Skip to main content

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

Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces 2013
Operations
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 6 32 52 56 146
Alt Empordà 302 218 138 302 960
Alt Penedès 13 40 43 12 108
Alt Urgell 331 117 96 27 571
Alta Ribagorça 73 43 49 1 166
Anoia 24 50 61 92 227
Bages 273 127 138 328 866
Baix Camp 13 46 51 44 154
Baix Ebre 59 150 173 45 427
Baix Empordà 83 121 89 172 465
Baix Llobregat 17 83 90 10 200
Baix Penedès 0 20 23 24 67
Barcelonès 0 4 0 0 4
Berguedà 398 148 163 246 955
Cerdanya 304 77 47 5 433
Conca de Barberà 18 20 22 36 96
Garraf 0 15 24 0 39
Garrigues 178 40 33 195 446
Garrotxa 336 199 129 102 766
Gironès 139 93 50 113 395
Maresme 25 37 34 7 103
Montsià 32 74 74 102 282
Noguera 331 95 77 665 1,168
Osona 779 221 153 806 1,959
Pallars Jussà 125 94 75 105 399
Pallars Sobirà 198 98 77 0 373
Pla d'Urgell 119 25 15 291 450
Pla de l'Estany 127 70 34 163 394
Priorat 10 7 20 9 46
Ribera d'Ebre 4 55 72 36 167
Ripollès 497 119 97 84 797
Segarra 113 36 28 273 450
Segrià 707 112 69 793 1,681
Selva 137 147 105 125 514
Solsonès 180 95 83 171 529
Tarragonès 4 29 26 8 67
Terra Alta 7 56 57 44 164
Urgell 133 31 23 302 489
Val d'Aran 86 130 57 0 273
Vallès Occidental 41 42 60 27 170
Vallès Oriental 185 158 138 102 583
Catalonia 6,407 3,374 2,845 5,923 18,549
Metropolità 268 324 322 146 1,060
Comarques Gironines 1,621 967 642 1,061 4,291
Camp de Tarragona 51 134 171 153 509
Terres de l'Ebre 102 335 376 227 1,040
Ponent 1,581 339 245 2,519 4,684
Comarques Centrals 1,630 591 537 1,551 4,309
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,117 559 401 138 2,215
Penedès 37 125 151 128 441
Barcelona 1,755 925 904 1,630 5,214
Girona 1,621 967 642 1,061 4,291
Lleida 2,878 993 729 2,828 7,428
Tarragona 153 489 570 404 1,616
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 2013
Places
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 3,074 9,887 3,352 65,780 82,093
Alt Empordà 56,078 80,217 9,244 408,577 554,116
Alt Penedès 5,995 48,922 2,199 7,167 64,283
Alt Urgell 30,395 40,763 7,482 33,998 112,638
Alta Ribagorça 12,291 38,988 3,604 0 54,883
Anoia 7,180 21,546 3,964 137,535 170,225
Bages 43,352 55,163 10,590 393,258 502,363
Baix Camp 2,156 21,333 7,239 64,423 95,151
Baix Ebre 6,800 40,309 20,849 68,117 136,075
Baix Empordà 14,648 46,673 6,716 163,459 231,496
Baix Llobregat 2,326 25,837 5,634 1,699 35,496
Baix Penedès 672 15,000 1,592 29,922 47,186
Barcelonès 0 444 0 0 444
Berguedà 44,692 55,377 11,062 273,563 384,694
Cerdanya 24,727 13,931 2,206 3,528 44,392
Conca de Barberà 4,751 4,628 1,739 60,852 71,970
Garraf 265 11,595 2,317 0 14,177
Garrigues 35,226 32,290 6,341 386,899 460,756
Garrotxa 32,214 35,570 6,710 94,405 168,899
Gironès 23,101 23,595 2,109 128,260 177,065
Maresme 2,927 8,167 3,090 9,396 23,580
Montsià 2,276 17,591 4,274 171,630 195,771
Noguera 73,301 76,499 10,683 1,080,849 1,241,332
Osona 107,998 99,200 12,546 941,802 1,161,546
Pallars Jussà 19,854 77,709 8,392 144,074 250,029
Pallars Sobirà 20,261 48,639 6,596 0 75,496
Pla d'Urgell 30,182 24,817 2,537 167,080 224,616
Pla de l'Estany 22,193 22,586 2,163 414,643 461,585
Priorat 1,433 2,835 1,856 8,274 14,398
Ribera d'Ebre 154 15,901 8,932 47,187 72,174
Ripollès 36,895 25,693 4,074 22,191 88,853
Segarra 21,156 15,580 2,393 335,914 375,043
Segrià 169,864 78,889 5,797 1,265,091 1,519,641
Selva 17,551 35,696 4,173 79,310 136,730
Solsonès 25,291 47,960 5,248 208,802 287,301
Tarragonès 1,422 6,150 1,306 10,870 19,748
Terra Alta 1,070 18,173 2,568 57,359 79,170
Urgell 27,034 25,139 2,850 427,297 482,320
Val d'Aran 1,910 9,686 2,601 0 14,197
Vallès Occidental 7,238 19,905 3,335 35,009 65,487
Vallès Oriental 40,669 54,403 7,452 95,283 197,807
Catalonia 980,622 1,353,286 217,815 7,843,503 10,395,226
Metropolità 53,160 108,756 19,511 141,387 322,814
Comarques Gironines 202,680 270,030 35,189 1,310,845 1,818,744
Camp de Tarragona 12,836 44,833 15,492 210,199 283,360
Terres de l'Ebre 10,300 91,974 36,623 344,293 483,190
Ponent 356,763 253,214 30,601 3,663,130 4,303,708
Comarques Centrals 221,333 257,700 39,446 1,817,425 2,335,904
Alt Pirineu i Aran 109,438 229,716 30,881 181,600 551,635
Penedès 14,112 97,063 10,072 174,624 295,871
Barcelona 262,642 400,559 62,189 1,894,712 2,620,102
Girona 202,680 270,030 35,189 1,310,845 1,818,744
Lleida 491,492 530,890 66,730 4,053,532 5,142,644
Tarragona 23,808 151,807 53,707 584,414 813,736
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: December 3, 2014.

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 "..".