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Immigrations, emigrations and net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Immigrations. By place of origin. Counties, areas and provinces 2003
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 491 1,351 286
Alt Empordà 2,798 2,334 985
Alt Penedès 1,813 3,390 604
Alt Urgell 254 473 303
Alta Ribagorça 20 158 85
Anoia 2,001 4,056 538
Bages 2,900 3,327 748
Baix Camp 2,725 3,870 1,799
Baix Ebre 686 1,151 479
Baix Empordà 2,219 2,974 867
Baix Llobregat 13,665 19,446 5,025
Baix Penedès 1,628 5,844 657
Barcelonès 22,736 24,383 16,355
Berguedà 501 985 129
Cerdanya 244 630 183
Conca de Barberà 170 561 121
Garraf 2,194 5,048 1,068
Garrigues 95 374 87
Garrotxa 712 1,131 296
Gironès 3,584 4,309 1,396
Maresme 7,941 11,605 2,221
Montsià 557 813 738
Noguera 327 874 252
Osona 2,806 2,461 721
Pallars Jussà 95 362 178
Pallars Sobirà 113 344 82
Pla d'Urgell 401 754 253
Pla de l'Estany 457 610 108
Priorat 49 413 40
Ribera d'Ebre 178 384 113
Ripollès 251 609 91
Segarra 181 488 132
Segrià 2,044 2,201 1,968
Selva 1,470 5,837 1,205
Solsonès 96 390 65
Tarragonès 2,908 4,916 2,597
Terra Alta 36 153 55
Urgell 296 991 206
Val d'Aran 99 330 303
Vallès Occidental 12,296 17,493 4,645
Vallès Oriental 9,335 10,618 1,928
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 49,912
Metropolità 146,330 15,633 31,846
Comarques Gironines 17,421 11,874 4,948
Camp de Tarragona 12,698 12,228 5,500
Terres de l'Ebre 2,146 1,812 1,385
Ponent 5,662 3,364 2,898
Comarques Centrals 9,260 10,263 2,201
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,021 2,101 1,134
Barcelona 167,595 13,513 33,978
Girona 17,636 12,196 5,122
Lleida 7,280 4,709 3,927
Tarragona 15,897 12,987 6,885
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2003
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 491 773 175
Alt Empordà 2,798 1,542 848
Alt Penedès 1,813 1,568 492
Alt Urgell 254 363 254
Alta Ribagorça 20 109 55
Anoia 2,001 1,815 562
Bages 2,900 1,886 618
Baix Camp 2,725 2,601 1,168
Baix Ebre 686 951 414
Baix Empordà 2,219 2,169 614
Baix Llobregat 13,665 18,095 5,585
Baix Penedès 1,628 2,569 576
Barcelonès 22,736 60,925 18,357
Berguedà 501 673 139
Cerdanya 244 488 136
Conca de Barberà 170 493 84
Garraf 2,194 2,698 932
Garrigues 95 517 68
Garrotxa 712 772 201
Gironès 3,584 2,913 883
Maresme 7,941 7,363 2,504
Montsià 557 719 661
Noguera 327 704 173
Osona 2,806 1,542 505
Pallars Jussà 95 290 134
Pallars Sobirà 113 208 42
Pla d'Urgell 401 595 206
Pla de l'Estany 457 518 105
Priorat 49 274 19
Ribera d'Ebre 178 506 88
Ripollès 251 530 97
Segarra 181 662 167
Segrià 2,044 2,156 1,495
Selva 1,470 3,387 1,062
Solsonès 96 268 49
Tarragonès 2,908 3,722 1,798
Terra Alta 36 163 47
Urgell 296 858 216
Val d'Aran 99 218 184
Vallès Occidental 12,296 12,829 4,967
Vallès Oriental 9,335 7,009 2,215
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 48,895
Metropolità 146,330 34,137 35,052
Comarques Gironines 17,421 5,901 3,810
Camp de Tarragona 12,698 5,705 3,820
Terres de l'Ebre 2,146 1,650 1,210
Ponent 5,662 3,174 2,325
Comarques Centrals 9,260 5,228 1,873
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,021 1,480 805
Barcelona 167,595 27,002 36,875
Girona 17,636 6,238 3,937
Lleida 7,280 3,863 3,053
Tarragona 15,897 6,302 5,030
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2003
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp 578 111 689
Alt Empordà 792 137 929
Alt Penedès 1,822 112 1,934
Alt Urgell 110 49 159
Alta Ribagorça 49 30 79
Anoia 2,241 -24 2,217
Bages 1,441 130 1,571
Baix Camp 1,269 631 1,900
Baix Ebre 200 65 265
Baix Empordà 805 253 1,058
Baix Llobregat 1,351 -560 791
Baix Penedès 3,275 81 3,356
Barcelonès -36,542 -2,002 -38,544
Berguedà 312 -10 302
Cerdanya 142 47 189
Conca de Barberà 68 37 105
Garraf 2,350 136 2,486
Garrigues -143 19 -124
Garrotxa 359 95 454
Gironès 1,396 513 1,909
Maresme 4,242 -283 3,959
Montsià 94 77 171
Noguera 170 79 249
Osona 919 216 1,135
Pallars Jussà 72 44 116
Pallars Sobirà 136 40 176
Pla d'Urgell 159 47 206
Pla de l'Estany 92 3 95
Priorat 139 21 160
Ribera d'Ebre -122 25 -97
Ripollès 79 -6 73
Segarra -174 -35 -209
Segrià 45 473 518
Selva 2,450 143 2,593
Solsonès 122 16 138
Tarragonès 1,194 799 1,993
Terra Alta -10 8 -2
Urgell 133 -10 123
Val d'Aran 112 119 231
Vallès Occidental 4,664 -322 4,342
Vallès Oriental 3,609 -287 3,322
Catalonia z Category not applicable 1,017 1,017
Metropolità -18,504 -3,206 -21,710
Comarques Gironines 5,973 1,138 7,111
Camp de Tarragona 6,523 1,680 8,203
Terres de l'Ebre 162 175 337
Ponent 190 573 763
Comarques Centrals 5,035 328 5,363
Alt Pirineu i Aran 621 329 950
Barcelona .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -13,489 -2,897
Girona .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 5,958 1,185
Lleida .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 846 874
Tarragona .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 6,685 1,855
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Internal emigration
People removing their names from the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving to another municipality in Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain.
Internal immigration
People adding their names to the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving from another municipality in Catalonia or from elsewhere in Spain.
Internal migration
Change of residence between two municipalities of Catalonia, or between a municipality in Catalonia and another in Spain.
Internal migratory balance
Difference between the internal immigration recorded (registrations on the civil registers of inhabitants) and the internal emigration recorded (cancellations on the civil registers of inhabitants) for a defined period. The net migration rate is positive if immigration is greater than emigration and negative if emigration is higher than immigration.

Methodological aspects

The statistics Migratory Movements provides information on people's movement due to a change in residence from one municipality in Catalonia to another, whether in Catalonia, the rest of Spain or abroad. Idescat bases this operation on the additions and removals due to changes in residence registered in municipal registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

From the year 2022 the source is the Statistics on Migrations and Changes of Residence by INE, while from 1998 to 2021 the source was the Statistics on Residential Variations by INE. Migration balances and flows within Catalonia and with the rest of Spain are comparable with the previous series, but the flows of external migration are higher with the new source.

The main characteristics analysed are sex, age and nationality.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.