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Castelló d'Empúries

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Dwellings and households

Type of dwellings
Type of tenancy of dwellings
Useful surface area of dwellings
Size of the households
Type of households

Main aggregates and taxes

GDP
GVA
Disposable household income
Personal Income Tax
Urban property tax
Wealth tax

Economic sectors

Used agricultural area
Cultivated land
Land ownership
Livestock ownership
Head of livestock
Housing construction
Tourist accommodation
Fleet of vehicles

Labour

Relation with economic activity
Contributors Social Security according to residence
Affiliations S.S. according to contributor's residence
Affiliations to general system of S.S.
Affiliations to self-employed system of S.S.
Affiliations to gen. system by size of centre
Contributory accounts S.S.
Contributory Social Security pensions
Contributory Social Security Pensioners
Registered unemployment by sectors
Registered unemployment by sex

Culture and sports

Knowledge of Catalan
Libraries
Sports facilities

Elections

Municipal elections
Elections to the Parliament of Catalonia
Elections to the Congress of Deputies
Elections to the European Parliament

Environment

Municipal waste
Industrial waste

Geographic indicators
Population (2020)	11,100
County	Alt Empordà
Surface area (km2)	42.30
Altitude (m)	17
Longitude (º)	3.074864
Latitude (º)	42.260628

Population

Density of population. 2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Surface area (km2)	42.30	1,357.54	32,108.00
Density (inh./km2)	262.4	105.1	242.3
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Population. By sex. 2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Men	5,604	71,514	3,826,964
Women	5,496	71,110	3,953,515
Total	11,100	142,624	7,780,479
Source: Idescat, from the Continuous Register Statistic of INE.
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Population. By age groups. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
From 0 to 14 years	1,718	22,775	1,172,116
From 15 to 64 years	7,217	92,716	5,060,347
From 65 to 84 years	1,712	21,676	1,199,987
From 85 years and over	259	4,172	242,767
Total	10,906	141,339	7,675,217
Source: Idescat, from the Continuous Register Statistic of INE.
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Population. By age groups. Men. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
From 0 to 14 years	858	11,624	603,175
From 15 to 64 years	3,703	47,446	2,548,305
From 65 to 84 years	843	10,280	538,769
From 85 years and over	104	1,464	79,874
Total	5,508	70,814	3,770,123
Source: Idescat, from the Continuous Register Statistic of INE.
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Population. By age groups. Women. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
From 0 to 14 years	860	11,151	568,941
From 15 to 64 years	3,514	45,270	2,512,042
From 65 to 84 years	869	11,396	661,218
From 85 years and over	155	2,708	162,893
Total	5,398	70,525	3,905,094
Source: Idescat, from the Continuous Register Statistic of INE.
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Population. By place of birth. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Catalonia	4,894	83,929	4,932,849
Rest of Spain	1,152	18,421	1,273,935
Abroad	4,860	38,989	1,468,433
Total	10,906	141,339	7,675,217
Source: Idescat, from the Continuous Register Statistic of INE.
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Population. By nationality. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Spanish	6,185	107,134	6,515,790
Foreign	4,721	34,205	1,159,427
Total	10,906	141,339	7,675,217
Source: Idescat, from the Continuous Register Statistic of INE.
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Population. By nationality. Men. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Spanish	3,091	53,131	3,174,342
Foreign	2,417	17,683	595,781
Total	5,508	70,814	3,770,123
Source: Idescat, from the Continuous Register Statistic of INE.
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Population. By nationality. Women. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Spanish	3,094	54,003	3,341,448
Foreign	2,304	16,522	563,646
Total	5,398	70,525	3,905,094
Source: Idescat, from the Continuous Register Statistic of INE.
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Population of 16 years and over. By level of education. 2011
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
No qualifications	1,044	10,188	623,324
Primary level	1,705	18,803	837,313
Secondary level	5,020	68,052	3,498,064
University education	1,613	17,388	1,264,747
Total	9,382	114,430	6,223,448
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Population and Housing Census.
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Population resident abroad on 1 January. By sex. 2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Men	199	3,362	167,794
Women	225	3,275	163,395
Total	424	6,637	331,189
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AFTE population (annual full time equivalents). 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Resident population	10,906	141,339	:
AFTE seasonal population	3,140	17,338	:
Total	14,046	158,677	:
AFTE population / resident population (%)	128.8	112.3	:
Source: Idescat. Estimacions de població estacional (base 2016).
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Statistics on Commuting for Non-University Studies. SY 2019/20
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Resident Students	1,710	23,080	1,240,690
Resident Students who study in the same municipality (%)	83.3	77.4	82.9
Source: Idescat, a partir de les dades de la matrícula del Departament d'Educació.
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Births. By sex. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Boys	51	635	31,453
Girls	40	564	30,095
Total	91	1,199	61,548
Source: Idescat, a partir del Moviment natural de la població de l'INE.
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Deaths. By sex. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Men	41	628	32,498
Women	30	550	32,049
Total	71	1,178	64,547
Source: Idescat, a partir del Moviment natural de la població de l'INE.
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Marriages. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Total	41	510	26,939
Source: Idescat, a partir del Moviment natural de la població de l'INE.
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Internal migrations. Destination-origin balances. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Balance with Catalonia	38	-95	:
Balance with Spain	-19	-45	-2,455
Internal migratory net balance	19	-140	-2,455
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
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External migrations. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Immigrations	522	3,802	203,843
Emigrations	340	1,954	87,491
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
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External immigrations. By place of origin. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Rest of EU	157	747	30,002
Rest of the world	365	3,055	173,841
Total	522	3,802	203,843
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
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2001-2011 Intercensal Population Growth
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Population Growth. 2011	5,462	39,718	1,176,733
Population Growth (annual average) (rate per 1,000 inhabitants). 2001-2011	63.31	33.33	16.98
Natural Increase (annual average) (rate per 1,000 inhabitants). 2001-2011	6.31	3.67	3.04
Net Migration (annual average) (rate per 1,000 inhabitants). 2001-2011	57.01	29.66	13.94
Source: Idescat.
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Dwellings and households

