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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 2012
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 559 998 212
Alt Empordà 3,329 2,156 1,133
Alt Penedès 1,792 2,649 517
Alt Urgell 284 400 210
Alta Ribagorça 9 68 57
Anoia 2,229 2,621 580
Bages 3,075 3,113 865
Baix Camp 2,463 3,943 1,483
Baix Ebre 791 1,224 486
Baix Empordà 2,646 2,547 714
Baix Llobregat 11,248 17,904 5,028
Baix Penedès 1,969 3,816 817
Barcelonès 26,159 33,632 19,878
Berguedà 530 765 146
Cerdanya 270 505 127
Conca de Barberà 180 456 100
Garraf 2,191 3,867 1,055
Garrigues 123 429 75
Garrotxa 771 1,079 227
Gironès 4,090 3,729 1,172
Maresme 8,098 9,812 2,524
Montsià 738 1,194 690
Noguera 449 731 249
Osona 2,958 2,308 725
Pallars Jussà 149 309 175
Pallars Sobirà 94 181 45
Pla d'Urgell 389 743 240
Pla de l'Estany 511 668 150
Priorat 62 235 38
Ribera d'Ebre 269 379 115
Ripollès 287 474 81
Segarra 136 420 117
Segrià 2,700 2,483 2,455
Selva 1,960 4,225 1,094
Solsonès 117 264 21
Tarragonès 4,246 5,571 2,516
Terra Alta 28 164 37
Urgell 289 863 210
Val d'Aran 164 222 239
Vallès Occidental 11,515 16,698 5,342
Vallès Oriental 8,791 8,827 2,042
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 53,987
Metropolità 127,690 24,994 34,814
Comarques Gironines 20,529 7,943 4,571
Camp de Tarragona 12,739 5,974 4,349
Terres de l'Ebre 2,750 2,037 1,328
Ponent 6,671 3,084 3,346
Comarques Centrals 7,560 5,570 1,757
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,155 1,500 853
Penedès 10,505 10,629 2,969
Barcelona 161,924 18,885 38,702
Girona 20,725 8,310 4,690
Lleida 8,283 3,918 4,101
Tarragona 19,683 9,602 6,494
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 559 1,110 241
Alt Empordà 3,329 2,155 1,080
Alt Penedès 1,792 2,195 529
Alt Urgell 284 341 181
Alta Ribagorça 9 123 76
Anoia 2,229 2,579 645
Bages 3,075 3,076 1,020
Baix Camp 2,463 3,706 1,669
Baix Ebre 791 1,328 593
Baix Empordà 2,646 2,367 900
Baix Llobregat 11,248 16,303 5,625
Baix Penedès 1,969 3,752 933
Barcelonès 26,159 40,835 19,887
Berguedà 530 946 190
Cerdanya 270 804 173
Conca de Barberà 180 511 106
Garraf 2,191 3,420 1,099
Garrigues 123 473 86
Garrotxa 771 900 267
Gironès 4,090 3,835 1,306
Maresme 8,098 8,480 2,772
Montsià 738 1,006 879
Noguera 449 863 257
Osona 2,958 1,984 651
Pallars Jussà 149 331 527
Pallars Sobirà 94 204 64
Pla d'Urgell 389 730 282
Pla de l'Estany 511 531 102
Priorat 62 301 57
Ribera d'Ebre 269 432 147
Ripollès 287 515 125
Segarra 136 517 148
Segrià 2,700 2,461 2,372
Selva 1,960 4,622 1,291
Solsonès 117 237 71
Tarragonès 4,246 5,250 2,889
Terra Alta 28 200 59
Urgell 289 837 225
Val d'Aran 164 231 227
Vallès Occidental 11,515 14,445 5,648
Vallès Oriental 8,791 7,736 2,243
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 57,642
Metropolità z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 36,175
Comarques Gironines 20,529 7,990 5,071
Camp de Tarragona 12,739 5,649 4,962
Terres de l'Ebre 2,750 2,042 1,678
Ponent 6,671 3,296 3,370
Comarques Centrals 7,560 5,363 1,932
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,155 1,849 1,248
Penedès 10,505 9,622 3,206
Barcelona 161,924 18,699 40,326
Girona 20,725 8,484 5,208
Lleida 8,283 4,314 4,535
Tarragona 19,683 9,218 7,573
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp -112 -29 -141
Alt Empordà 1 53 54
Alt Penedès 454 -12 442
Alt Urgell 59 29 88
Alta Ribagorça -55 -19 -74
Anoia 42 -65 -23
Bages 37 -155 -118
Baix Camp 237 -186 51
Baix Ebre -104 -107 -211
Baix Empordà 180 -186 -6
Baix Llobregat 1,601 -597 1,004
Baix Penedès 64 -116 -52
Barcelonès -7,203 -9 -7,212
Berguedà -181 -44 -225
Cerdanya -299 -46 -345
Conca de Barberà -55 -6 -61
Garraf 447 -44 403
Garrigues -44 -11 -55
Garrotxa 179 -40 139
Gironès -106 -134 -240
Maresme 1,332 -248 1,084
Montsià 188 -189 -1
Noguera -132 -8 -140
Osona 324 74 398
Pallars Jussà -22 -352 -374
Pallars Sobirà -23 -19 -42
Pla d'Urgell 13 -42 -29
Pla de l'Estany 137 48 185
Priorat -66 -19 -85
Ribera d'Ebre -53 -32 -85
Ripollès -41 -44 -85
Segarra -97 -31 -128
Segrià 22 83 105
Selva -397 -197 -594
Solsonès 27 -50 -23
Tarragonès 321 -373 -52
Terra Alta -36 -22 -58
Urgell 26 -15 11
Val d'Aran -9 12 3
Vallès Occidental 2,253 -306 1,947
Vallès Oriental 1,091 -201 890
Catalonia z Category not applicable -3,655 -3,655
Metropolità -926 -1,361 -2,287
Comarques Gironines -47 -500 -547
Camp de Tarragona 325 -613 -288
Terres de l'Ebre -5 -350 -355
Ponent -212 -24 -236
Comarques Centrals 207 -175 32
Alt Pirineu i Aran -349 -395 -744
Penedès 1,007 -237 770
Barcelona 186 -1,624 -1,438
Girona -174 -518 -692
Lleida -396 -434 -830
Tarragona 384 -1,079 -695
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: October 2, 2013.

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.