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Immigrations, emigrations and net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Immigrations. By place of origin. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2015
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 556 937 233
Alt Empordà 3,302 1,902 1,201
Alt Penedès 1,782 2,599 540
Alt Urgell 285 388 184
Alta Ribagorça 18 80 61
Anoia 2,021 2,654 648
Aran 111 219 234
Bages 2,721 2,747 775
Baix Camp 2,577 3,793 1,292
Baix Ebre 775 1,166 539
Baix Empordà 2,572 2,529 869
Baix Llobregat 11,228 16,593 4,986
Baix Penedès 1,911 3,728 770
Barcelonès 25,584 33,438 20,768
Berguedà 524 670 109
Cerdanya 225 565 165
Conca de Barberà 161 435 82
Garraf 2,216 3,894 1,080
Garrigues 115 416 97
Garrotxa 769 1,013 259
Gironès 3,645 4,008 1,193
Maresme 7,945 9,590 2,273
Moianès 99 543 55
Montsià 698 1,098 591
Noguera 388 746 239
Osona 2,960 2,522 914
Pallars Jussà 154 330 443
Pallars Sobirà 91 151 41
Pla d'Urgell 424 714 190
Pla de l'Estany 373 719 83
Priorat 46 224 32
Ribera d'Ebre 212 345 147
Ripollès 232 491 104
Segarra 209 392 155
Segrià 2,357 2,290 2,481
Selva 1,779 4,179 1,131
Solsonès 118 439 61
Tarragonès 3,984 4,945 2,242
Terra Alta 19 186 52
Urgell 318 817 172
Vallès Occidental 11,681 15,633 5,221
Vallès Oriental 8,629 8,397 2,042
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 54,754
Metropolità 124,435 24,515 35,299
Comarques Gironines 19,870 7,643 4,840
Camp de Tarragona 12,233 5,425 3,881
Terres de l'Ebre 2,641 1,858 1,329
Ponent 6,340 2,846 3,334
Comarques Centrals 7,430 5,851 1,924
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,039 1,578 1,128
Penedès 10,401 10,234 3,019
Barcelona 157,575 19,081 39,401
Girona 20,092 8,032 5,000
Lleida 7,960 3,803 4,373
Tarragona 19,320 8,476 5,980
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2015
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 556 1,146 223
Alt Empordà 3,302 2,208 1,118
Alt Penedès 1,782 2,427 502
Alt Urgell 285 390 169
Alta Ribagorça 18 99 62
Anoia 2,021 2,575 617
Aran 111 245 263
Bages 2,721 2,764 765
Baix Camp 2,577 3,540 1,333
Baix Ebre 775 1,324 600
Baix Empordà 2,572 2,462 796
Baix Llobregat 11,228 15,708 4,595
Baix Penedès 1,911 3,664 840
Barcelonès 25,584 37,018 17,086
Berguedà 524 769 108
Cerdanya 225 600 138
Conca de Barberà 161 547 87
Garraf 2,216 3,271 1,018
Garrigues 115 478 108
Garrotxa 769 982 260
Gironès 3,645 3,922 1,186
Maresme 7,945 8,215 2,342
Moianès 99 444 39
Montsià 698 1,129 768
Noguera 388 849 256
Osona 2,960 2,121 595
Pallars Jussà 154 402 364
Pallars Sobirà 91 184 42
Pla d'Urgell 424 733 197
Pla de l'Estany 373 624 116
Priorat 46 298 40
Ribera d'Ebre 212 506 112
Ripollès 232 562 113
Segarra 209 568 132
Segrià 2,357 2,586 2,165
Selva 1,779 4,519 1,036
Solsonès 118 392 61
Tarragonès 3,984 5,373 2,512
Terra Alta 19 224 70
Urgell 318 812 210
Vallès Occidental 11,681 14,098 4,704
Vallès Oriental 8,629 7,747 1,903
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 49,651
Metropolità 124,435 23,617 30,643
Comarques Gironines 19,870 8,081 4,625
Camp de Tarragona 12,233 5,995 4,195
Terres de l'Ebre 2,641 2,246 1,550
Ponent 6,340 3,497 3,068
Comarques Centrals 7,430 5,470 1,565
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,039 1,765 1,038
Penedès 10,401 9,279 2,967
Barcelona 157,575 16,994 34,276
Girona 20,092 8,428 4,752
Lleida 7,960 4,600 4,038
Tarragona 19,320 9,370 6,585
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2015
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp -209 10 -199
Alt Empordà -306 83 -223
Alt Penedès 172 38 210
Alt Urgell -2 15 13
Alta Ribagorça -19 -1 -20
Anoia 79 31 110
Aran -26 -29 -55
Bages -17 10 -7
Baix Camp 253 -41 212
Baix Ebre -158 -61 -219
Baix Empordà 67 73 140
Baix Llobregat 885 391 1,276
Baix Penedès 64 -70 -6
Barcelonès -3,580 3,682 102
Berguedà -99 1 -98
Cerdanya -35 27 -8
Conca de Barberà -112 -5 -117
Garraf 623 62 685
Garrigues -62 -11 -73
Garrotxa 31 -1 30
Gironès 86 7 93
Maresme 1,375 -69 1,306
Moianès 99 16 115
Montsià -31 -177 -208
Noguera -103 -17 -120
Osona 401 319 720
Pallars Jussà -72 79 7
Pallars Sobirà -33 -1 -34
Pla d'Urgell -19 -7 -26
Pla de l'Estany 95 -33 62
Priorat -74 -8 -82
Ribera d'Ebre -161 35 -126
Ripollès -71 -9 -80
Segarra -176 23 -153
Segrià -296 316 20
Selva -340 95 -245
Solsonès 47 0 47
Tarragonès -428 -270 -698
Terra Alta -38 -18 -56
Urgell 5 -38 -33
Vallès Occidental 1,535 517 2,052
Vallès Oriental 650 139 789
Catalonia z Category not applicable 5,103 5,103
Metropolità 898 4,656 5,554
Comarques Gironines -438 215 -223
Camp de Tarragona -570 -314 -884
Terres de l'Ebre -388 -221 -609
Ponent -651 266 -385
Comarques Centrals 381 359 740
Alt Pirineu i Aran -187 90 -97
Penedès 955 52 1,007
Barcelona 2,087 5,125 7,212
Girona -396 248 -148
Lleida -797 335 -462
Tarragona -894 -605 -1,499
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: October 11, 2017.

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.