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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 2008
Surface area (1) PEIN Total surface area % of area PEIN land
Alt Camp 15,078 53,801 28.0
Alt Empordà 48,177 135,753 35.5
Alt Penedès 12,494 59,277 21.1
Alt Urgell 48,795 144,748 33.7
Alta Ribagorça 20,929 42,686 49.0
Anoia 12,642 86,628 14.6
Bages 16,645 129,908 12.8
Baix Camp 21,768 69,707 31.2
Baix Ebre 38,230 100,272 38.1
Baix Empordà 24,681 70,169 35.2
Baix Llobregat 14,033 48,570 28.9
Baix Penedès 9,184 29,624 31.0
Barcelonès 2,042 14,472 14.1
Berguedà 37,858 118,489 32.0
Cerdanya 20,296 54,657 37.1
Conca de Barberà 18,588 65,024 28.6
Garraf 8,421 18,528 45.5
Garrigues 6,159 79,761 7.7
Garrotxa 38,866 73,539 52.9
Gironès 17,267 57,540 30.0
Maresme 7,632 39,891 19.1
Montsià 29,528 73,537 40.2
Noguera 56,594 178,406 31.7
Osona 27,466 126,012 21.8
Pallars Jussà 46,217 134,308 34.4
Pallars Sobirà 95,683 137,792 69.4
Pla d'Urgell 1,367 30,513 4.5
Pla de l'Estany 274 26,283 1.0
Priorat 25,485 49,860 51.1
Ribera d'Ebre 23,222 82,731 28.1
Ripollès 32,081 95,624 33.5
Segarra 20,613 72,276 28.5
Segrià 10,968 139,665 7.9
Selva 22,391 99,511 22.5
Solsonès 11,937 100,121 11.9
Tarragonès 2,558 31,886 8.0
Terra Alta 23,565 74,336 31.7
Urgell 10,369 57,973 17.9
Val d'Aran 37,353 63,360 59.0
Vallès Occidental 14,447 58,317 24.8
Vallès Oriental 28,740 85,099 33.8
Zona marítima 77,818 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Catalonia 1,038,461 3,210,654 29.9
Metropolità 87,809 324,154 27.1
Comarques Gironines 183,738 558,419 32.9
Camp de Tarragona 92,660 299,902 30.9
Terres de l'Ebre 114,545 330,876 34.6
Ponent 106,069 558,594 19.0
Comarques Centrals 106,548 561,158 19.0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 269,274 577,551 46.6
Units: Hectares.
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Direcció General del Medi Natural.
Note: (1) The surface area of the spaces was calculated on the basis of the boundaries of the PEIN (scale 1:50.000 digital maps). Following Law 12/2006 the ZEPA approved spaces (zones of special protection for birds) became PEIN spaces.
(..) 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 "..".