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Immigrations and emigrations. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

External migrations. Immigrations. On the continent of origin. Counties, areas and provinces 2005
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 59 185 256 121 16 1 47 685
Alt Empordà 1,271 592 862 1,018 66 1 334 4,144
Alt Penedès 83 246 588 565 76 2 92 1,652
Alt Urgell 168 262 34 175 7 0 24 670
Alta Ribagorça 1 52 18 14 1 0 0 86
Anoia 89 239 638 312 66 0 32 1,376
Bages 99 587 959 625 95 4 92 2,461
Baix Camp 516 1,125 1,215 1,321 157 1 357 4,692
Baix Ebre 371 868 548 163 368 1 127 2,446
Baix Empordà 633 708 924 743 92 3 141 3,244
Baix Llobregat 1,316 1,296 1,663 4,234 586 5 1,655 10,755
Baix Penedès 212 248 509 513 32 0 94 1,608
Barcelonès 5,810 3,676 3,145 18,742 8,357 45 28,481 68,256
Berguedà 25 163 109 120 46 1 6 470
Cerdanya 91 99 25 232 4 0 22 473
Conca de Barberà 12 89 47 43 1 0 70 262
Garraf 336 344 301 736 69 0 974 2,760
Garrigues 7 149 62 16 10 0 17 261
Garrotxa 78 156 224 164 407 0 36 1,065
Gironès 462 707 1,569 1,564 235 0 173 4,710
Maresme 715 585 1,936 2,255 550 7 182 6,230
Montsià 160 634 127 181 69 0 634 1,805
Noguera 17 167 41 74 5 0 529 833
Osona 143 368 1,079 429 165 2 27 2,213
Pallars Jussà 4 37 36 24 0 0 19 120
Pallars Sobirà 14 62 7 65 1 0 34 183
Pla d'Urgell 2 138 85 10 17 0 502 754
Pla de l'Estany 43 64 236 97 23 0 48 511
Priorat 19 63 12 10 7 0 68 179
Ribera d'Ebre 123 123 62 35 14 1 80 438
Ripollès 25 56 91 97 7 0 4 280
Segarra 10 470 216 68 11 0 17 792
Segrià 131 1,553 1,875 1,147 206 3 430 5,345
Selva 571 1,013 544 857 397 1 1,360 4,743
Solsonès 10 76 118 58 14 0 30 306
Tarragonès 526 561 645 902 199 1 4,638 7,472
Terra Alta 23 140 5 15 12 0 12 207
Urgell 30 284 293 145 25 0 18 795
Val d'Aran 22 144 55 90 3 0 32 346
Vallès Occidental 949 1,539 2,524 4,801 821 16 1,119 11,769
Vallès Oriental 351 736 1,925 2,095 263 2 167 5,539
Catalonia 15,527 20,604 25,608 44,876 13,500 97 42,724 162,936
Metropolità 9,560 8,422 12,082 33,428 10,722 77 32,670 106,961
Comarques Gironines 3,083 3,296 4,450 4,540 1,227 5 2,096 18,697
Camp de Tarragona 1,344 2,271 2,684 2,910 412 3 5,274 14,898
Terres de l'Ebre 677 1,765 742 394 463 2 853 4,896
Ponent 197 2,761 2,572 1,460 274 3 1,513 8,780
Comarques Centrals 366 1,433 2,903 1,544 386 7 187 6,826
Alt Pirineu i Aran 300 656 175 600 16 0 131 1,878
Barcelona 9,910 9,766 14,863 34,913 11,094 84 32,827 113,457
Girona 3,145 3,392 4,468 4,760 1,231 5 2,113 19,114
Lleida 451 3,410 2,851 1,899 300 3 1,657 10,571
Tarragona 2,021 4,036 3,426 3,304 875 5 6,127 19,794
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2005
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 11 8 3 2 1 0 1 26
Alt Empordà 99 32 18 57 4 1 58 269
Alt Penedès 24 17 13 21 3 0 56 134
Alt Urgell 9 97 2 6 1 0 1 116
Alta Ribagorça 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Anoia 15 19 6 13 5 0 15 73
Bages 34 33 26 23 1 0 134 251
Baix Camp 93 66 13 65 6 0 24 267
Baix Ebre 18 9 3 5 2 0 14 51
Baix Empordà 86 46 20 23 3 0 87 265
Baix Llobregat 323 139 55 317 39 2 388 1,263
Baix Penedès 26 23 2 19 0 0 17 87
Barcelonès 795 283 97 925 186 5 15,615 17,906
Berguedà 6 7 1 10 1 0 6 31
Cerdanya 9 10 0 12 0 0 1 32
Conca de Barberà 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 7
Garraf 78 42 12 114 5 1 34 286
Garrigues 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 9
Garrotxa 29 12 10 7 8 2 20 88
Gironès 66 25 30 57 3 0 706 887
Maresme 175 87 84 229 40 4 126 745
Montsià 37 55 8 36 5 0 96 237
Noguera 4 20 4 1 0 0 44 73
Osona 43 9 9 29 1 1 70 162
Pallars Jussà 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 10
Pallars Sobirà 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 6
Pla d'Urgell 5 21 13 1 1 0 1 42
Pla de l'Estany 17 2 8 6 0 0 18 51
Priorat 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 5
Ribera d'Ebre 7 8 1 6 1 0 1 24
Ripollès 6 5 4 14 0 0 0 29
Segarra 1 19 5 5 0 0 34 64
Segrià 18 83 28 30 3 0 38 200
Selva 84 42 19 61 7 1 101 315
Solsonès 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
Tarragonès 50 40 8 39 12 0 18 167
Terra Alta 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 13
Urgell 6 26 22 9 1 0 15 79
Val d'Aran 6 8 0 5 0 0 2 21
Vallès Occidental 322 157 82 449 55 5 716 1,786
Vallès Oriental 74 54 33 87 10 2 285 545
Catalonia 2,588 1,533 642 2,686 404 24 18,753 26,630
Metropolità 1,791 779 376 2,142 338 19 17,220 22,665
Comarques Gironines 387 164 109 225 25 4 990 1,904
Camp de Tarragona 183 139 28 126 19 0 64 559
Terres de l'Ebre 63 83 13 47 8 0 111 325
Ponent 37 174 72 46 5 0 133 467
Comarques Centrals 99 68 42 77 8 1 226 521
Alt Pirineu i Aran 28 126 2 23 1 0 9 189
Barcelona 1,888 847 419 2,217 346 20 17,445 23,182
Girona 395 171 108 237 25 4 990 1,930
Lleida 59 293 74 59 6 0 143 634
Tarragona 246 222 41 173 27 0 175 884
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.

