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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 2016
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 543 922 212
Alt Empordà 3,232 1,735 1,118
Alt Penedès 1,629 2,553 482
Alt Urgell 267 387 210
Alta Ribagorça 24 68 51
Anoia 2,132 2,764 630
Aran 130 235 246
Bages 2,705 2,916 809
Baix Camp 2,326 3,549 1,327
Baix Ebre 793 1,035 450
Baix Empordà 2,491 2,449 702
Baix Llobregat 10,948 15,954 4,767
Baix Penedès 1,887 3,942 765
Barcelonès 21,232 28,806 18,420
Berguedà 537 739 138
Cerdanya 320 489 138
Conca de Barberà 140 337 77
Garraf 2,128 3,701 1,046
Garrigues 145 355 116
Garrotxa 696 987 300
Gironès 3,523 3,795 1,133
Maresme 7,680 9,482 2,260
Moianès 90 478 74
Montsià 646 1,035 674
Noguera 358 747 233
Osona 3,015 2,266 820
Pallars Jussà 119 276 416
Pallars Sobirà 90 200 38
Pla d'Urgell 424 681 213
Pla de l'Estany 414 642 113
Priorat 44 213 51
Ribera d'Ebre 257 294 118
Ripollès 225 478 105
Segarra 162 447 152
Segrià 2,438 2,261 2,134
Selva 1,726 4,127 1,078
Solsonès 139 301 69
Tarragonès 3,991 4,792 2,253
Terra Alta 32 143 66
Urgell 308 800 183
Vallès Occidental 11,675 14,560 5,088
Vallès Oriental 8,380 8,189 1,917
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 51,192
Metropolità 115,853 21,262 32,468
Comarques Gironines 19,147 7,373 4,549
Camp de Tarragona 11,622 5,235 3,920
Terres de l'Ebre 2,610 1,625 1,308
Ponent 6,386 2,740 3,031
Comarques Centrals 7,453 5,697 1,925
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,109 1,496 1,099
Penedès 10,285 10,278 2,892
Barcelona 148,152 16,436 36,448
Girona 19,429 7,691 4,668
Lleida 7,962 3,580 4,083
Tarragona 18,457 8,464 5,993
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 2016
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 543 1,093 177
Alt Empordà 3,232 2,080 1,066
Alt Penedès 1,629 2,212 426
Alt Urgell 267 444 173
Alta Ribagorça 24 110 44
Anoia 2,132 2,280 542
Aran 130 219 213
Bages 2,705 2,550 717
Baix Camp 2,326 3,265 1,313
Baix Ebre 793 1,312 525
Baix Empordà 2,491 2,342 708
Baix Llobregat 10,948 14,829 4,518
Baix Penedès 1,887 3,227 780
Barcelonès 21,232 36,433 16,319
Berguedà 537 643 124
Cerdanya 320 483 135
Conca de Barberà 140 405 79
Garraf 2,128 3,372 1,029
Garrigues 145 464 109
Garrotxa 696 952 198
Gironès 3,523 3,437 1,026
Maresme 7,680 7,445 2,361
Moianès 90 410 47
Montsià 646 934 705
Noguera 358 799 217
Osona 3,015 1,967 606
Pallars Jussà 119 348 438
Pallars Sobirà 90 183 33
Pla d'Urgell 424 774 168
Pla de l'Estany 414 540 112
Priorat 44 231 36
Ribera d'Ebre 257 456 125
Ripollès 225 507 95
Segarra 162 589 100
Segrià 2,438 2,326 2,061
Selva 1,726 4,097 1,026
Solsonès 139 318 32
Tarragonès 3,991 4,670 2,261
Terra Alta 32 200 63
Urgell 308 747 162
Vallès Occidental 11,675 13,354 4,534
Vallès Oriental 8,380 7,083 1,900
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 47,303
Metropolità 115,853 23,382 29,641
Comarques Gironines 19,147 7,115 4,231
Camp de Tarragona 11,622 5,086 3,866
Terres de l'Ebre 2,610 2,020 1,418
Ponent 6,386 3,148 2,817
Comarques Centrals 7,453 4,897 1,535
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,109 1,628 1,036
Penedès 10,285 8,430 2,759
Barcelona 148,152 16,606 33,119
Girona 19,429 7,447 4,354
Lleida 7,962 4,123 3,766
Tarragona 18,457 7,995 6,064
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 2016
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp -171 35 -136
Alt Empordà -345 52 -293
Alt Penedès 341 56 397
Alt Urgell -57 37 -20
Alta Ribagorça -42 7 -35
Anoia 484 88 572
Aran 16 33 49
Bages 366 92 458
Baix Camp 284 14 298
Baix Ebre -277 -75 -352
Baix Empordà 107 -6 101
Baix Llobregat 1,125 249 1,374
Baix Penedès 715 -15 700
Barcelonès -7,627 2,101 -5,526
Berguedà 96 14 110
Cerdanya 6 3 9
Conca de Barberà -68 -2 -70
Garraf 329 17 346
Garrigues -109 7 -102
Garrotxa 35 102 137
Gironès 358 107 465
Maresme 2,037 -101 1,936
Moianès 68 27 95
Montsià 101 -31 70
Noguera -52 16 -36
Osona 299 214 513
Pallars Jussà -72 -22 -94
Pallars Sobirà 17 5 22
Pla d'Urgell -93 45 -48
Pla de l'Estany 102 1 103
Priorat -18 15 -3
Ribera d'Ebre -162 -7 -169
Ripollès -29 10 -19
Segarra -142 52 -90
Segrià -65 73 8
Selva 30 52 82
Solsonès -17 37 20
Tarragonès 122 -8 114
Terra Alta -57 3 -54
Urgell 53 21 74
Vallès Occidental 1,206 554 1,760
Vallès Oriental 1,106 17 1,123
Catalonia z Category not applicable 3,889 3,889
Metropolità -2,120 2,827 707
Comarques Gironines 258 318 576
Camp de Tarragona 149 54 203
Terres de l'Ebre -395 -110 -505
Ponent -408 214 -194
Comarques Centrals 800 390 1,190
Alt Pirineu i Aran -132 63 -69
Penedès 1,848 133 1,981
Barcelona -170 3,329 3,159
Girona 244 314 558
Lleida -543 317 -226
Tarragona 469 -71 398
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.