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Centres of Worship. Counties and Aran, and areas

Centres of Worship. Counties and areas 2007
Catholic churches and oratories (1) Catholic parish churches (1) Evangelicalism Islam Jehovah's Witnesses Buddhism Hinduism Ortodox churches
Alt Camp 7 33 2 1 1 1 0 0
Alt Empordà 9 88 14 11 2 2 0 0
Alt Penedès 26 42 2 4 2 0 1 0
Alt Urgell 13 55 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alta Ribagorça 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anoia 17 46 6 2 2 0 0 0
Bages 16 67 11 3 6 2 1 0
Baix Camp 8 41 13 3 3 1 2 1
Baix Ebre 37 29 1 2 1 1 0 0
Baix Empordà 19 60 7 9 4 0 0 1
Baix Llobregat 37 54 42 19 19 0 0 0
Baix Penedès 13 17 5 4 2 0 0 0
Barcelonès 101 180 144 22 32 21 15 6
Berguedà 22 47 2 2 2 0 0 0
Cerdanya 9 40 1 1 1 0 0 0
Conca de Barberà 3 39 0 0 1 1 0 0
Garraf 8 11 7 1 2 2 0 0
Garrigues 0 24 2 1 1 0 0 0
Garrotxa 13 44 3 2 1 0 0 1
Gironès 15 59 17 8 1 1 1 2
Maresme 47 34 19 13 10 1 1 0
Montsià 10 20 7 5 3 0 0 2
Noguera 17 73 5 2 1 0 0 0
Osona 16 73 11 7 5 1 0 0
Pallars Jussà 8 50 1 1 1 0 0 0
Pallars Sobirà 2 64 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pla d'Urgell 2 18 4 1 1 0 0 0
Pla de l'Estany 7 38 1 2 1 0 0 0
Priorat 7 25 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ribera d'Ebre 20 16 1 0 1 0 1 0
Ripollès 5 27 1 1 1 0 0 0
Segarra 12 68 1 3 1 0 0 1
Segrià 5 65 15 3 3 1 1 1
Selva 12 37 6 8 4 2 0 1
Solsonès 7 39 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tarragonès 15 40 15 3 3 2 1 1
Terra Alta 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 1
Urgell 12 36 2 2 1 0 0 0
Val d'Aran 1 29 0 0 1 0 0 0
Vallès Occidental 34 64 62 10 16 1 4 0
Vallès Oriental 16 70 23 12 9 2 2 0
Catalonia 652 1,882 453 169 147 42 30 18
Metropolità 269 455 299 81 90 27 23 6
Comarques Gironines 80 353 49 41 14 5 1 5
Camp de Tarragona 53 195 35 11 10 5 3 2
Terres de l'Ebre 91 77 9 7 5 1 1 3
Ponent 48 284 29 12 8 1 1 2
Comarques Centrals 78 272 30 15 16 3 1 0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 33 246 2 2 4 0 0 0
Source: Ministry of Governance and Institutional Relations.
Note: (1) Only habitual centres of worship were accounted for.
Centres of Worship. Counties and areas 2007
Seventh Day Adventist churches Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints churches Baha'i Faith Sikhism Taoism Judaism Total
Alt Camp 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
Alt Empordà 0 0 0 0 0 0 126
Alt Penedès 0 1 0 0 0 0 78
Alt Urgell 0 0 0 0 0 0 69
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Anoia 1 0 0 0 0 0 74
Bages 0 0 0 0 1 0 107
Baix Camp 1 0 1 0 0 0 74
Baix Ebre 0 0 0 0 0 0 71
Baix Empordà 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
Baix Llobregat 0 2 0 0 0 0 173
Baix Penedès 0 0 0 0 0 0 41
Barcelonès 6 4 1 4 5 4 545
Berguedà 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
Cerdanya 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
Conca de Barberà 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
Garraf 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
Garrigues 0 0 0 0 0 0 28
Garrotxa 0 0 0 1 0 0 65
Gironès 1 1 1 0 0 0 107
Maresme 1 1 0 0 0 0 127
Montsià 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
Noguera 0 0 0 0 0 0 98
Osona 1 0 0 0 0 0 114
Pallars Jussà 0 0 0 0 0 0 61
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 0 0 0 0 66
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
Pla de l'Estany 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
Priorat 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
Ribera d'Ebre 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
Ripollès 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
Segarra 1 0 0 0 0 0 87
Segrià 0 1 0 0 0 0 95
Selva 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
Solsonès 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
Tarragonès 0 1 1 0 0 0 82
Terra Alta 0 0 0 0 0 0 37
Urgell 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
Val d'Aran 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
Vallès Occidental 2 2 6 0 0 0 201
Vallès Oriental 2 1 0 1 0 0 138
Catalonia 16 14 10 6 6 4 3,449
Metropolità 11 11 7 5 5 4 1,293
Comarques Gironines 1 1 1 1 0 0 552
Camp de Tarragona 1 1 2 0 0 0 318
Terres de l'Ebre 0 0 0 0 0 0 194
Ponent 1 1 0 0 0 0 387
Comarques Centrals 2 0 0 0 1 0 418
Alt Pirineu i Aran 0 0 0 0 0 0 287
Source: Ministry of Governance and Institutional Relations.

Last update: January 11, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Centre of Worship
Public or privately owned building or establishment that is open to the public and legally recognised, declared or certified by the respective religious church, confession or community in accordance with the Organic law on religious freedom, and mainly and permanently destined for the collective exercise of worship activities.

Methodological aspects

In the field of the fundamental right to religious freedom, and in order to guarantee the real and effective guarantee of churches, confessions and religious communities to establish centres of worship, Decree 94/2010, of July 20, guarantees the exercise of this right and establishes municipal urban planning projects to provide sites qualified as community equipment systems, which include those of a religious nature. The opening of places of worship is a right that administrations must oversee.

Centres of worship that are open to the public must meet the required material and technical conditions to guarantee the safety of their users and the hygiene of their facilities, and to avoid disturbances to third parties. These conditions must be adequate and proportionate, in order not to impede or hinder the activities performed in these centres.

Places of worship located in hospitals, care centres, education centres, cemeteries, mortuaries and penitentiary centres are not considered to be centres of worship, and neither are those located in public or privately owned spaces that are used for other main activities.

Churches, confessions and religious communities conducting their activity in Catalonia and that wish to obtain a municipal license must be registered in the State Register of Religious Entities.

The data of 2013 are from January 1st, 2013.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".