Last update: September 18, 2014.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

External emigration
Change of residence when the municipality of destination is abroad and the municipality of origin is any of the municipalities of Catalonia. External immigration includes people leaving to abroad both of Spanish and foreign nationality.
External migration
Change of residence when the municipality of origin is abroad and the destination is any of the municipalities of Catalonia. External immigration includes the arrival of people coming from abroad both of Spanish and foreign nationality.
International migration
Change of residence between a municipality in Catalonia and abroad.

Methodological aspects

Residential Variation Statistics (RVS) are compiled by the INE from information regarding registrations and delistings due to changes of residence registered in the Municipal Registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

Yearly residential variation statistics do not refer to the number of people changing residence, but rather to the number of changes made, as a citizen may change residence from one municipality to another more than once a year.

Exterior immigration data is compiled exclusively from municipal registrations of people who have arrived from abroad. Exterior immigration data for the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 have not been published due to a lack of exhaustive data (these population flows tended to be incorporated directly into the Continuous Municipal Register as entries lacking previous registrations). Exterior immigration flow is published again from 2004 onwards as the total number of movements was reasonably exhaustive, even though there is an elevated number of cases where the destination country information is missing.

The external emigration series begins in 2005, the year in which the data, once analysed, is more consistent, even though there is still a large number of cases missing the destination country information.

From 2006 onwards, delistings from the Municipal Register due to expiry are included. These delistings are included as a result of the legislative change to the 7/1985 Organic Law, which regulates Local Ordinances, introduced in the 14/2003 Law on Foreign Nationals, which states that foreigners from outside the European Union must renew their registration on the Municipal Register every two years. If they do not renew, city councils must declare their registration as expired.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.