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Housing starts. By projected surface area. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Housing starts. By projected surface area. Counties, areas and provinces 2006
Surface area (m² constructed)
Up to 50 51 - 75 76 - 100 101 - 125 126 - 150 Over 150 Total
Alt Camp 7 47 325 278 106 116 879
Alt Empordà 17 619 1,755 945 432 583 4,351
Alt Penedès 99 201 725 484 459 501 2,469
Alt Urgell 0 34 376 62 61 55 588
Alta Ribagorça 0 52 121 4 20 18 215
Anoia 66 374 966 682 533 309 2,930
Bages 57 1,662 2,174 1,251 581 645 6,370
Baix Camp 82 835 2,242 1,000 558 547 5,264
Baix Ebre 27 915 1,476 1,186 561 398 4,563
Baix Empordà 126 617 1,790 1,333 383 756 5,005
Baix Llobregat 11 746 2,002 2,391 774 1,186 7,110
Baix Penedès 76 1,041 877 701 447 503 3,645
Barcelonès 128 1,442 3,344 2,672 602 937 9,125
Berguedà 6 129 323 297 171 102 1,028
Cerdanya 0 112 161 224 100 207 804
Conca de Barberà 6 70 124 172 38 86 496
Garraf 32 625 824 526 413 607 3,027
Garrigues 0 102 386 207 50 70 815
Garrotxa 12 321 750 236 91 134 1,544
Gironès 4 362 1,608 1,205 483 707 4,369
Maresme 99 1,174 2,729 1,430 960 961 7,353
Montsià 33 796 1,983 478 91 173 3,554
Noguera 16 134 793 274 121 156 1,494
Osona 55 714 1,428 798 400 431 3,826
Pallars Jussà 19 36 333 303 193 21 905
Pallars Sobirà 0 156 267 28 32 8 491
Pla d'Urgell 1 163 683 310 130 105 1,392
Pla de l'Estany 0 39 347 57 38 103 584
Priorat 0 16 37 7 10 30 100
Ribera d'Ebre 0 55 225 146 53 27 506
Ripollès 0 231 308 74 49 49 711
Segarra 0 72 207 66 61 75 481
Segrià 54 1,090 1,819 1,326 485 490 5,264
Selva, La 15 939 1,740 1,166 412 743 5,015
Solsonès 0 12 139 19 10 52 232
Tarragonès 66 493 2,375 1,687 596 489 5,706
Terra Alta 1 3 35 40 11 30 120
Urgell 12 305 543 367 108 143 1,478
Val d'Aran 0 10 26 230 44 59 369
Vallès Occidental 279 3,999 5,975 3,457 1,098 1,913 16,721
Vallès Oriental 28 612 1,651 1,639 864 1,424 6,218
Catalonia 1,434 21,355 45,992 29,758 12,629 15,949 127,117
Metropolità 676 8,799 17,250 12,599 5,170 7,529 52,023
Comarques Gironines 174 3,128 8,298 5,016 1,888 3,075 21,579
Camp de Tarragona 237 2,502 5,980 3,845 1,755 1,771 16,090
Terres de l'Ebre 61 1,769 3,719 1,850 716 628 8,743
Ponent 83 1,866 4,431 2,550 955 1,039 10,924
Comarques Centrals 184 2,891 5,030 3,047 1,695 1,539 14,386
Alt Pirineu i Aran 19 400 1,284 851 450 368 3,372
Barcelona 860 11,678 22,137 15,525 6,852 8,970 66,022
Girona 174 3,240 8,435 5,297 1,985 3,267 22,398
Lleida 102 2,166 5,721 3,241 1,321 1,313 13,864
Tarragona 298 4,271 9,699 5,695 2,471 2,399 24,833
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Direcció General d'Habitatge.
Notes:
Based on construction certificates issued by Catalonia's colleges of surveyors.
Superfície projectada: Superfície total construïda de l'immoble/nombre d'habitatges.

Last update: November 5, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Housing starts
Residential construction project supervised by the college of surveyors.
Constructed surface
Surface contained within the exterior perimeter of the walls of a home. In buildings with more than one home the proportional part of the common spaces or services is imputed to each of the homes.
Projected surface
Surface obtained from the ratio between the total constructed surface area of a property and the number of rooms in the property.

Methodological aspects

The data on housing started, is obtained from new works certificates issued by colleges of surveyors of Catalonia, and the intentions of promoters and constructors are outlined. Data is included on the construction of housing that enjoys official protection listed by protection scheme. The completed housing is taken from end of construction certificates issued by colleges of surveyors.