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

Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces 2014
Operations
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 6 33 55 56 150
Alt Empordà 306 219 129 300 954
Alt Penedès 17 41 43 10 111
Alt Urgell 337 122 100 27 586
Alta Ribagorça 75 46 49 0 170
Anoia 25 45 55 90 215
Bages 276 131 141 335 883
Baix Camp 12 42 49 45 148
Baix Ebre 65 142 168 43 418
Baix Empordà 80 128 94 172 474
Baix Llobregat 16 83 93 10 202
Baix Penedès 0 21 25 23 69
Barcelonès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 4 0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 4
Berguedà 399 149 167 244 959
Cerdanya 308 78 49 5 440
Conca de Barberà 18 21 22 35 96
Garraf 0 16 24 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 40
Garrigues 175 44 32 194 445
Garrotxa 330 201 126 100 757
Gironès 140 98 52 116 406
Maresme 129 148 105 129 511
Montsià 23 38 35 7 103
Noguera 36 74 75 102 287
Osona 340 94 77 674 1,185
Pallars Jussà 770 233 159 803 1,965
Pallars Sobirà 126 93 76 102 397
Pla d'Urgell 185 89 72 0 346
Pla de l'Estany 125 79 36 160 400
Priorat 119 24 14 287 444
Ribera d'Ebre 9 8 23 13 53
Ripollès 4 57 74 37 172
Segarra 493 120 93 74 780
Segrià 114 38 29 277 458
Selva 710 116 71 783 1,680
Solsonès 180 93 84 169 526
Tarragonès 0 32 27 8 67
Terra Alta 7 54 57 46 164
Urgell 133 31 25 302 491
Val d'Aran 84 127 52 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 263
Vallès Occidental 42 51 56 29 178
Vallès Oriental 189 163 139 105 596
Catalonia 6,411 3,426 2,855 5,916 18,608
Metropolità 270 339 326 151 1,086
Comarques Gironines 1,603 993 635 1,051 4,282
Camp de Tarragona 49 136 176 157 518
Terres de l'Ebre 112 327 374 228 1,041
Ponent 1,591 347 248 2,517 4,703
Comarques Centrals 1,625 606 551 1,551 4,333
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,115 555 398 138 2,206
Penedès 46 123 147 123 439
Barcelona 1,758 954 915 1,633 5,260
Girona 1,750 1,033 652 1,051 4,486
Lleida 2,739 955 713 2,824 7,231
Tarragona 164 484 575 408 1,631
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Note: The official brand is considered a livestock operation.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Livestock operations. By species. Counties, areas and provinces 2014
Places
Bovine Ovine Caprine Swine Total
Alt Camp 3,071 10,077 3,548 66,437 83,133
Alt Empordà 55,185 77,431 9,111 417,332 559,059
Alt Penedès 6,496 47,754 2,052 6,925 63,227
Alt Urgell 31,607 42,079 7,585 33,983 115,254
Alta Ribagorça 12,401 38,557 3,680 0 54,638
Anoia 7,178 21,003 4,432 138,158 170,771
Bages 44,064 54,765 10,371 405,630 514,830
Baix Camp 1,964 23,486 7,424 65,846 98,720
Baix Ebre 8,295 35,993 19,917 65,967 130,172
Baix Empordà 14,137 49,194 7,027 161,183 231,541
Baix Llobregat 1,125 23,820 5,877 1,694 32,516
Baix Penedès 0 15,446 1,930 29,509 46,885
Barcelonès .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 444 0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 444
Berguedà 43,948 55,356 9,245 279,041 387,590
Cerdanya 24,910 14,100 2,263 3,526 44,799
Conca de Barberà 4,751 5,011 2,678 60,521 72,961
Garraf 0 6,595 2,306 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 8,901
Garrigues 35,830 32,368 6,178 395,628 470,004
Garrotxa 32,771 33,719 6,433 95,608 168,531
Gironès 22,424 23,284 2,124 126,283 174,115
Maresme 17,574 34,804 4,104 80,572 137,054
Montsià 2,615 7,414 3,031 9,172 22,232
Noguera 2,676 17,446 3,477 167,352 190,951
Osona 76,242 76,112 10,485 1,126,446 1,289,285
Pallars Jussà 104,489 98,720 12,537 978,049 1,193,795
Pallars Sobirà 19,977 77,346 8,424 143,313 249,060
Pla d'Urgell 20,308 49,242 6,541 0 76,091
Pla de l'Estany 21,809 22,096 2,179 176,312 222,396
Priorat 30,569 23,187 2,528 418,857 475,141
Ribera d'Ebre 1,431 2,885 1,891 10,009 16,216
Ripollès 154 16,293 9,544 49,043 75,034
Segarra 37,260 25,817 3,574 21,744 88,395
Segrià 22,094 17,244 2,578 347,769 389,685
Selva 173,050 80,176 5,914 1,285,365 1,544,505
Solsonès 23,576 48,339 5,094 222,231 299,240
Tarragonès 0 6,201 1,310 10,870 18,381
Terra Alta 1,070 16,889 2,651 61,848 82,458
Urgell 27,325 24,307 2,879 438,631 493,142
Val d'Aran 1,917 10,474 2,530 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 14,921
Vallès Occidental 7,211 19,518 2,571 34,572 63,872
Vallès Oriental 38,157 53,724 8,039 93,706 193,626
Catalonia 981,955 1,338,716 216,127 8,031,222 10,568,020
Metropolità 49,108 104,920 19,583 139,144 312,755
Comarques Gironines 201,160 266,345 34,552 1,079,034 1,581,091
Camp de Tarragona 12,639 47,660 16,851 213,683 290,833
Terres de l'Ebre 12,195 86,621 35,589 344,210 478,615
Ponent 365,110 253,394 30,562 4,012,696 4,661,762
Comarques Centrals 216,077 257,180 37,247 1,884,951 2,395,455
Alt Pirineu i Aran 111,120 231,798 31,023 182,912 556,853
Penedès 14,546 90,798 10,720 174,592 290,656
Barcelona 255,483 389,113 60,526 1,946,947 2,652,069
Girona 214,297 274,021 35,575 1,079,034 1,602,927
Lleida 486,669 525,855 65,656 4,417,839 5,496,019
Tarragona 25,506 149,727 54,370 587,402 817,005
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
Note: Data corresponds to the capacity (places) of operations, not to head of livestock.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: July 28, 2015.

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 "..".