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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 2011
Surface area (m² constructed)
Up to 50 51 - 75 76 - 100 101 - 125 126 - 150 Over 150 No data Total
Alt Camp 1 1 1 3 2 19 0 27
Alt Empordà 3 4 8 95 31 62 0 203
Alt Penedès 1 1 4 1 9 22 0 38
Alt Urgell 14 0 2 13 2 2 0 33
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
Anoia 1 9 12 5 6 56 0 89
Bages 1 23 63 32 6 31 0 156
Baix Camp 1 9 52 5 6 123 0 196
Baix Ebre 0 0 6 15 11 15 1 48
Baix Empordà 2 0 2 17 11 91 0 123
Baix Llobregat 1 45 120 116 480 608 0 1,370
Baix Penedès 0 78 14 2 11 14 0 119
Barcelonès 0 6 95 200 440 869 0 1,610
Berguedà 0 0 12 5 0 11 0 28
Cerdanya 0 0 0 9 4 14 0 27
Conca de Barberà 50 0 0 14 1 5 0 70
Garraf 0 1 11 33 22 76 0 143
Garrigues 0 1 40 2 4 5 0 52
Garrotxa 1 1 4 1 3 20 0 30
Gironès 0 1 28 36 21 69 0 155
Maresme 46 2 87 63 84 249 0 531
Montsià 54 0 46 11 7 14 0 132
Noguera 0 3 41 4 1 22 0 71
Osona 1 0 43 4 75 75 0 198
Pallars Jussà 0 0 7 0 2 4 0 13
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 6
Pla d'Urgell 0 0 0 0 2 17 0 19
Pla de l'Estany 0 0 1 0 0 72 0 73
Priorat 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
Ribera d'Ebre 1 0 0 1 2 8 0 12
Ripollès 0 13 1 0 4 12 0 30
Segarra 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 8
Segrià 0 47 100 59 4 96 0 306
Selva, La 1 59 24 23 27 78 0 212
Solsonès 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 6
Tarragonès 0 22 7 87 10 37 0 163
Terra Alta 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 13
Urgell 1 0 17 0 0 19 0 37
Val d'Aran 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 6
Vallès Occidental 211 68 125 312 157 402 0 1,275
Vallès Oriental 0 6 18 12 45 181 0 262
Catalonia 391 400 995 1,193 1,493 3,425 1 7,898
Metropolità 258 127 445 703 1,206 2,309 0 5,048
Comarques Gironines 7 78 68 172 97 404 0 826
Camp de Tarragona 52 32 60 109 19 186 0 458
Terres de l'Ebre 55 0 52 28 20 49 1 205
Ponent 1 51 200 66 13 162 0 493
Comarques Centrals 2 23 118 44 82 119 0 388
Alt Pirineu i Aran 14 0 11 30 8 28 0 91
Penedès 2 89 41 41 48 168 0 389
Barcelona 262 161 590 783 1,326 2,580 0 5,702
Girona 7 78 68 181 98 409 0 841
Lleida 15 51 211 90 19 187 0 573
Tarragona 107 110 126 139 50 249 1 782
Source: Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat. Secretaria d'Habitatge i Millora Urbana.
Notes:
Based on construction certificates issued by Catalonia's colleges of surveyors.
Superfície projectada: Superfície total construïda de l'immoble/nombre d'habitatges.
Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: April 2, 2012.

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.