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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties, areas and provinces 2008
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 44,178 538 82.1
Alt Empordà 135,413 1,358 99.7
Alt Penedès 101,758 593 171.7
Alt Urgell 21,942 1,447 15.2
Alta Ribagorça 4,332 427 10.1
Anoia 114,810 866 132.5
Bages 181,346 1,299 139.6
Baix Camp 187,403 697 268.8
Baix Ebre 81,304 1,003 81.1
Baix Empordà 130,738 702 186.3
Baix Llobregat 781,749 486 1,609.5
Baix Penedès 95,644 296 322.9
Barcelonès 2,235,578 145 15,447.6
Berguedà 41,488 1,185 35.0
Cerdanya 18,658 547 34.1
Conca de Barberà 21,161 650 32.5
Garraf 140,412 185 757.8
Garrigues 20,350 798 25.5
Garrotxa 54,437 735 74.0
Gironès 175,148 575 304.4
Maresme 420,521 399 1,054.2
Montsià 71,058 735 96.6
Noguera 39,507 1,784 22.1
Osona 150,139 1,260 119.1
Pallars Jussà 13,715 1,343 10.2
Pallars Sobirà 7,446 1,378 5.4
Pla d'Urgell 36,069 305 118.2
Pla de l'Estany 29,645 263 112.8
Priorat 9,869 499 19.8
Ribera d'Ebre 23,844 827 28.8
Ripollès 26,831 956 28.1
Segarra 22,337 723 30.9
Segrià 197,391 1,397 141.3
Selva 164,646 995 165.5
Solsonès 13,685 1,001 13.7
Tarragonès 241,549 319 757.5
Terra Alta 12,885 743 17.3
Urgell 36,064 580 62.2
Val d'Aran 10,194 634 16.1
Vallès Occidental 862,369 583 1,478.8
Vallès Oriental 386,465 851 454.1
Catalonia 7,364,078 32,107 229.4
Metropolità 4,928,852 3,242 1,520.5
Comarques Gironines 716,858 5,584 128.4
Camp de Tarragona 599,804 2,999 200.0
Terres de l'Ebre 189,091 3,309 57.1
Ponent 351,718 5,586 63.0
Comarques Centrals 501,468 5,612 89.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 76,287 5,776 13.2
Barcelona 5,416,447 7,726 701.1
Girona 731,864 5,905 123.9
Lleida 426,872 12,168 35.1
Tarragona 788,895 6,308 125.1
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Density
Total population divided by the surface area, expressed in inhabitants per square kilometre.
Population
All inhabitants of a given place. Since 1996, when the continuous management system was established for the Municipal Population Register, in accordance with Royal Decree 2612/1996, of December 20, official population figures for municipalities have been obtained annually using data referred to January 1 of each year.
Surface area
Extension of the territory, measured in square kilometres, which lies within the administrative boundaries of a certain municipality. Also includes enclaves that some municipalities have that are located within other counties.

Methodological aspects

The Municipal population register is the administrative record containing the residents of a given municipality and it constitutes proof that they reside in the municipality and have their usual home there. Statistical processing of the municipal population register provides figures on the number of people registered in the population census in each municipality in Catalonia.

The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

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 "..".