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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 2011
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 599 1,183 231
Alt Empordà 3,459 2,201 1,142
Alt Penedès 1,826 2,597 628
Alt Urgell 255 380 175
Alta Ribagorça 21 117 55
Anoia 2,192 2,673 658
Bages 3,117 3,214 951
Baix Camp 2,511 3,952 1,635
Baix Ebre 827 1,164 511
Baix Empordà 2,846 2,595 799
Baix Llobregat 10,925 17,265 5,593
Baix Penedès 1,981 4,031 693
Barcelonès 27,490 35,105 21,816
Berguedà 552 884 118
Cerdanya 339 668 178
Conca de Barberà 204 488 81
Garraf 2,226 3,972 1,064
Garrigues 147 454 101
Garrotxa 756 1,015 250
Gironès 4,131 4,150 1,310
Maresme 7,364 9,850 2,579
Montsià 763 989 843
Noguera 458 809 302
Osona 3,186 2,186 719
Pallars Jussà 189 352 469
Pallars Sobirà 93 185 62
Pla d'Urgell 357 675 290
Pla de l'Estany 437 710 116
Priorat 59 267 38
Ribera d'Ebre 258 428 137
Ripollès 299 521 105
Segarra 149 555 145
Segrià 2,667 2,537 2,513
Selva 1,910 4,606 1,209
Solsonès 146 276 42
Tarragonès 4,458 5,398 2,621
Terra Alta 30 164 71
Urgell 319 842 194
Val d'Aran 150 211 215
Vallès Occidental 11,339 16,794 5,684
Vallès Oriental 8,843 8,916 2,219
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 58,562
Metropolità 128,289 25,602 37,891
Comarques Gironines 21,079 8,557 4,931
Camp de Tarragona 13,058 6,061 4,606
Terres de l'Ebre 2,694 1,929 1,562
Ponent 6,719 3,250 3,545
Comarques Centrals 7,893 5,668 1,830
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,259 1,701 1,154
Penedès 10,741 10,757 3,043
Barcelona 163,017 19,529 42,032
Girona 21,400 8,983 5,081
Lleida 8,437 4,137 4,588
Tarragona 20,061 9,693 6,861
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2011
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 599 1,118 288
Alt Empordà 3,459 2,260 1,085
Alt Penedès 1,826 2,427 610
Alt Urgell 255 427 213
Alta Ribagorça 21 170 73
Anoia 2,192 2,658 679
Bages 3,117 3,063 993
Baix Camp 2,511 3,695 1,657
Baix Ebre 827 1,310 634
Baix Empordà 2,846 2,557 838
Baix Llobregat 10,925 16,514 5,751
Baix Penedès 1,981 3,888 926
Barcelonès 27,490 41,388 20,235
Berguedà 552 939 175
Cerdanya 339 469 148
Conca de Barberà 204 579 110
Garraf 2,226 3,522 1,132
Garrigues 147 485 89
Garrotxa 756 959 303
Gironès 4,131 4,078 1,493
Maresme 7,364 8,577 2,760
Montsià 763 1,122 940
Noguera 458 873 232
Osona 3,186 1,946 657
Pallars Jussà 189 350 575
Pallars Sobirà 93 230 83
Pla d'Urgell 357 785 274
Pla de l'Estany 437 576 160
Priorat 59 289 40
Ribera d'Ebre 258 438 139
Ripollès 299 594 117
Segarra 149 540 161
Segrià 2,667 2,504 2,320
Selva 1,910 4,814 1,356
Solsonès 146 310 66
Tarragonès 4,458 5,328 2,794
Terra Alta 30 184 83
Urgell 319 953 231
Val d'Aran 150 246 281
Vallès Occidental 11,339 14,624 5,748
Vallès Oriental 8,843 7,590 2,295
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 58,744
Metropolità 128,289 26,365 36,789
Comarques Gironines 21,079 8,597 5,352
Camp de Tarragona 13,058 5,782 4,889
Terres de l'Ebre 2,694 2,238 1,796
Ponent 6,719 3,518 3,307
Comarques Centrals 7,893 5,366 1,891
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,259 1,680 1,373
Penedès 10,741 9,979 3,347
Barcelona 163,017 19,289 41,033
Girona 21,400 8,909 5,489
Lleida 8,437 4,564 4,611
Tarragona 20,061 9,580 7,611
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2011
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp 65 -57 8
Alt Empordà -59 57 -2
Alt Penedès 170 18 188
Alt Urgell -47 -38 -85
Alta Ribagorça -53 -18 -71
Anoia 15 -21 -6
Bages 151 -42 109
Baix Camp 257 -22 235
Baix Ebre -146 -123 -269
Baix Empordà 38 -39 -1
Baix Llobregat 751 -158 593
Baix Penedès 143 -233 -90
Barcelonès -6,283 1,581 -4,702
Berguedà -55 -57 -112
Cerdanya 199 30 229
Conca de Barberà -91 -29 -120
Garraf 450 -68 382
Garrigues -31 12 -19
Garrotxa 56 -53 3
Gironès 72 -183 -111
Maresme 1,273 -181 1,092
Montsià -133 -97 -230
Noguera -64 70 6
Osona 240 62 302
Pallars Jussà 2 -106 -104
Pallars Sobirà -45 -21 -66
Pla d'Urgell -110 16 -94
Pla de l'Estany 134 -44 90
Priorat -22 -2 -24
Ribera d'Ebre -10 -2 -12
Ripollès -73 -12 -85
Segarra 15 -16 -1
Segrià 33 193 226
Selva -208 -147 -355
Solsonès -34 -24 -58
Tarragonès 70 -173 -103
Terra Alta -20 -12 -32
Urgell -111 -37 -148
Val d'Aran -35 -66 -101
Vallès Occidental 2,170 -64 2,106
Vallès Oriental 1,326 -76 1,250
Catalonia z Category not applicable -182 -182
Metropolità -763 1,102 339
Comarques Gironines -40 -421 -461
Camp de Tarragona 279 -283 -4
Terres de l'Ebre -309 -234 -543
Ponent -268 238 -30
Comarques Centrals 302 -61 241
Alt Pirineu i Aran 21 -219 -198
Penedès 778 -304 474
Barcelona 240 999 1,239
Girona 74 -408 -334
Lleida -427 -23 -450
Tarragona 113 -750 -637
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
Note: Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: September 20, 2012.

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.