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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 2007
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 357 56 268 224 13 1 40 959
Alt Empordà 2,068 243 1,188 1,467 169 2 451 5,588
Alt Penedès 383 59 608 665 45 2 73 1,835
Alt Urgell 290 199 36 213 5 1 4 748
Alta Ribagorça 102 19 22 25 0 0 2 170
Anoia 472 79 589 392 46 0 51 1,629
Bages 1,291 198 827 773 111 1 156 3,357
Baix Camp 2,275 307 1,230 1,632 219 0 592 6,255
Baix Ebre 1,889 211 643 334 333 3 12 3,425
Baix Empordà 1,131 298 1,372 1,190 156 6 321 4,474
Baix Llobregat 3,401 553 1,918 5,787 537 15 1,184 13,395
Baix Penedès 580 89 488 709 38 3 120 2,027
Barcelonès 14,656 3,802 4,519 33,902 12,729 94 11,547 81,249
Berguedà 425 66 112 194 32 0 25 854
Cerdanya 185 50 31 316 4 0 16 602
Conca de Barberà 155 24 75 55 31 0 64 404
Garraf 1,284 145 374 1,243 92 8 117 3,263
Garrigues 292 9 62 36 5 0 58 462
Garrotxa 271 72 234 253 293 2 70 1,195
Gironès 1,281 271 1,901 2,376 342 2 254 6,427
Maresme 1,238 246 1,939 2,516 447 9 338 6,733
Montsià 1,439 96 243 359 52 0 892 3,081
Noguera 659 49 249 185 19 0 129 1,290
Osona 686 64 816 505 226 0 122 2,419
Pallars Jussà 90 3 44 41 5 0 189 372
Pallars Sobirà 138 4 9 67 1 0 34 253
Pla d'Urgell 282 14 71 26 12 0 626 1,031
Pla de l'Estany 126 25 204 164 67 0 23 609
Priorat 89 4 16 28 0 0 33 170
Ribera d'Ebre 340 36 60 45 11 0 118 610
Ripollès 79 9 167 113 13 0 5 386
Segarra 483 170 141 61 6 0 88 949
Segrià 2,521 247 1,595 1,056 218 0 852 6,489
Selva 1,752 510 788 1,055 583 5 1,299 5,992
Solsonès 158 15 90 64 13 0 2 342
Tarragonès 1,733 385 1,263 1,635 440 4 3,102 8,562
Terra Alta 290 15 3 25 11 0 5 349
Urgell 533 58 226 125 23 0 14 979
Val d'Aran 228 14 39 109 4 0 66 460
Vallès Occidental 3,031 527 3,501 6,935 767 12 570 15,343
Vallès Oriental 1,255 223 1,993 2,926 215 9 375 6,996
Catalonia 49,938 9,464 29,954 69,826 18,333 179 24,039 201,733
Metropolità 25,248 5,555 14,852 53,974 14,832 149 14,204 128,814
Comarques Gironines 6,708 1,428 5,854 6,618 1,623 17 2,423 24,671
Camp de Tarragona 5,189 865 3,340 4,283 741 8 3,951 18,377
Terres de l'Ebre 3,958 358 949 763 407 3 1,027 7,465
Ponent 4,770 547 2,344 1,489 283 0 1,767 11,200
Comarques Centrals 3,032 422 2,434 1,928 428 1 356 8,601
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,033 289 181 771 19 1 311 2,605
Barcelona 28,105 5,960 17,192 55,840 15,244 150 14,558 137,049
Girona 6,865 1,478 5,885 6,907 1,629 17 2,431 25,212
Lleida 5,821 803 2,588 2,033 312 1 2,072 13,630
Tarragona 9,147 1,223 4,289 5,046 1,148 11 4,978 25,842
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2007
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Expiry Total
Alt Camp 9 7 4 12 0 0 19 155 206
Alt Empordà 181 32 34 111 13 4 87 288 750
Alt Penedès 64 12 17 53 4 0 220 276 646
Alt Urgell 30 45 1 12 0 0 10 44 142
Alta Ribagorça 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
Anoia 30 15 29 27 4 0 104 250 459
Bages 68 11 4 29 6 1 244 561 924
Baix Camp 189 26 16 76 4 0 125 345 781
Baix Ebre 33 8 9 12 1 0 6 59 128
Baix Empordà 164 36 72 64 26 0 188 638 1,188
Baix Llobregat 462 79 82 457 48 4 589 2,237 3,958
Baix Penedès 35 3 11 37 1 0 135 242 464
Barcelonès 1,252 253 157 1,520 330 23 13,111 19,487 36,133
Berguedà 12 7 3 7 0 0 4 53 86
Cerdanya 27 5 4 11 1 0 1 147 196
Conca de Barberà 11 5 0 7 0 0 15 17 55
Garraf 213 25 26 143 19 3 15 518 962
Garrigues 6 4 1 2 0 0 11 33 57
Garrotxa 35 2 9 23 45 0 41 157 312
Gironès 107 14 30 82 7 2 1,065 1,251 2,558
Maresme 279 59 96 280 92 2 564 1,990 3,362
Montsià 134 10 12 29 4 1 246 95 531
Noguera 26 3 12 17 1 0 41 118 218
Osona 146 8 36 28 4 1 44 524 791
Pallars Jussà 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 14 21
Pallars Sobirà 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 14 24
Pla d'Urgell 27 1 11 12 0 6 1 256 314
Pla de l'Estany 10 4 9 12 8 2 13 4 62
Priorat 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 19
Ribera d'Ebre 33 0 2 2 0 0 13 38 88
Ripollès 10 3 1 11 8 0 0 15 48
Segarra 7 7 1 10 2 0 26 52 105
Segrià 38 20 17 42 5 1 25 578 726
Selva 165 35 34 112 34 2 298 911 1,591
Solsonès 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 13 21
Tarragonès 142 42 32 117 8 1 125 1,410 1,877
Terra Alta 14 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 34
Urgell 26 14 7 12 1 0 8 186 254
Val d'Aran 21 0 4 6 0 0 0 36 67
Vallès Occidental 499 98 115 673 136 7 1,414 2,048 4,990
Vallès Oriental 176 32 62 183 35 3 388 1,183 2,062
Catalonia 4,704 933 961 4,236 847 63 19,200 36,270 67,214
Metropolità 2,945 558 555 3,309 664 42 16,301 27,739 52,113
Comarques Gironines 672 126 189 415 141 10 1,692 3,264 6,509
Camp de Tarragona 399 83 63 249 13 1 419 2,175 3,402
Terres de l'Ebre 214 18 23 44 5 1 266 210 781
Ponent 130 49 49 95 9 7 112 1,223 1,674
Comarques Centrals 259 45 72 91 14 2 397 1,401 2,281
Alt Pirineu i Aran 85 54 10 33 1 0 13 258 454
Barcelona 3,201 598 627 3,400 678 44 16,697 29,132 54,377
Girona 696 132 193 426 141 10 1,693 3,401 6,692
Lleida 194 102 55 117 10 7 125 1,352 1,962
Tarragona 613 101 86 293 18 2 685 2,385 4,183
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.