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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 2009
Surface area (m² constructed)
Up to 50 51 - 75 76 - 100 101 - 125 126 - 150 Over 150 Total
Alt Camp 1 10 8 3 26 21 69
Alt Empordà 3 71 33 60 52 282 501
Alt Penedès 0 72 10 43 15 58 198
Alt Urgell 0 2 1 0 5 14 22
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Anoia 0 7 18 42 47 35 149
Bages 1 17 58 45 1 76 198
Baix Camp 5 98 10 89 11 79 292
Baix Ebre 0 105 82 37 14 40 278
Baix Empordà 13 14 166 120 62 128 503
Baix Llobregat 40 87 376 245 168 300 1,216
Baix Penedès 12 5 120 13 34 32 216
Barcelonès 128 89 419 344 415 750 2,145
Berguedà 0 0 18 4 16 10 48
Cerdanya 6 16 33 15 27 40 137
Conca de Barberà 0 0 0 2 2 8 12
Garraf 0 2 13 29 8 21 73
Garrigues 0 2 2 5 6 14 29
Garrotxa 0 59 28 75 11 28 201
Gironès 0 132 124 518 27 136 937
Maresme 0 65 124 86 297 108 680
Montsià 0 165 113 12 8 34 332
Noguera 1 0 20 16 4 15 56
Osona 0 14 72 44 99 60 289
Pallars Jussà 0 0 0 35 0 2 37
Pallars Sobirà 0 7 23 27 4 1 62
Pla d'Urgell 0 12 44 8 26 29 119
Pla de l'Estany 4 31 0 35 5 16 91
Priorat 0 0 0 0 1 6 7
Ribera d'Ebre 0 12 19 5 36 12 84
Ripollès 0 19 18 4 6 20 67
Segarra 0 0 11 0 6 9 26
Segrià 1 39 107 120 137 45 449
Selva, La 1 133 130 119 21 89 493
Solsonès 4 1 3 1 2 7 18
Tarragonès 13 117 166 226 104 39 665
Terra Alta 0 0 0 3 1 11 15
Urgell 0 0 19 20 39 12 90
Val d'Aran 0 0 0 0 22 6 28
Vallès Occidental 2 222 261 333 74 204 1,096
Vallès Oriental 1 125 39 30 88 144 427
Catalonia 236 1,750 2,688 2,813 1,927 2,944 12,358
Metropolità 171 662 1,242 1,110 1,065 1,585 5,835
Comarques Gironines 21 459 499 931 184 699 2,793
Camp de Tarragona 31 230 304 333 178 185 1,261
Terres de l'Ebre 0 282 214 57 59 97 709
Ponent 2 53 203 169 218 124 769
Comarques Centrals 5 39 169 136 165 188 702
Alt Pirineu i Aran 6 25 57 77 58 66 289
Barcelona 172 700 1,405 1,245 1,228 1,762 6,512
Girona 21 475 534 946 210 738 2,924
Lleida 12 63 231 232 252 162 952
Tarragona 31 512 518 390 237 282 1,970
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: March 2, 2010.

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.