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Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Population density. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2015
Population Surface area km² Density (inhabitants/km²)
Alt Camp 44,306 538 82.4
Alt Empordà 139,838 1,358 103.0
Alt Penedès 106,168 593 179.1
Alt Urgell 20,695 1,448 14.3
Alta Ribagorça 3,884 427 9.1
Anoia 117,444 866 135.6
Aran 9,926 634 15.7
Bages 174,604 1,092 159.9
Baix Camp 188,026 697 269.7
Baix Ebre 79,748 1,003 79.5
Baix Empordà 132,355 702 188.6
Baix Llobregat 806,651 486 1,659.8
Baix Penedès 99,934 297 337.1
Barcelonès 2,225,144 146 15,266.9
Berguedà 39,517 1,185 33.3
Cerdanya 17,870 547 32.7
Conca de Barberà 20,482 650 31.5
Garraf 145,983 185 788.6
Garrigues 19,342 798 24.3
Garrotxa 56,063 735 76.3
Gironès 184,993 576 321.4
Maresme 439,512 399 1,102.8
Moianès 13,098 338 38.8
Montsià 68,524 735 93.2
Noguera 39,109 1,784 21.9
Osona 154,925 1,245 124.4
Pallars Jussà 13,609 1,343 10.1
Pallars Sobirà 7,060 1,378 5.1
Pla d'Urgell 37,053 305 121.4
Pla de l'Estany 31,536 263 120.0
Priorat 9,547 499 19.2
Ribera d'Ebre 22,723 827 27.5
Ripollès 25,342 957 26.5
Segarra 22,647 723 31.3
Segrià 209,324 1,397 149.9
Selva 168,555 995 169.4
Solsonès 13,414 1,001 13.4
Tarragonès 249,939 319 782.6
Terra Alta 11,872 743 16.0
Urgell 36,308 580 62.6
Vallès Occidental 900,661 583 1,544.5
Vallès Oriental 400,375 735 544.7
Catalonia 7,508,106 32,108 233.8
Metropolità 4,776,107 2,464 1,938.1
Comarques Gironines 738,682 5,584 132.3
Camp de Tarragona 512,300 2,703 189.5
Terres de l'Ebre 182,867 3,309 55.3
Ponent 363,783 5,586 65.1
Comarques Centrals 397,038 4,941 80.4
Alt Pirineu i Aran 73,044 5,776 12.7
Penedès 464,285 1,746 266.0
Barcelona 5,523,922 7,726 714.9
Girona 753,054 5,905 127.5
Lleida 436,029 12,168 35.8
Tarragona 795,101 6,308 126.0
Source: Idescat. Municipal population register; Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya.
Note: 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.

Last update: April 10, 2019.

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.

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