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Head of bovine livestock. Provinces

Head of bovine livestock. Counties, areas and provinces 2004
Less than 12 months 12 to 24 months More than 24 months
Slaughter Others Male Female Male Female for milk Female others Total
Alt Camp 541 128 78 89 0 71 35 942
Alt Empordà 21,882 1,636 156 1,857 138 7,683 2,602 35,954
Alt Penedès 3,749 65 1 78 5 253 44 4,195
Alt Urgell 7,405 2,032 260 3,102 215 8,456 4,046 25,516
Alta Ribagorça 1,843 92 156 418 77 1 2,414 5,001
Anoia 2,977 64 3 79 10 169 311 3,613
Bages 19,815 378 16 508 88 1,002 1,965 23,772
Baix Camp 1,943 307 234 323 0 24 12 2,843
Baix Ebre 1,935 590 156 387 221 855 989 5,133
Baix Empordà 5,280 804 87 941 54 3,931 542 11,639
Baix Llobregat 1,024 107 1 117 2 364 10 1,625
Baix Penedès 265 95 0 57 0 24 12 453
Barcelonès 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berguedà 11,676 892 80 1,272 247 1,976 6,639 22,782
Cerdanya 2,666 1,128 254 1,784 236 4,463 5,676 16,207
Conca de Barberà 1,776 263 0 67 55 380 330 2,871
Garraf 460 1 0 2 1 0 11 475
Garrigues 19,269 321 132 216 14 387 249 20,588
Garrotxa 10,060 1,082 141 1,585 222 3,782 5,781 22,653
Gironès 7,908 1,129 126 1,251 89 5,479 1,313 17,295
Maresme 3,784 300 6 351 14 1,182 53 5,690
Montsià 892 297 0 125 191 808 608 2,921
Noguera 36,774 1,125 401 1,626 73 4,509 1,464 45,972
Osona 38,920 4,810 145 5,824 535 16,768 10,638 77,640
Pallars Jussà 5,342 246 317 563 88 352 2,761 9,669
Pallars Sobirà 2,204 340 273 1,028 166 786 4,802 9,599
Pla d'Urgell 13,848 834 104 1,037 32 3,217 186 19,258
Pla de l'Estany 9,164 623 61 734 68 2,666 1,337 14,653
Priorat 716 165 78 117 0 71 35 1,182
Ribera d'Ebre 550 184 78 145 0 47 24 1,028
Ripollès 3,124 696 248 1,707 392 992 11,563 18,722
Segarra 11,328 114 97 85 11 24 321 11,980
Segrià 89,193 1,850 735 2,231 113 5,758 1,961 101,841
Selva 5,281 811 81 973 67 3,737 1,195 12,145
Solsonès 8,535 280 460 723 127 107 4,006 14,238
Tarragonès 426 0 0 0 0 0 0 426
Terra Alta 342 57 0 0 10 71 155 635
Urgell 16,459 197 133 124 11 147 243 17,314
Val d'Aran 219 16 24 96 25 0 571 951
Vallès Occidental 4,405 57 1 70 10 219 133 4,895
Vallès Oriental 28,798 1,858 34 2,155 116 6,610 1,600 41,171
Catalonia 402,778 25,974 5,157 33,847 3,723 87,371 76,637 635,487
Metropolità 42,220 2,388 43 2,773 148 8,628 1,851 58,051
Comarques Gironines 62,699 6,781 900 9,048 1,030 28,270 24,333 133,061
Camp de Tarragona 5,667 958 390 653 55 570 424 8,717
Terres de l'Ebre 3,719 1,128 234 657 422 1,781 1,776 9,717
Ponent 186,871 4,441 1,602 5,319 254 14,042 4,424 216,953
Comarques Centrals 81,923 6,424 704 8,406 1,007 20,022 23,559 142,045
Alt Pirineu i Aran 19,679 3,854 1,284 6,991 807 14,058 20,270 66,943
Barcelona 115,655 8,516 264 10,389 1,019 28,496 21,082 185,421
Girona 63,810 7,484 1,026 10,048 1,160 31,190 27,412 142,130
Lleida 213,929 7,891 3,243 12,101 1,067 25,335 25,944 289,510
Tarragona 9,384 2,083 624 1,309 477 2,350 2,199 18,426
Source: Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia i Pesca. Secretaria General.

Last update: June 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The European Union states that member states must hold fixed quarterly statistics on the number of cattle, either through surveys or from quality, contrasted administrative sources.

Until 2011, the technique used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Natural Environment (DAAM) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (MAGRAMA) was a survey of farm owners, but from this year on, it has been agreed that this will be replaced by the use of administrative records, specifically the General Register of Individual Animal Identification (RIIA) and the General Register of Cattle Movement (REMO). This decision is taken jointly throughout the state after finding that the statistical information they provide is of a quality and reliability equal or superior to the surveys. This change in methodology represents significant progress in administrative simplification, cost reduction and significant improvement in the quality of results.

It must be remembered, however, that this methodological improvement causes a break in the time series data, which is larger the more the data is broken down. Therefore, the results for 2011 and earlier that are broken down by categories of animals cannot be compared with those of later years, since the changes observed are due to methodological change and not real differences.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".