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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 2013
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 528 1,069 237
Alt Empordà 3,370 2,232 1,123
Alt Penedès 1,826 2,548 443
Alt Urgell 273 413 211
Alta Ribagorça 17 67 54
Anoia 2,207 2,503 576
Bages 3,050 2,883 860
Baix Camp 2,544 3,659 1,251
Baix Ebre 778 1,198 478
Baix Empordà 2,794 2,566 812
Baix Llobregat 11,340 16,984 4,965
Baix Penedès 1,910 3,656 669
Barcelonès 25,480 33,582 19,310
Berguedà 519 629 108
Cerdanya 294 468 119
Conca de Barberà 192 419 59
Garraf 2,129 3,851 979
Garrigues 125 461 64
Garrotxa 860 1,031 205
Gironès 3,941 4,081 1,156
Maresme 8,030 9,578 2,501
Montsià 656 1,008 594
Noguera 447 761 236
Osona 3,057 2,078 623
Pallars Jussà 139 328 227
Pallars Sobirà 120 176 53
Pla d'Urgell 400 719 196
Pla de l'Estany 432 633 115
Priorat 49 198 25
Ribera d'Ebre 239 381 120
Ripollès 294 403 86
Segarra 128 495 151
Segrià 2,449 2,447 2,346
Selva 1,940 4,346 1,125
Solsonès 130 369 58
Tarragonès 4,159 5,333 2,484
Terra Alta 48 155 53
Urgell 286 870 197
Val d'Aran 140 182 221
Vallès Occidental 11,246 16,242 5,061
Vallès Oriental 8,730 8,736 2,054
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 52,205
Metropolità 125,262 24,686 33,891
Comarques Gironines 20,763 8,160 4,622
Camp de Tarragona 12,424 5,726 4,056
Terres de l'Ebre 2,558 1,905 1,245
Ponent 6,505 3,083 3,190
Comarques Centrals 7,542 5,173 1,649
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,155 1,462 885
Penedès 10,548 10,082 2,667
Barcelona 158,759 18,519 37,494
Girona 21,050 8,453 4,714
Lleida 8,051 4,023 4,027
Tarragona 19,284 8,895 5,970
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2013
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 528 1,085 251
Alt Empordà 3,370 2,193 1,092
Alt Penedès 1,826 2,363 547
Alt Urgell 273 381 184
Alta Ribagorça 17 145 48
Anoia 2,207 2,657 591
Bages 3,050 2,930 950
Baix Camp 2,544 3,555 1,449
Baix Ebre 778 1,246 581
Baix Empordà 2,794 2,460 779
Baix Llobregat 11,340 15,934 5,064
Baix Penedès 1,910 3,855 964
Barcelonès 25,480 38,226 17,875
Berguedà 519 925 146
Cerdanya 294 717 153
Conca de Barberà 192 512 92
Garraf 2,129 3,393 1,075
Garrigues 125 517 93
Garrotxa 860 846 252
Gironès 3,941 3,851 1,206
Maresme 8,030 8,198 2,629
Montsià 656 1,018 770
Noguera 447 874 258
Osona 3,057 2,017 684
Pallars Jussà 139 339 197
Pallars Sobirà 120 204 47
Pla d'Urgell 400 766 254
Pla de l'Estany 432 540 105
Priorat 49 279 25
Ribera d'Ebre 239 413 128
Ripollès 294 564 79
Segarra 128 536 139
Segrià 2,449 2,334 2,306
Selva 1,940 4,786 1,139
Solsonès 130 300 84
Tarragonès 4,159 4,955 2,470
Terra Alta 48 197 86
Urgell 286 892 240
Val d'Aran 140 166 237
Vallès Occidental 11,246 14,676 5,445
Vallès Oriental 8,730 7,893 2,188
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 52,902
Metropolità z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 33,201
Comarques Gironines 20,763 8,108 4,652
Camp de Tarragona 12,424 5,434 4,287
Terres de l'Ebre 2,558 2,037 1,565
Ponent 6,505 3,249 3,290
Comarques Centrals 7,542 5,386 1,864
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,155 1,780 866
Penedès 10,548 9,792 3,177
Barcelona 158,759 18,097 37,194
Girona 21,050 8,549 4,785
Lleida 8,051 4,310 4,107
Tarragona 19,284 8,934 6,816
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2013
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp -16 -14 -30
Alt Empordà 39 31 70
Alt Penedès 185 -104 81
Alt Urgell 32 27 59
Alta Ribagorça -78 6 -72
Anoia -154 -15 -169
Bages -47 -90 -137
Baix Camp 104 -198 -94
Baix Ebre -48 -103 -151
Baix Empordà 106 33 139
Baix Llobregat 1,050 -99 951
Baix Penedès -199 -295 -494
Barcelonès -4,644 1,435 -3,209
Berguedà -296 -38 -334
Cerdanya -249 -34 -283
Conca de Barberà -93 -33 -126
Garraf 458 -96 362
Garrigues -56 -29 -85
Garrotxa 185 -47 138
Gironès 230 -50 180
Maresme 1,380 -128 1,252
Montsià -10 -176 -186
Noguera -113 -22 -135
Osona 61 -61 0
Pallars Jussà -11 30 19
Pallars Sobirà -28 6 -22
Pla d'Urgell -47 -58 -105
Pla de l'Estany 93 10 103
Priorat -81 0 -81
Ribera d'Ebre -32 -8 -40
Ripollès -161 7 -154
Segarra -41 12 -29
Segrià 113 40 153
Selva -440 -14 -454
Solsonès 69 -26 43
Tarragonès 378 14 392
Terra Alta -42 -33 -75
Urgell -22 -43 -65
Val d'Aran 16 -16 0
Vallès Occidental 1,566 -384 1,182
Vallès Oriental 843 -134 709
Catalonia z Category not applicable -697 -697
Metropolità 195 690 885
Comarques Gironines 52 -30 22
Camp de Tarragona 292 -231 61
Terres de l'Ebre -132 -320 -452
Ponent -166 -100 -266
Comarques Centrals -213 -215 -428
Alt Pirineu i Aran -318 19 -299
Penedès 290 -510 -220
Barcelona 422 300 722
Girona -96 -71 -167
Lleida -287 -80 -367
Tarragona -39 -846 -885
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: September 29, 2014.

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.