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Archives. Main indicators. By ownership

Archives. Main indicators. By ownership Catalonia. 2019
Surface (m²) Shelves (m) Consulting rooms Places Documents (m) Consultations
Generalitat 149,940 597,152 107 1,039 522,911 2,809,138
Local administration 50,920 302,550 166 1,331 257,745 2,152,173
State 4,191 12,036 3 21 9,734 15,343
Church 10,984 32,019 33 283 19,395 68,666
Others 17,214 33,577 43 391 54,071 143,258
Total 233,249 977,334 352 3,065 863,856 5,188,578
Source: Ministry of Culture.
Note: Does not include data from the Archive of the Crown of Aragon.

Last update: May 3, 2023.

ARX

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Archives (ARX).

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Archive
Centre that houses historical content, with somebody effectively in charge of the same and that orders and regulates access and consultation of the content placed at the service of researchers, whatever its administrative dependence.

Methodological aspects

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 "..".