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Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN). Counties and Aran, and areas

Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN). Counties and areas 2003
Surface area (1) PEIN Total surface area % of area PEIN land
Alt Camp 6,718 54,469 12.0
Alt Empordà 40,052 134,240 30.0
Alt Penedès 3,204 59,240 5.0
Alt Urgell 28,671 144,690 20.0
Alta Ribagorça 19,478 42,680 46.0
Anoia 6,870 86,660 8.0
Bages 12,114 129,520 9.0
Baix Camp 11,379 69,530 16.0
Baix Ebre 25,904 98,790 26.0
Baix Empordà 23,582 70,050 34.0
Baix Llobregat 10,332 48,650 21.0
Baix Penedès 1,368 29,550 5.0
Barcelonès 1,977 14,310 14.0
Berguedà 35,195 118,250 30.0
Cerdanya 20,296 54,640 37.0
Conca de Barberà 9,267 64,890 14.0
Garraf 4,877 18,410 26.0
Garrigues 2,626 79,970 3.0
Garrotxa 38,006 73,420 52.0
Gironès 17,174 57,550 30.0
Maresme 7,464 39,690 19.0
Montsià 21,406 70,870 30.0
Noguera 16,221 173,300 9.0
Osona 26,455 126,380 21.0
Pallars Jussà 27,004 128,990 21.0
Pallars Sobirà 80,209 135,520 59.0
Pla d'Urgell 70 30,450 0.0
Pla de l'Estany 1,333 26,270 5.0
Priorat 13,177 49,620 27.0
Ribera d'Ebre 8,644 82,530 10.0
Ripollès 30,697 95,870 32.0
Segarra 1,030 72,120 1.0
Segrià 4,250 139,370 3.0
Selva 22,341 99,550 22.0
Solsonès 9,425 99,860 9.0
Tarragonès 171 31,710 1.0
Terra Alta 13,903 74,000 19.0
Urgell 14 58,620 0.0
Val d'Aran 29,465 62,050 47.0
Vallès Occidental 9,194 58,070 16.0
Vallès Oriental 25,172 85,190 30.0
Zona marítima 7,391 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Catalonia 674,127 3,189,539 21.0
Metropolità 62,221 323,560 19.0
Comarques Gironines 173,184 556,950 31.0
Camp de Tarragona 42,080 299,769 14.0
Terres de l'Ebre 69,857 326,190 21.0
Ponent 24,211 553,830 4.0
Comarques Centrals 90,059 560,670 16.0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 205,123 568,570 36.0
Units: Hectares.
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Direcció General del Medi Natural.
Note: (1) La superfície dels espais s'ha calculat a partir dels límits del PEIN (bases cartogràfiques digitals escala 1:50.000).
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: March 3, 2010.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Natural place of national interest
Natural space or element of medium or small size with unique characteristics of scientific, scenic or educational interest, as declared by a law to guarantee its protection. In these places activities are limited to traditional agricultural, livestock and forestry activities that are compatible with the specific objectives of protecting the space and other activities that are appropriate for such management.
Natural park
Spaces with qualified natural values. The reason for protecting them is for their conservation to be compatible with the organised exploitation of resources and its inhabitants' activities. The declaration is made by decree.

Methodological aspects

All specially protected natural spaces are included in the Plan for spaces of natural interest. Date on 31, December.

The Plan for spaces of natural interest (PEIN - Pla d'Espais d'Interès Natural) delimits and stablishes the required guidelines for the basic protection of the natural spaces which conservation must be guaranteed according to their scientific, ecological, scenic, cultural, social, educational and recreational values.

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 "..".