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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 2008
Surface area (m² constructed)
Up to 50 51 - 75 76 - 100 101 - 125 126 - 150 Over 150 Total
Alt Camp 0 5 41 20 17 31 114
Alt Empordà 4 248 245 226 76 163 962
Alt Penedès 0 44 103 226 13 67 453
Alt Urgell 0 0 61 1 7 11 80
Alta Ribagorça 0 3 17 2 0 10 32
Anoia 4 29 147 39 19 57 295
Bages 0 184 466 111 21 140 922
Baix Camp 10 117 114 252 53 109 655
Baix Ebre 1 55 191 175 54 140 616
Baix Empordà 4 178 584 485 107 241 1,599
Baix Llobregat 4 229 624 563 56 219 1,695
Baix Penedès 1 54 122 124 59 113 473
Barcelonès 139 687 1,516 1,531 311 346 4,530
Berguedà 0 27 135 83 60 19 324
Cerdanya 0 0 123 64 26 79 292
Conca de Barberà 1 1 16 3 1 13 35
Garraf 3 19 501 51 24 129 727
Garrigues 0 7 40 3 7 20 77
Garrotxa 0 111 173 127 22 74 507
Gironès 0 95 403 202 270 279 1,249
Maresme 174 132 230 237 86 181 1,040
Montsià 0 99 240 57 30 72 498
Noguera 0 1 147 145 9 39 341
Osona 4 115 169 135 97 98 618
Pallars Jussà 0 6 158 50 3 39 256
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 135 22 5 8 170
Pla d'Urgell 0 57 108 11 27 47 250
Pla de l'Estany 0 1 64 23 3 16 107
Priorat 0 23 13 5 1 10 52
Ribera d'Ebre 0 3 34 52 4 33 126
Ripollès 4 106 15 50 7 17 199
Segarra 0 6 52 1 28 18 105
Segrià 6 333 566 484 139 121 1,649
Selva, La 3 118 403 269 90 218 1,101
Solsonès 0 1 38 4 2 13 58
Tarragonès 111 48 428 285 99 81 1,052
Terra Alta 0 5 37 6 4 34 86
Urgell 0 84 61 30 26 25 226
Val d'Aran 0 20 10 7 25 8 70
Vallès Occidental 22 565 1,075 763 139 238 2,802
Vallès Oriental 9 159 351 212 206 189 1,126
Catalonia 504 3,975 9,956 7,136 2,233 3,765 27,569
Metropolità 351 1,835 4,400 3,583 835 1,369 12,373
Comarques Gironines 15 857 1,887 1,382 575 1,008 5,724
Camp de Tarragona 123 248 734 689 230 357 2,381
Terres de l'Ebre 1 162 502 290 92 279 1,326
Ponent 6 488 974 674 236 270 2,648
Comarques Centrals 8 356 955 372 199 327 2,217
Alt Pirineu i Aran 0 29 504 146 66 155 900
Barcelona 359 2,191 5,305 3,951 1,001 1,679 14,486
Girona 15 856 2,010 1,437 632 1,089 6,039
Lleida 6 518 1,405 769 278 361 3,337
Tarragona 124 410 1,236 979 322 636 3,707
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Secretaria 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.