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Buildings started. Surface area. By destination. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Buildings started. Surface area. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2008
Non residential
Residential Establishments Industry Trade & warehouses Offices Hostelry Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 14.6 4.9 30.4 0.1 2.3 0.0 3.7 41.4
Alt Empordà 111.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 3.3 4.3
Alt Penedès 52.9 29.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.4
Alt Urgell 8.8 4.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 5.3
Alta Ribagorça 4.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.7
Anoia 33.2 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.2
Bages 94.9 42.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.5
Baix Camp 77.7 42.0 4.6 7.9 21.3 13.3 22.3 111.4
Baix Ebre 73.0 44.5 10.0 0.3 7.3 0.0 3.0 65.1
Baix Empordà 191.7 0.0 10.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 1.1 11.8
Baix Llobregat 185.9 115.9 4.7 0.0 5.2 0.0 0.0 125.8
Baix Penedès 56.4 23.7 0.0 2.0 0.6 0.0 34.4 60.7
Barcelonès 466.1 221.3 0.0 0.0 49.5 42.1 28.7 341.6
Berguedà 35.1 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8
Cerdanya 39.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Conca de Barberà 4.9 2.4 0.0 0.2 4.6 0.0 0.7 7.9
Garraf 76.9 42.8 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.6
Garrigues 13.5 6.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 7.6
Garrotxa 55.1 0.1 5.5 1.2 0.0 0.5 0.1 7.4
Gironès 158.7 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.4
Maresme 110.1 64.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.5
Montsià 53.2 19.6 7.3 1.6 0.0 0.0 3.4 31.9
Noguera 39.4 19.0 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 20.8
Osona 70.8 34.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 34.1
Pallars Jussà 27.0 8.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8
Pallars Sobirà 17.2 6.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0
Pla d'Urgell 28.8 15.8 8.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 25.7
Pla de l'Estany 13.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 1.0
Priorat 5.9 2.1 0.4 0.9 3.5 0.0 0.5 7.4
Ribera d'Ebre 15.9 7.6 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 9.0
Ripollès 18.9 0.6 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5
Segarra 12.9 6.4 0.1 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 7.5
Segrià 168.2 78.8 24.0 4.5 0.0 0.0 19.3 126.6
Selva, La 141.3 1.3 7.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.2
Solsonès 6.8 2.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.3
Tarragonès 107.9 53.9 0.6 14.3 2.7 0.4 28.2 100.1
Terra Alta 11.6 4.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 7.9
Urgell 22.8 14.0 2.0 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 20.4
Val d'Aran 8.4 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 3.6
Vallès Occidental 280.8 164.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 0.0 2.0 180.2
Vallès Oriental 132.7 73.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 72.6
Catalonia 3,047.3 1,189.4 119.1 42.8 119.2 56.3 155.8 1,682.6
Metropolità 1,305.4 710.6 4.9 2.8 68.5 42.1 30.8 859.7
Comarques Gironines 689.9 3.2 25.4 3.0 0.0 0.5 5.6 37.7
Camp de Tarragona 267.4 129.0 36.0 25.4 35.0 13.7 89.7 328.8
Terres de l'Ebre 153.7 75.2 17.4 2.4 11.7 0.0 7.2 113.9
Ponent 285.6 140.7 35.1 8.3 4.0 0.0 20.5 208.6
Comarques Centrals 240.8 106.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 107.0
Alt Pirineu i Aran 104.5 24.5 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.6 26.9
Barcelona 1,092.6 578.3 0.2 2.8 19.1 33.0 8.0 641.4
Girona 1,172.8 238.7 25.4 3.0 49.5 9.5 28.5 354.6
Lleida 360.5 168.0 35.3 9.2 4.0 0.0 22.3 238.8
Tarragona 421.2 204.3 58.0 27.7 46.8 13.7 97.0 447.4
Units: Thousands of square metres.
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Secretaria d'Habitatge.
Note: (1) Includes livestock.

Last update: November 5, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.
Establishment
Structurally separate and independent area where economic activities dependent on a company are or could be carried out.

Methodological aspects

The information on buildings started comes from the building work approvals by the Official Associations of Surveyors, Architectural Technicians and Building Engineers of Catalonia.

Since these are administrative data from a set of professional associations, the total construction activity for non-residential buildings in Catalonia is not included.

From 2014 there is a break in the series due to the application of methodological changes.

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 "..".