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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 2018
Surface area PEIN (1) Total surface area % of area PEIN land
Alt Camp 15,053 53,762 28.0
Alt Empordà 49,790 135,690 36.7
Alt Penedès 12,492 59,253 21.1
Alt Urgell 50,116 144,720 34.6
Alta Ribagorça 20,919 42,722 49.0
Anoia 13,154 86,698 15.2
Aran 37,395 63,299 59.1
Bages 14,717 109,280 13.5
Baix Camp 21,793 69,708 31.3
Baix Ebre 38,263 100,194 38.2
Baix Empordà 26,543 70,129 37.8
Baix Llobregat 14,270 48,782 29.3
Baix Penedès 9,189 29,645 31.0
Barcelonès 2,078 14,612 14.2
Berguedà 40,016 118,521 33.8
Cerdanya 20,564 54,646 37.6
Conca de Barberà 18,607 65,068 28.6
Garraf 8,373 18,531 45.2
Garrigues 6,999 79,718 8.8
Garrotxa 39,640 73,332 54.1
Gironès 18,171 57,577 31.6
Maresme 10,318 39,791 25.9
Moianès 12,749 33,742 37.8
Montsià 29,364 73,439 40.0
Noguera 57,218 178,386 32.1
Osona 28,743 124,698 23.0
Pallars Jussà 46,221 134,350 34.4
Pallars Sobirà 101,559 137,822 73.7
Pla d'Urgell 466 30,543 1.5
Pla de l'Estany 1,658 26,332 6.3
Priorat 25,443 49,799 51.1
Ribera d'Ebre 23,433 82,715 28.3
Ripollès 35,802 95,689 37.4
Segarra 23,142 72,359 32.0
Segrià 15,887 139,562 11.4
Selva 23,006 99,410 23.1
Solsonès 25,953 100,023 25.9
Tarragonès 2,586 32,060 8.1
Terra Alta 23,497 74,266 31.6
Urgell 16,900 57,829 29.2
Vallès Occidental 14,949 58,295 25.6
Vallès Oriental 26,856 73,524 36.5
Catalonia (àmbit terrestre) 1,023,891 3,210,522 31.9
Catalonia (àmbit marí) 85,637 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Metropolità 72,536 246,552 29.4
Comarques Gironines 194,608 558,160 34.9
Camp de Tarragona 83,483 270,396 30.9
Terres de l'Ebre 114,558 330,613 34.7
Ponent 120,612 558,397 21.6
Comarques Centrals 118,577 494,216 24.0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 276,774 577,559 47.9
Penedès 42,743 174,628 24.5
Units: Hectares.
Source: Ministry of Territory and Sustainability.
Note: (1) Càlculs realitzats de la superposició, mitjançant mètodes SIG, de la base municipal 1:5.000 de l'ICGC (versió 01/01/2018) i la base cartogràfica del Pla d'Espais d'Interés Natural 1:50.000 del Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Per aquesta raó, els valors que apareixen en aquesta taula no són exactes i tenen caràcter orientatiu.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: April 10, 2019.

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 "..".