Family dwellings. By type. 2011
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Main	4,523	54,666	2,944,944
Secondary	11,045	52,715	470,081
Vacant	844	9,612	448,356
Total	16,412	116,993	3,863,381
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Population and Housing Census.
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Main family dwellings. By type of tenancy. 2011
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Owned	2,936	37,903	2,188,657
Rented	1,243	12,689	582,701
Other type	:	4,072	173,586
Total	4,523	54,666	2,944,944
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Population and Housing Census.
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Main family dwellings. By useful surface area. 2011
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Up to 60 m2	:	7,313	538,966
From 61 to 90 m2	1,658	22,903	1,476,187
From 91 to 120 m2	827	13,452	560,379
From 121 m2 and over	:	10,996	369,412
Total	4,523	54,666	2,944,944
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Population and Housing Census.
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Households. By size. 2011
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
One person	1,016	12,491	686,810
Two people	1,674	18,356	933,679
Three people	951	11,305	631,635
Four people and over	882	12,514	692,821
Total	4,523	54,666	2,944,944
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Population and Housing Census.
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Households. By type of nucleus. 2011
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
One person	1,016	12,491	686,810
Two people or more without nucleus	:	1,981	100,637
Couple without children	1,463	15,206	725,737
Couple with children	1,398	18,903	1,059,975
Father or mother with children	475	5,102	308,995
Two nucleuses or more	:	982	62,789
Total	4,523	54,666	2,944,944
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Population and Housing Census.
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Main aggregates and taxes

