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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 45,299 538 84.2
Alt Empordà 141,517 1,358 104.2
Alt Penedès 106,252 593 179.3
Alt Urgell 21,386 1,448 14.8
Alta Ribagorça 4,235 427 9.9
Anoia 118,817 866 137.2
Bages 186,084 1,299 143.2
Baix Camp 193,535 697 277.6
Baix Ebre 83,125 1,003 82.9
Baix Empordà 133,754 702 190.6
Baix Llobregat 806,799 486 1,660.1
Baix Penedès 101,138 297 341.1
Barcelonès 2,254,052 146 15,465.2
Berguedà 41,202 1,185 34.8
Cerdanya 19,047 547 34.8
Conca de Barberà 21,148 650 32.5
Garraf 147,107 185 794.7
Garrigues 20,212 798 25.3
Garrotxa 55,855 735 76.0
Gironès 184,187 576 320.0
Maresme 436,487 399 1,095.3
Montsià 72,121 735 98.1
Noguera 40,200 1,784 22.5
Osona 154,588 1,260 122.7
Pallars Jussà 14,113 1,343 10.5
Pallars Sobirà 7,457 1,378 5.4
Pla d'Urgell 37,267 305 122.1
Pla de l'Estany 31,463 263 119.7
Priorat 9,971 499 20.0
Ribera d'Ebre 23,867 827 28.8
Ripollès 26,268 957 27.5
Segarra 23,365 723 32.3
Segrià 209,965 1,397 150.3
Selva 173,518 995 174.4
Solsonès 13,676 1,001 13.7
Tarragonès 251,282 319 786.7
Terra Alta 12,713 743 17.1
Urgell 36,975 580 63.8
Val d'Aran 10,056 634 15.9
Vallès Occidental 898,173 583 1,540.3
Vallès Oriental 402,632 851 473.1
Catalonia 7,570,908 32,108 235.8
Metropolità 4,798,143 2,464 1,947.0
Comarques Gironines 746,562 5,584 133.7
Camp de Tarragona 521,235 2,703 192.8
Terres de l'Ebre 191,826 3,308 58.0
Ponent 367,984 5,586 65.9
Comarques Centrals 395,550 4,746 83.3
Alt Pirineu i Aran 76,294 5,776 13.2
Penedès 473,314 1,941 243.9
Barcelona 5,552,050 7,726 718.6
Girona 761,627 5,905 129.0
Lleida 443,032 12,168 36.4
Tarragona 814,199 6,308 129.1
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: January 3, 2013.

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 "..".