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Centres of Worship. Counties and Aran, and areas

Centres of Worship. Counties and areas 2010
Catholic centres of worship Evangelicalism Islam Jehovah's Witnesses Buddhism Hinduism Ortodox churches Seventh Day Adventist churches Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints churches Baha'i Faith Sikhism Taoism Judaism Others Total
Alt Camp 77 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84
Alt Empordà 195 16 13 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231
Alt Penedès 102 5 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 117
Alt Urgell 240 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
Alta Ribagorça 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
Anoia 161 7 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 177
Bages 370 16 4 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 401
Baix Camp 117 15 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 143
Baix Ebre 69 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
Baix Empordà 144 8 8 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 168
Baix Llobregat 127 53 19 17 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 224
Baix Penedès 58 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 70
Barcelonès 829 200 27 26 28 13 8 6 4 1 5 5 4 4 1,160
Berguedà 211 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 219
Cerdanya 99 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103
Conca de Barberà 95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
Garraf 27 14 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
Garrigues 54 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58
Garrotxa 156 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 166
Gironès 166 15 9 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 202
Maresme 188 21 13 8 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 237
Montsià 35 8 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
Noguera 283 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 292
Osona 537 19 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 568
Pallars Jussà 259 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 264
Pallars Sobirà 201 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202
Pla d'Urgell 37 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 45
Pla de l'Estany 82 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
Priorat 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50
Ribera d'Ebre 40 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
Ripollès 164 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168
Segarra 168 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174
Segrià 176 18 8 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 213
Selva 157 8 10 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 186
Solsonès 143 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145
Tarragonès 120 28 4 3 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 162
Terra Alta 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
Urgell 89 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99
Val d'Aran 70 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71
Vallès Occidental 254 75 12 16 2 4 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 374
Vallès Oriental 261 26 13 8 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 315
Catalonia 6,729 600 195 131 55 34 30 20 14 11 9 6 4 13 7,851
Metropolità 1,788 394 92 79 37 23 10 11 11 8 6 6 4 6 2,475
Comarques Gironines 1,064 52 45 14 9 3 11 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 1,207
Camp de Tarragona 517 51 14 9 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 605
Terres de l'Ebre 186 14 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 215
Ponent 807 36 17 8 3 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 881
Comarques Centrals 1,422 47 17 13 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1,510
Alt Pirineu i Aran 945 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 958
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 "..".