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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 2012
Surface area PEIN Total surface area % of area PEIN land
Alt Camp 15,080 53,801 28.0
Alt Empordà 48,433 135,753 35.7
Alt Penedès 12,483 59,277 21.1
Alt Urgell 48,797 144,748 33.7
Alta Ribagorça 20,929 42,686 49.0
Anoia 12,635 86,628 14.6
Bages 22,561 129,908 17.4
Baix Camp 21,767 69,707 31.2
Baix Ebre 38,107 100,272 38.0
Baix Empordà 26,231 70,169 37.4
Baix Llobregat 14,270 48,570 29.4
Baix Penedès 9,175 29,624 31.0
Barcelonès 2,092 14,472 14.5
Berguedà 37,891 118,489 32.0
Cerdanya 20,300 54,657 37.1
Conca de Barberà 18,594 65,024 28.6
Garraf 8,375 18,528 45.2
Garrigues 7,025 79,761 8.8
Garrotxa 38,761 73,539 52.7
Gironès 17,243 57,540 30.0
Maresme 7,630 39,891 19.1
Montsià 29,650 73,537 40.3
Noguera 57,153 178,406 32.0
Osona 29,399 126,012 23.3
Pallars Jussà 46,218 134,308 34.4
Pallars Sobirà 95,685 137,792 69.4
Pla d'Urgell 463 30,513 1.5
Pla de l'Estany 1,364 26,283 5.2
Priorat 25,485 49,860 51.1
Ribera d'Ebre 23,222 82,731 28.1
Ripollès 32,105 95,624 33.6
Segarra 23,064 72,276 31.9
Segrià 15,965 139,665 11.4
Selva 22,382 99,511 22.5
Solsonès 11,896 100,121 11.9
Tarragonès 2,551 31,886 8.0
Terra Alta 23,566 74,336 31.7
Urgell 16,950 57,973 29.2
Val d'Aran 37,353 63,360 59.0
Vallès Occidental 15,065 58,317 25.8
Vallès Oriental 29,975 85,099 35.2
Zona marítima 77,893 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Catalonia 1,065,782 3,210,654 30.8
Metropolità 69,033 246,349 28.0
Comarques Gironines 186,519 558,419 33.4
Camp de Tarragona 83,477 270,278 30.9
Terres de l'Ebre 114,544 330,876 34.6
Ponent 120,620 558,594 21.6
Comarques Centrals 101,746 474,530 21.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 269,282 577,551 46.6
Penedès 42,668 194,057 22.0
Units: Hectares.
Source: Ministry of Territory and Sustainability.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: April 25, 2013.

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 "..".