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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 2008
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 591 1,287 306
Alt Empordà 3,085 2,258 1,095
Alt Penedès 1,994 3,112 676
Alt Urgell 274 455 180
Alta Ribagorça 29 116 49
Anoia 2,198 3,250 638
Bages 3,402 3,621 1,098
Baix Camp 2,542 3,736 1,554
Baix Ebre 724 1,141 427
Baix Empordà 2,777 2,636 850
Baix Llobregat 10,601 18,041 5,813
Baix Penedès 1,831 4,660 815
Barcelonès 29,637 32,447 22,229
Berguedà 517 1,042 149
Cerdanya 273 577 127
Conca de Barberà 240 696 144
Garraf 2,382 4,178 1,156
Garrigues 105 494 92
Garrotxa 720 1,007 324
Gironès 3,625 4,041 1,389
Maresme 7,180 10,273 2,535
Montsià 762 1,276 873
Noguera 430 919 280
Osona 2,990 2,321 782
Pallars Jussà 126 394 138
Pallars Sobirà 116 214 91
Pla d'Urgell 404 821 303
Pla de l'Estany 375 624 172
Priorat 53 314 41
Ribera d'Ebre 210 451 135
Ripollès 332 564 106
Segarra 181 459 163
Segrià 2,764 2,807 2,594
Selva 1,689 5,340 1,303
Solsonès 102 261 63
Tarragonès 3,741 5,816 3,004
Terra Alta 42 182 61
Urgell 264 906 239
Val d'Aran 137 205 243
Vallès Occidental 10,770 17,519 6,225
Vallès Oriental 8,276 9,471 2,609
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 61,071
Metropolità 142,695 23,186 41,243
Comarques Gironines 19,271 9,802 5,239
Camp de Tarragona 14,824 10,683 5,864
Terres de l'Ebre 2,564 2,224 1,496
Ponent 6,700 3,854 3,671
Comarques Centrals 10,318 9,386 2,730
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,174 1,742 828
Barcelona 165,358 19,902 43,910
Girona 19,578 10,094 5,353
Lleida 8,471 4,725 4,448
Tarragona 18,589 11,706 7,360
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2008
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 591 1,104 319
Alt Empordà 3,085 2,221 1,320
Alt Penedès 1,994 2,199 716
Alt Urgell 274 463 270
Alta Ribagorça 29 150 54
Anoia 2,198 2,333 784
Bages 3,402 2,699 1,057
Baix Camp 2,542 3,778 1,858
Baix Ebre 724 1,523 843
Baix Empordà 2,777 2,593 1,064
Baix Llobregat 10,601 17,441 6,674
Baix Penedès 1,831 3,491 1,008
Barcelonès 29,637 48,039 21,530
Berguedà 517 858 181
Cerdanya 273 521 262
Conca de Barberà 240 590 119
Garraf 2,382 3,178 1,294
Garrigues 105 566 90
Garrotxa 720 1,009 303
Gironès 3,625 4,018 1,585
Maresme 7,180 7,996 3,109
Montsià 762 897 999
Noguera 430 863 270
Osona 2,990 1,898 798
Pallars Jussà 126 339 194
Pallars Sobirà 116 252 86
Pla d'Urgell 404 758 256
Pla de l'Estany 375 591 176
Priorat 53 248 34
Ribera d'Ebre 210 462 165
Ripollès 332 626 141
Segarra 181 585 175
Segrià 2,764 2,605 2,448
Selva 1,689 4,483 1,564
Solsonès 102 328 72
Tarragonès 3,741 5,086 3,230
Terra Alta 42 216 56
Urgell 264 908 230
Val d'Aran 137 300 320
Vallès Occidental 10,770 14,405 6,612
Vallès Oriental 8,276 7,312 2,887
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 65,153
Metropolità 142,695 28,715 42,822
Comarques Gironines 19,271 8,873 6,153
Camp de Tarragona 14,824 8,471 6,568
Terres de l'Ebre 2,564 2,272 2,063
Ponent 6,700 3,733 3,469
Comarques Centrals 10,318 7,007 2,892
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,174 1,806 1,186
Barcelona 165,358 22,936 45,652
Girona 19,578 9,201 6,387
Lleida 8,471 4,748 4,483
Tarragona 18,589 9,542 8,631
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2008
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp 183 -13 170
Alt Empordà 37 -225 -188
Alt Penedès 913 -40 873
Alt Urgell -8 -90 -98
Alta Ribagorça -34 -5 -39
Anoia 917 -146 771
Bages 922 41 963
Baix Camp -42 -304 -346
Baix Ebre -382 -416 -798
Baix Empordà 43 -214 -171
Baix Llobregat 600 -861 -261
Baix Penedès 1,169 -193 976
Barcelonès -15,592 699 -14,893
Berguedà 184 -32 152
Cerdanya 56 -135 -79
Conca de Barberà 106 25 131
Garraf 1,000 -138 862
Garrigues -72 2 -70
Garrotxa -2 21 19
Gironès 23 -196 -173
Maresme 2,277 -574 1,703
Montsià 379 -126 253
Noguera 56 10 66
Osona 423 -16 407
Pallars Jussà 55 -56 -1
Pallars Sobirà -38 5 -33
Pla d'Urgell 63 47 110
Pla de l'Estany 33 -4 29
Priorat 66 7 73
Ribera d'Ebre -11 -30 -41
Ripollès -62 -35 -97
Segarra -126 -12 -138
Segrià 202 146 348
Selva 857 -261 596
Solsonès -67 -9 -76
Tarragonès 730 -226 504
Terra Alta -34 5 -29
Urgell -2 9 7
Val d'Aran -95 -77 -172
Vallès Occidental 3,114 -387 2,727
Vallès Oriental 2,159 -278 1,881
Catalonia z Category not applicable -4,082 -4,082
Metropolità -5,529 -1,579 -7,108
Comarques Gironines 929 -914 15
Camp de Tarragona 2,212 -704 1,508
Terres de l'Ebre -48 -567 -615
Ponent 121 202 323
Comarques Centrals 2,379 -162 2,217
Alt Pirineu i Aran -64 -358 -422
Barcelona -3,034 -1,742 -4,776
Girona 893 -1,034 -141
Lleida -23 -35 -58
Tarragona 2,164 -1,271 893
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: October 1, 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.