Gross domestic product (2019 Benchmark revision). 2018
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
GDP (millions of euros)	295.5	3,399.0	241,687.1
GDP per capita (thousands of euros)	27.9	24.7	31.9
GDP per capita (Catalonia index=100)	87.5	77.6	100.0
Source: Idescat.
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Gross value added (2019 Benchmark revision). By sectors. 2018
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Agriculture	3.8	109.7	2,062.3
Industry	33.9	350.7	43,603.6
Construction	35.2	304.4	11,443.4
Services	197.5	2,345.2	164,032.2
Total	270.4	3,110.0	221,141.5
Source: Idescat.
Units: millions of euros
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Gross disposable household income. 2019 Benchmark revision. 2017
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
GDHI (thousands of euros)	125,806	1,900,432	129,395,921
GDHI per capita (thousands of euros)	11.9	13.9	17.2
GDHI per capita (Catalonia index=100)	69.3	80.8	100.0
Source: Idescat.
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Personal Income Tax (IRPF). 2018
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Taxable base by declarer	19,528	20,155	24,255
Resulting quota from self-payment by declarer	5,400	5,520	6,907
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Agència Estatal d'Administració Tributària.
Units: euros
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Urban property tax (IBI). 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Number of receipts	20,469	170,561	5,841,008
Taxable base by receipt (euros)	54,736.0	58,299.9	68,666.2
Integral quota by receipt (euros)	498.1	425.8	480.4
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Dirección General del Catastro.
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Wealth tax (IPPF). 2007
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Total weath by declarer (euros)	417,426	412,751	516,035
Real assets (%)	42.6	39.9	37.4
Financial assets (%)	57.4	60.1	62.6
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Agència Estatal d'Administració Tributària.
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Economic sectors

Used agricultural area (UAA). 2009
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Cultivated land	2,175	37,342	792,425
Permanent pasture	1,066	10,123	355,107
Total	3,240	47,465	1,147,532
Units: hectares
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Cultivated land. By type of crop. 2009
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Herbaceous crops	2,096	30,637	511,150
Fruit trees	70	2,084	110,819
Olives	2	2,185	101,236
Vines	6	1,923	61,391
Others	0	513	7,829
Total	2,175	37,342	792,425
Units: hectares
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Farms. By land ownership. 2009
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Without land	0	51	1,519
With land	83	1,922	59,320
Total	83	1,973	60,839
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Farms. By livestock ownership. 2009
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Without livestock	55	1,309	47,172
With livestock	28	664	13,667
Total	83	1,973	60,839
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Head of livestock. By species. 2009
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Bovine	3,058	42,179	544,135
Ovine	2,274	35,925	600,082
Caprine	35	2,106	71,748
Porcine	3,181	406,805	6,742,638
Avian	90,084	1,698,328	43,890,563
Female rabbits	10	5,294	335,054
Equine	558	982	19,352
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Housing construction. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
State subsidised housing starts	0	16	1,884
Housing starts	41	346	14,549
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Secretaria d'Habitatge i Millora Urbana.
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Tourist accommodation. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Hotels	11	229	3,065
Hotel beds	941	14,865	317,129
Campsites	5	33	354
Campsite places	9,822	35,184	270,840
Rural tourism	3	148	2,482
Rural tourism beds	34	1,284	19,809
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
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Fleet of vehicles. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Estate cars	7,357	81,422	3,560,228
Motorcycles	1,353	17,387	860,663
Industrial vehicles	2,310	23,950	783,421
Others	439	4,176	168,854
Total	11,459	126,935	5,373,166
Source: Idescat, based on data from the DGT.
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Labour

