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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 2009
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 558 1,163 276
Alt Empordà 3,236 2,134 1,099
Alt Penedès 1,955 2,789 554
Alt Urgell 239 454 185
Alta Ribagorça 20 104 50
Anoia 2,116 2,967 566
Bages 3,204 3,056 898
Baix Camp 2,394 3,718 1,358
Baix Ebre 738 1,163 508
Baix Empordà 2,843 2,619 835
Baix Llobregat 10,691 18,256 5,465
Baix Penedès 1,969 4,623 814
Barcelonès 29,131 34,939 22,219
Berguedà 630 1,037 170
Cerdanya 319 607 122
Conca de Barberà 245 532 117
Garraf 2,314 4,231 1,091
Garrigues 109 483 89
Garrotxa 756 861 261
Gironès 3,880 3,957 1,335
Maresme 7,368 10,351 2,635
Montsià 714 1,140 752
Noguera 359 773 247
Osona 3,053 2,196 693
Pallars Jussà 155 353 184
Pallars Sobirà 95 243 61
Pla d'Urgell 432 714 301
Pla de l'Estany 440 663 125
Priorat 55 325 51
Ribera d'Ebre 265 412 163
Ripollès 380 511 100
Segarra 183 477 120
Segrià 2,683 2,740 2,315
Selva 1,729 4,950 1,285
Solsonès 115 291 41
Tarragonès 3,602 5,211 2,756
Terra Alta 42 167 42
Urgell 276 924 200
Val d'Aran 157 231 266
Vallès Occidental 11,040 17,128 5,955
Vallès Oriental 8,737 9,251 2,189
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 58,493
Metropolità 144,135 24,046 40,108
Comarques Gironines 20,010 8,949 5,040
Camp de Tarragona 14,542 9,853 5,372
Terres de l'Ebre 2,570 2,071 1,465
Ponent 6,584 3,569 3,272
Comarques Centrals 10,262 8,403 2,368
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,184 1,793 868
Barcelona 166,391 20,085 42,439
Girona 20,317 9,293 5,135
Lleida 8,250 4,599 4,082
Tarragona 18,226 10,810 6,837
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2009
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 558 1,173 341
Alt Empordà 3,236 2,051 1,148
Alt Penedès 1,955 2,421 685
Alt Urgell 239 402 229
Alta Ribagorça 20 154 64
Anoia 2,116 2,467 744
Bages 3,204 2,993 1,042
Baix Camp 2,394 3,657 1,656
Baix Ebre 738 1,362 679
Baix Empordà 2,843 2,675 997
Baix Llobregat 10,691 17,130 6,118
Baix Penedès 1,969 3,621 931
Barcelonès 29,131 45,130 20,486
Berguedà 630 858 168
Cerdanya 319 518 198
Conca de Barberà 245 578 127
Garraf 2,314 3,537 1,240
Garrigues 109 549 85
Garrotxa 756 985 392
Gironès 3,880 4,180 1,446
Maresme 7,368 8,127 2,914
Montsià 714 942 912
Noguera 359 802 249
Osona 3,053 2,033 797
Pallars Jussà 155 370 166
Pallars Sobirà 95 213 59
Pla d'Urgell 432 769 280
Pla de l'Estany 440 541 124
Priorat 55 280 42
Ribera d'Ebre 265 430 172
Ripollès 380 632 143
Segarra 183 576 142
Segrià 2,683 2,598 2,282
Selva 1,729 4,794 1,549
Solsonès 115 311 76
Tarragonès 3,602 5,095 3,071
Terra Alta 42 163 68
Urgell 276 921 252
Val d'Aran 157 258 312
Vallès Occidental 11,040 14,780 6,235
Vallès Oriental 8,737 7,668 2,699
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 61,320
Metropolità 144,135 25,894 40,377
Comarques Gironines 20,010 9,112 5,799
Camp de Tarragona 14,542 8,685 6,168
Terres de l'Ebre 2,570 2,086 1,831
Ponent 6,584 3,673 3,290
Comarques Centrals 10,262 7,518 2,827
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,184 1,716 1,028
Barcelona 166,391 21,024 43,130
Girona 20,317 9,423 5,969
Lleida 8,250 4,683 4,222
Tarragona 18,226 9,657 7,999
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2009
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp -10 -65 -75
Alt Empordà 83 -49 34
Alt Penedès 368 -131 237
Alt Urgell 52 -44 8
Alta Ribagorça -50 -14 -64
Anoia 500 -178 322
Bages 63 -144 -81
Baix Camp 61 -298 -237
Baix Ebre -199 -171 -370
Baix Empordà -56 -162 -218
Baix Llobregat 1,126 -653 473
Baix Penedès 1,002 -117 885
Barcelonès -10,191 1,733 -8,458
Berguedà 179 2 181
Cerdanya 89 -76 13
Conca de Barberà -46 -10 -56
Garraf 694 -149 545
Garrigues -66 4 -62
Garrotxa -124 -131 -255
Gironès -223 -111 -334
Maresme 2,224 -279 1,945
Montsià 198 -160 38
Noguera -29 -2 -31
Osona 163 -104 59
Pallars Jussà -17 18 1
Pallars Sobirà 30 2 32
Pla d'Urgell -55 21 -34
Pla de l'Estany 122 1 123
Priorat 45 9 54
Ribera d'Ebre -18 -9 -27
Ripollès -121 -43 -164
Segarra -99 -22 -121
Segrià 142 33 175
Selva 156 -264 -108
Solsonès -20 -35 -55
Tarragonès 116 -315 -199
Terra Alta 4 -26 -22
Urgell 3 -52 -49
Val d'Aran -27 -46 -73
Vallès Occidental 2,348 -280 2,068
Vallès Oriental 1,583 -510 1,073
Catalonia z Category not applicable -2,827 -2,827
Metropolità -1,848 -269 -2,117
Comarques Gironines -163 -759 -922
Camp de Tarragona 1,168 -796 372
Terres de l'Ebre -15 -366 -381
Ponent -104 -18 -122
Comarques Centrals 885 -459 426
Alt Pirineu i Aran 77 -160 -83
Barcelona -939 -691 -1,630
Girona -130 -834 -964
Lleida -84 -140 -224
Tarragona 1,153 -1,162 -9
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.