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Livestock operations. By species. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
Operations
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 6 32 58 60 156
Alt Empordà 305 216 144 304 969
Alt Penedès 13 38 41 13 105
Alt Urgell 335 116 98 30 579
Alta Ribagorça 72 46 47 1 166
Anoia 25 50 63 98 236
Bages 284 111 126 328 849
Baix Camp 13 46 52 43 154
Baix Ebre 57 149 168 49 423
Baix Empordà 91 117 83 175 466
Baix Llobregat 17 84 91 12 204
Baix Penedès 4 21 22 23 70
Barcelonès 1 4 3 0 8
Berguedà 423 147 163 250 983
Cerdanya 303 72 41 7 423
Conca de Barberà 19 23 21 36 99
Garraf 0 13 22 0 35
Garrigues 185 36 33 198 452
Garrotxa 342 194 134 101 771
Gironès 141 90 48 111 390
Maresme 25 37 30 7 99
Montsià 36 72 67 105 280
Noguera 326 98 74 672 1,170
Osona 796 218 149 807 1,970
Pallars Jussà 123 90 68 105 386
Pallars Sobirà 200 93 75 3 371
Pla d'Urgell 128 26 15 293 462
Pla de l'Estany 126 66 39 166 397
Priorat 10 10 16 9 45
Ribera d'Ebre 3 59 71 38 171
Ripollès 503 121 97 82 803
Segarra 113 34 24 275 446
Segrià 700 112 63 793 1,668
Selva 154 145 105 119 523
Solsonès 184 96 93 175 548
Tarragonès 4 30 28 8 70
Terra Alta 7 54 53 44 158
Urgell 134 30 23 303 490
Val d'Aran 86 126 50 0 262
Vallès Occidental 41 42 57 29 169
Vallès Oriental 244 169 149 111 673
Catalonia 6,579 3,333 2,804 5,983 18,699
Metropolità 328 336 330 159 1,153
Comarques Gironines 1,662 949 650 1,058 4,319
Camp de Tarragona 52 141 175 156 524
Terres de l'Ebre 103 334 359 236 1,032
Ponent 1,586 336 232 2,534 4,688
Comarques Centrals 1,687 572 531 1,560 4,350
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,119 543 379 146 2,187
Penedès 42 122 148 134 446
Barcelona 1,942 943 889 1,745 5,519
Girona 1,719 955 636 1,214 4,524
Lleida 3,014 961 701 3,030 7,706
Tarragona 150 481 525 444 1,600
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Note: The official brand is considered a livestock operation.
Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
Places
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 3,074 11,290 3,798 71,924 90,086
Alt Empordà 57,151 82,429 12,066 408,181 559,827
Alt Penedès 5,995 49,850 2,334 7,460 65,639
Alt Urgell 29,875 40,838 6,770 37,060 114,543
Alta Ribagorça 12,226 42,142 3,182 600 58,150
Anoia 7,385 24,024 3,436 130,217 165,062
Bages 44,013 53,676 9,521 389,636 496,846
Baix Camp 2,405 21,638 7,733 63,837 95,613
Baix Ebre 8,074 41,472 20,838 84,058 154,442
Baix Empordà 15,316 45,296 5,699 160,601 226,912
Baix Llobregat 2,326 31,221 8,475 2,205 44,227
Baix Penedès 1,703 15,042 1,625 29,652 48,022
Barcelonès 50 444 65 0 559
Berguedà 46,257 55,047 10,406 270,160 381,870
Cerdanya 24,792 13,657 1,919 3,595 43,963
Conca de Barberà 4,614 6,262 4,683 55,670 71,229
Garraf 0 11,382 2,307 0 13,689
Garrigues 35,394 30,876 5,239 374,230 445,739
Garrotxa 33,525 37,176 7,019 94,521 172,241
Gironès 22,195 23,470 2,093 120,126 167,884
Maresme 2,928 9,596 2,344 9,396 24,264
Montsià 2,625 19,562 4,231 172,589 199,007
Noguera 71,853 80,905 10,481 1,050,217 1,213,456
Osona 110,759 96,332 12,964 918,917 1,138,972
Pallars Jussà 19,489 76,897 7,452 144,561 248,399
Pallars Sobirà 20,334 48,751 6,361 1,470 76,916
Pla d'Urgell 31,860 26,937 2,887 411,816 473,500
Pla de l'Estany 21,384 22,885 2,266 168,236 214,771
Priorat 1,613 3,145 2,693 7,818 15,269
Ribera d'Ebre 152 17,497 8,848 50,794 77,291
Ripollès 37,133 25,721 3,929 22,800 89,583
Segarra 20,648 15,437 2,349 330,224 368,658
Segrià 165,766 82,065 5,088 1,266,183 1,519,102
Selva 18,844 42,897 4,467 73,927 140,135
Solsonès 25,763 48,164 6,052 208,759 288,738
Tarragonès 1,422 6,332 1,333 10,870 19,957
Terra Alta 1,070 17,987 3,205 56,675 78,937
Urgell 27,012 24,614 2,840 422,722 477,188
Val d'Aran 1,954 9,623 2,563 0 14,140
Vallès Occidental 7,487 22,312 3,187 36,390 69,376
Vallès Oriental 47,950 58,010 8,645 102,697 217,302
Catalonia 994,416 1,392,901 223,393 7,770,794 10,381,504
Metropolità 60,741 121,583 22,716 150,688 355,728
Comarques Gironines 205,548 279,874 37,539 1,048,392 1,571,353
Camp de Tarragona 13,128 48,667 20,240 210,119 292,154
Terres de l'Ebre 11,921 96,518 37,122 364,116 509,677
Ponent 352,533 260,834 28,884 3,855,392 4,497,643
Comarques Centrals 226,792 253,219 38,943 1,787,472 2,306,426
Alt Pirineu i Aran 108,670 231,908 28,247 187,286 556,111
Penedès 15,083 100,298 9,702 167,329 292,412
Barcelona 285,260 439,082 69,566 1,872,936 2,666,844
Girona 212,178 293,079 37,961 1,053,642 1,596,860
Lleida 497,452 581,305 62,927 4,251,005 5,392,689
Tarragona 26,862 169,283 65,262 626,537 887,944
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Note: Data corresponds to the capacity (places) of operations, not to head of livestock.

Last update: October 9, 2013.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Livestock operation
The entirety of the animals, equipment or buildings and other assets and rights that are commercialised by their owner for livestock production, primarily for market purposes, which is located on an estate or contiguous group of estates operated by a single owner. Livestock operation that is divided by pathways or other roads open to traffic is still considered as such.
Livestock
Includes animals on the operation, plus transhumant livestock and livestock as part of an integration or contract scheme i.e. that implies dependence on supplies and sales.

Methodological aspects

Livestock operations must be registered in the Register of Livestock Operations handled by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment. It is obligatory for all livestock operations located in Catalonia to be included in this administrative record. This register contains data related to the activity or activities carried out as part of the operation, as well as data on capacity categorised by species. Inclusion on the register is a prerequisite for the start of any livestock activity, for issuing documents related to the operation and for obtaining grants. The time reference is 1st March of the reference year.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment has promoted the SIR management program (Catalan Livestock Information System), which is a means of electronic communication between the various livestock sectors, allowing them to manage their operations directly, streamlining the procedures related to animal movement and identification, and the operation's registration. "This digital management means a substantial saving in time and journeys to the different branches of the Ministry, especially in those rural areas where operations are often harder to reach and isolated, while at the same time offering information on currently active operations.

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 "..".