134 1,418
Aran 4 69 22 14 32 10 1 0 152
Bages 70 886 171 193 176 94 28 171 1,789
Baix Camp 50 978 155 260 176 137 26 0 1,782
Baix Ebre 30 382 86 164 74 67 20 122 945
Baix Empordà 41 718 140 201 173 123 26 220 1,642
Baix Llobregat 228 2,472 614 666 519 304 76 541 5,420
Baix Penedès 31 494 58 143 83 105 12 0 926
Barcelonès 1,150 10,072 2,445 2,393 3,247 621 573 2,128 22,629
Berguedà 7 332 47 73 58 44 8 66 635
Cerdanya 7 88 26 41 41 22 10 30 265
Conca de Barberà 4 218 31 51 24 39 4 2 373
Garraf 56 736 111 150 174 121 19 137 1,504
Garrigues 9 187 45 34 23 18 3 0 319
Garrotxa 32 367 68 125 62 69 12 117 852
Gironès 149 1,081 244 445 290 139 60 498 2,906
Maresme 176 1,830 357 450 493 233 56 411 4,006
Moianès 9 140 23 19 20 28 0 27 266
Montsià 23 319 56 103 65 42 8 105 721
Noguera 23 299 72 107 55 49 9 1 615
Osona 70 854 181 154 142 109 27 162 1,699
Pallars Jussà 6 137 25 46 35 25 3 1 278
Pallars Sobirà 1 109 15 46 44 33 2 1 251
Pla d'Urgell 20 208 39 72 45 28 7 84 503
Pla de l'Estany 16 244 51 53 25 22 4 1 416
Priorat 3 161 28 27 14 16 2 0 251
Ribera d'Ebre 4 168 26 42 20 18 3 39 320
Ripollès 10 175 40 56 29 34 6 44 394
Segarra 6 221 34 104 30 41 9 0 445
Segrià 131 1,153 239 370 211 113 41 0 2,258
Selva 69 701 122 254 170 169 36 269 1,790
Solsonès 6 122 24 33 30 24 5 0 244
Tarragonès 90 1,317 223 411 236 155 31 0 2,463
Terra Alta 1 110 22 20 10 15 1 21 200
Urgell 21 250 51 96 43 32 5 0 498
Vallès Occidental 300 3,180 750 788 749 345 113 627 6,852
Vallès Oriental 160 1,786 327 497 402 239 50 373 3,834
Catalonia 3,147 35,189 7,419 9,338 8,577 4,146 1,376 6,748 75,940
Metropolità 2,014 19,340 4,493 4,794 5,410 1,742 868 4,080 42,741
Comarques Gironines 367 3,973 788 1,364 961 681 174 1,485 9,793
Camp de Tarragona 153 2,922 484 835 502 414 70 2 5,382
Terres de l'Ebre 58 979 190 329 169 142 32 287 2,186
Ponent 206 2,354 492 764 387 275 71 2 4,551
Comarques Centrals 202 3,021 579 605 560 436 88 560 6,051
Alt Pirineu i Aran 29 609 120 222 197 126 24 32 1,359
Penedès 118 1,991 273 425 391 330 49 300 3,877
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, 2022.

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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