Population. By relation with economic activity. 2011
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Employed population	3,625	53,228	3,033,916
Unemployed population	2,471	21,918	1,052,138
Active population	6,096	75,145	4,086,055
Inactive population	5,212	63,130	3,386,882
Population of 16 years and over	9,382	114,430	6,223,448
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Population and Housing Census.
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Contributors to Social Security according to the residence of the contributor. Q3/2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Men	2,301	30,562	1,715,714
Women	1,828	24,905	1,493,649
Total	4,129	55,467	3,209,363
Source: Idescat.
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Affiliations to Social Security according to the residence of the contributor. Q3/2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Total	4,271	57,734	3,356,665
Source: Idescat.
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Affiliations to S. S. general system according to the location of the affilation. By sectors. 09/2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Agriculture	:	189	9,667
Industry	568	4,783	436,451
Construction	248	2,662	138,164
Services	2,107	26,763	2,119,734
Total	2,925	34,397	2,704,016
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
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Affiliations to S. S. self-employed system according to the location of the affilation. By sectors. 09/2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Agriculture	40	768	22,502
Industry	65	731	38,386
Construction	192	2,026	68,434
Services	832	8,702	416,424
Total	1,129	12,227	545,746
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
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Affiliations to S. S. general system according to the location of the affilation. By size of centre. 09/2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Up to 50 workers	2,424	24,608	1,194,835
From 51 to 250 workers	501	7,187	637,515
From 251 workers and over	0	2,602	871,666
Total	2,925	34,397	2,704,016
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
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Contributory accounts. 09/2020
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Total	540	5,503	239,346
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
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Contributory Social Security pensions. December. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Total	1,364	25,574	1,720,098
Average pension (euros)	825.99	870.32	1,041.97
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Contributory Social Security Pensioners. By sex. December. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Men	638	11,079	737,855
Women	573	11,225	775,829
Total	1,211	22,304	1,513,684
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Registered unemployment. By sectors. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Agriculture	16.8	303.0	7,973.6
Industry	43.6	464.5	42,781.6
Construction	66.0	645.8	30,535.1
Services	420.0	5,271.4	273,230.1
Without previous employment	52.2	484.3	26,243.2
Total	598.6	7,169.0	380,763.6
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
Units: annual averages
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Registered unemployment. By sex. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Men	266.3	3,172.2	163,426.6
Women	332.2	3,996.8	217,337.0
Total	598.6	7,169.0	380,763.6
Source: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.
Units: annual averages
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Culture and sports

Population of 2 years and over. By knowledge of Catalan. 2011
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Understand	9,724	127,128	6,949,344
Speak	6,560	97,018	5,345,484
Read	7,330	103,691	5,750,348
Write	5,133	74,454	4,069,219
Do not understand	1,479	8,014	356,728
Total	11,203	135,142	7,306,072
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Population and Housing Census.
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Libraries. 2018
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Public	1	9	459
Others	0	8	391
Total	1	17	850
Source: Idescat. Library Statistics.
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Sports facilities. 2019
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Pavilions	2	23	982
Multisport courts	19	262	8,327
Multisport fields	12	149	2,328
Sports halls	20	211	7,970
Indoor swimming pools	0	24	1,083
Athelitcs tracks	0	10	434
Other facilities	138	1,186	27,852
Total	191	1,865	48,976
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Consell Català de l'Esport.
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Elections

Municipal elections. 2015
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Electors	5,437	88,469	5,376,553
Participation (%)	54.0	57.6	58.5
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Departament de Governació i Relacions Institucionals.
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Elections to the Parliament of Catalonia. 2017
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Electors	4,896	86,226	5,554,455
Participation (%)	75.0	78.7	79.1
Source: Idescat i Departament de Polítiques Digitals i Administració Pública.
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Elections to the Congress of Deputies. 2016
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Electors	4,798	85,205	5,519,912
Participation (%)	57.8	60.7	63.4
Source: Idescat, based on data from the Departament de Governació i Relacions Institucionals.
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Elections to the European Parliament. 2014 (p)
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Participation (%)	39.6	44.8	47.6
Electors	5,320	86,620	5,318,296
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Environment

Municipal waste. 2018
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Generation per capita (kg/inhab./day)	4.71	2.25	1.43
Selective collection (%)	62.9	40.5	41.7
Source: The Waste Agency of Catalonia.
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Industrial waste. 2018
	Castelló d'Empúries	Alt Empordà	Catalunya
Establishments with yearly waste declarations	18	274	14,949
Industrial waste (tonnes)	1,003.14	18,264.98	3,802,966.84
Source: The Waste Agency of Catalonia.
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