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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 2006
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 602 1,850 244
Alt Empordà 3,767 2,851 1,264
Alt Penedès 2,116 3,693 573
Alt Urgell 343 406 221
Alta Ribagorça 37 173 73
Anoia 2,459 4,189 566
Bages 3,577 4,419 907
Baix Camp 2,970 5,398 1,809
Baix Ebre 938 1,900 734
Baix Empordà 3,118 3,231 878
Baix Llobregat 13,096 18,573 4,724
Baix Penedès 1,937 7,420 772
Barcelonès 29,552 30,900 18,987
Berguedà 651 1,050 171
Cerdanya 314 635 170
Conca de Barberà 232 740 124
Garraf 2,631 5,168 1,085
Garrigues 135 567 89
Garrotxa 871 1,022 248
Gironès 4,354 4,382 1,269
Maresme 8,919 12,277 2,155
Montsià 814 1,523 896
Noguera 449 927 213
Osona 3,468 2,850 681
Pallars Jussà 134 500 164
Pallars Sobirà 122 277 58
Pla d'Urgell 565 1,125 290
Pla de l'Estany 423 690 95
Priorat 69 282 48
Ribera d'Ebre 259 550 101
Ripollès 314 632 115
Segarra 221 633 114
Segrià 3,417 3,063 2,531
Selva 1,920 7,272 1,152
Solsonès 120 353 72
Tarragonès 4,237 6,856 2,766
Terra Alta 45 194 51
Urgell 350 1,204 219
Val d'Aran 190 276 250
Vallès Occidental 13,708 19,032 5,039
Vallès Oriental 10,455 10,958 1,989
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 53,907
Metropolità 159,811 21,267 34,552
Comarques Gironines 22,120 12,727 5,021
Camp de Tarragona 16,683 15,910 5,763
Terres de l'Ebre 3,000 3,223 1,782
Ponent 8,181 4,475 3,456
Comarques Centrals 11,351 11,785 2,397
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,371 2,036 936
Barcelona 185,728 18,089 36,884
Girona 22,402 13,089 5,171
Lleida 10,254 5,562 4,307
Tarragona 21,155 17,661 7,545
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2006
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 602 1,057 275
Alt Empordà 3,767 1,926 1,175
Alt Penedès 2,116 2,316 684
Alt Urgell 343 480 342
Alta Ribagorça 37 190 72
Anoia 2,459 2,572 805
Bages 3,577 2,652 1,027
Baix Camp 2,970 3,536 1,497
Baix Ebre 938 1,609 716
Baix Empordà 3,118 2,598 993
Baix Llobregat 13,096 21,097 6,931
Baix Penedès 1,937 3,422 922
Barcelonès 29,552 60,090 22,570
Berguedà 651 823 179
Cerdanya 314 550 240
Conca de Barberà 232 622 139
Garraf 2,631 3,274 1,254
Garrigues 135 490 128
Garrotxa 871 1,013 287
Gironès 4,354 4,322 1,522
Maresme 8,919 8,623 3,753
Montsià 814 888 851
Noguera 449 1,087 318
Osona 3,468 2,096 786
Pallars Jussà 134 364 129
Pallars Sobirà 122 290 73
Pla d'Urgell 565 828 301
Pla de l'Estany 423 515 186
Priorat 69 303 52
Ribera d'Ebre 259 501 123
Ripollès 314 617 105
Segarra 221 844 228
Segrià 3,417 2,763 2,453
Selva 1,920 4,384 1,367
Solsonès 120 293 52
Tarragonès 4,237 5,371 2,410
Terra Alta 45 282 71
Urgell 350 1,080 270
Val d'Aran 190 287 281
Vallès Occidental 13,708 15,872 7,116
Vallès Oriental 10,455 8,114 2,986
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 65,669
Metropolità 159,811 40,052 45,294
Comarques Gironines 22,120 8,022 5,635
Camp de Tarragona 16,683 7,675 5,295
Terres de l'Ebre 3,000 2,336 1,761
Ponent 8,181 4,048 3,698
Comarques Centrals 11,351 7,360 2,849
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,371 1,930 1,137
Barcelona 185,728 32,430 48,095
Girona 22,402 8,384 5,857
Lleida 10,254 5,048 4,661
Tarragona 21,155 8,539 7,056
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2006
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp 793 -31 762
Alt Empordà 925 89 1,014
Alt Penedès 1,377 -111 1,266
Alt Urgell -74 -121 -195
Alta Ribagorça -17 1 -16
Anoia 1,617 -239 1,378
Bages 1,767 -120 1,647
Baix Camp 1,862 312 2,174
Baix Ebre 291 18 309
Baix Empordà 633 -115 518
Baix Llobregat -2,524 -2,207 -4,731
Baix Penedès 3,998 -150 3,848
Barcelonès -29,190 -3,583 -32,773
Berguedà 227 -8 219
Cerdanya 85 -70 15
Conca de Barberà 118 -15 103
Garraf 1,894 -169 1,725
Garrigues 77 -39 38
Garrotxa 9 -39 -30
Gironès 60 -253 -193
Maresme 3,654 -1,598 2,056
Montsià 635 45 680
Noguera -160 -105 -265
Osona 754 -105 649
Pallars Jussà 136 35 171
Pallars Sobirà -13 -15 -28
Pla d'Urgell 297 -11 286
Pla de l'Estany 175 -91 84
Priorat -21 -4 -25
Ribera d'Ebre 49 -22 27
Ripollès 15 10 25
Segarra -211 -114 -325
Segrià 300 78 378
Selva 2,888 -215 2,673
Solsonès 60 20 80
Tarragonès 1,485 356 1,841
Terra Alta -88 -20 -108
Urgell 124 -51 73
Val d'Aran -11 -31 -42
Vallès Occidental 3,160 -2,077 1,083
Vallès Oriental 2,844 -997 1,847
Catalonia z Category not applicable -11,762 -11,762
Metropolità -18,785 -10,742 -29,527
Comarques Gironines 4,705 -614 4,091
Camp de Tarragona 8,235 468 8,703
Terres de l'Ebre 887 21 908
Ponent 427 -242 185
Comarques Centrals 4,425 -452 3,973
Alt Pirineu i Aran 106 -201 -95
Barcelona -14,341 -11,211 -25,552
Girona 4,705 -686 4,019
Lleida 514 -354 160
Tarragona 9,122 489 9,611
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: October 8, 2010.

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.