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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 2011
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 81 31 70 46 8 0 134 370
Alt Empordà 765 143 396 423 96 0 956 2,779
Alt Penedès 122 37 160 173 37 2 325 856
Alt Urgell 62 84 5 58 5 0 43 257
Alta Ribagorça 16 4 3 10 0 0 4 37
Anoia 132 35 133 172 36 1 294 803
Bages 248 70 238 226 86 2 482 1,352
Baix Camp 611 198 349 320 113 1 637 2,229
Baix Ebre 248 60 165 94 171 1 367 1,106
Baix Empordà 468 299 374 368 67 3 724 2,303
Baix Llobregat 1,416 360 731 1,997 636 26 2,208 7,374
Baix Penedès 140 48 101 138 34 2 478 941
Barcelonès 10,462 2,220 2,077 15,922 9,703 129 19,906 60,419
Berguedà 43 9 19 58 11 0 36 176
Cerdanya 64 20 12 40 6 0 62 204
Conca de Barberà 37 11 14 25 9 0 51 147
Garraf 464 105 96 417 74 14 371 1,541
Garrigues 71 4 28 7 4 0 48 162
Garrotxa 87 28 108 117 135 0 71 546
Gironès 473 106 538 969 214 6 788 3,094
Maresme 596 260 649 911 204 5 1,279 3,904
Montsià 247 27 71 59 94 0 360 858
Noguera 280 16 76 32 16 0 166 586
Osona 234 34 314 202 92 0 457 1,333
Pallars Jussà 33 3 8 14 1 0 42 101
Pallars Sobirà 27 1 1 10 2 0 14 55
Pla d'Urgell 208 10 20 15 1 0 322 576
Pla de l'Estany 68 6 102 80 26 0 51 333
Priorat 28 3 10 6 1 0 22 70
Ribera d'Ebre 104 8 27 17 16 0 86 258
Ripollès 35 6 30 40 12 0 16 139
Segarra 112 82 79 76 13 0 62 424
Segrià 977 92 479 351 181 2 1,059 3,141
Selva 652 505 297 319 362 0 1,089 3,224
Solsonès 32 5 9 9 1 0 31 87
Tarragonès 614 270 547 727 507 2 1,017 3,684
Terra Alta 51 0 0 10 30 0 19 110
Urgell 147 22 75 61 16 1 89 411
Val d'Aran 41 5 5 27 1 0 37 116
Vallès Occidental 1,368 371 1,050 2,736 783 19 2,507 8,834
Vallès Oriental 425 127 530 726 169 2 1,227 3,206
Catalonia 22,289 5,725 9,996 28,008 13,973 218 37,937 118,146
Metropolità 14,267 3,338 5,037 22,292 11,495 181 27,127 83,737
Comarques Gironines 2,548 1,093 1,845 2,316 912 9 3,695 12,418
Camp de Tarragona 1,371 513 990 1,124 638 3 1,861 6,500
Terres de l'Ebre 650 95 263 180 311 1 832 2,332
Ponent 1,795 226 757 542 231 3 1,746 5,300
Comarques Centrals 557 118 580 495 190 2 1,006 2,948
Alt Pirineu i Aran 243 117 34 159 15 0 202 770
Penedès 858 225 490 900 181 19 1,468 4,141
Barcelona 15,512 3,631 5,997 23,545 11,831 200 29,094 89,810
Girona 2,608 1,106 1,854 2,349 917 9 3,749 12,592
Lleida 2,008 332 791 672 242 3 1,923 5,971
Tarragona 2,161 656 1,354 1,442 983 6 3,171 9,773
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2011
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Expiry Total
Alt Camp 20 7 16 18 2 1 77 158 299
Alt Empordà 255 41 46 122 6 2 734 749 1,955
Alt Penedès 70 20 22 96 14 2 394 275 893
Alt Urgell 32 139 1 19 0 0 381 76 648
Alta Ribagorça 2 0 0 7 0 0 23 0 32
Anoia 109 21 30 53 9 2 287 223 734
Bages 150 30 33 95 10 1 513 434 1,266
Baix Camp 280 49 41 154 21 4 521 522 1,592
Baix Ebre 102 14 20 20 7 0 238 398 799
Baix Empordà 325 40 54 72 25 1 841 565 1,923
Baix Llobregat 731 106 95 739 89 10 3,204 2,360 7,334
Baix Penedès 83 18 29 57 1 0 530 325 1,043
Barcelonès 1,792 384 254 2,660 663 30 23,265 19,324 48,372
Berguedà 26 5 5 33 3 1 57 73 203
Cerdanya 45 12 0 18 0 0 21 76 172
Conca de Barberà 22 6 3 23 2 1 23 14 94
Garraf 191 37 24 168 28 5 268 441 1,162
Garrigues 12 5 4 4 0 0 63 21 109
Garrotxa 51 4 21 33 17 0 58 75 259
Gironès 161 13 59 129 27 4 2,069 1,067 3,529
Maresme 365 56 111 400 77 9 1,704 1,144 3,866
Montsià 267 22 48 52 47 0 88 239 763
Noguera 57 11 6 25 2 1 272 145 519
Osona 179 12 16 120 20 2 725 357 1,431
Pallars Jussà 16 4 1 15 0 0 58 51 145
Pallars Sobirà 9 1 0 7 0 0 13 17 47
Pla d'Urgell 170 10 8 21 0 0 81 12 302
Pla de l'Estany 20 2 9 17 1 0 93 8 150
Priorat 11 0 0 7 0 0 18 21 57
Ribera d'Ebre 28 2 11 5 1 0 77 19 143
Ripollès 11 2 5 23 0 0 0 45 86
Segarra 103 55 24 19 3 0 32 39 275
Segrià 200 35 35 101 6 2 248 1,557 2,184
Selva 220 29 43 138 38 4 784 902 2,158
Solsonès 14 2 5 12 0 0 78 31 142
Tarragonès 236 50 63 168 47 4 961 1,273 2,802
Terra Alta 23 5 1 4 1 0 82 0 116
Urgell 52 7 9 33 5 0 382 130 618
Val d'Aran 15 3 1 8 0 0 102 60 189
Vallès Occidental 629 147 206 920 110 14 4,009 3,005 9,040
Vallès Oriental 261 51 96 337 31 4 1,143 1,215 3,138
Catalonia 7,345 1,457 1,455 6,952 1,313 104 44,517 37,446 100,589
Metropolità 3,778 744 762 5,056 970 67 33,325 27,048 71,750
Comarques Gironines 1,043 131 237 534 114 11 4,579 3,411 10,060
Camp de Tarragona 569 112 123 370 72 10 1,600 1,988 4,844
Terres de l'Ebre 420 43 80 81 56 0 485 656 1,821
Ponent 594 123 86 203 16 3 1,078 1,904 4,007
Comarques Centrals 369 49 59 260 33 4 1,373 895 3,042
Alt Pirineu i Aran 119 159 3 74 0 0 598 280 1,233
Penedès 453 96 105 374 52 9 1,479 1,264 3,832
Barcelona 4,503 869 892 5,617 1,053 80 35,570 28,852 77,436
Girona 1,080 141 237 554 115 11 4,599 3,476 10,213
Lleida 690 274 94 273 16 3 1,733 2,149 5,232
Tarragona 1,072 173 232 508 129 10 2,615 2,969 7,708
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

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.