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Foreign students. By place of origin. Counties and Aran

Foreign students. By place of origin. Counties, areas and provinces School year 2011/2012
European Union Rest of Europe Maghreb Rest of Africa North America Central and South America Asia and Oceania Total
Alt Camp 238 71 600 20 0 192 15 1,136
Alt Empordà 1,028 209 2,440 271 12 1,307 127 5,394
Alt Penedès 190 90 1,385 37 10 660 89 2,461
Alt Urgell 183 252 50 5 0 196 11 697
Alta Ribagorça 28 13 14 0 0 15 0 70
Anoia 245 80 1,019 84 6 398 86 1,918
Bages 547 176 1,884 252 9 793 239 3,900
Baix Camp 1,191 243 2,826 93 6 1,436 271 6,066
Baix Ebre 724 164 1,003 24 1 391 249 2,556
Baix Empordà 704 199 2,237 204 10 711 106 4,171
Baix Llobregat 1,412 437 4,195 277 41 5,197 881 12,440
Baix Penedès 361 75 1,538 18 9 651 106 2,758
Barcelonès 3,733 2,227 5,658 1,180 270 22,709 11,691 47,468
Berguedà 149 17 318 11 1 188 30 714
Cerdanya 84 40 11 9 0 223 15 382
Conca de Barberà 110 30 185 9 1 51 24 410
Garraf 673 100 743 35 10 870 132 2,563
Garrigues 189 3 132 12 0 25 9 370
Garrotxa 172 59 221 415 3 255 410 1,535
Gironès 807 307 2,168 1,242 12 1,889 415 6,840
Maresme 794 251 3,583 1,078 36 2,053 511 8,306
Montsià 931 145 477 16 2 366 132 2,069
Noguera 422 46 404 84 0 138 32 1,126
Osona 344 87 2,821 386 9 672 362 4,681
Pallars Jussà 106 24 97 19 0 126 6 378
Pallars Sobirà 49 6 11 0 0 66 0 132
Pla d'Urgell 434 39 464 86 1 173 37 1,234
Pla de l'Estany 152 16 285 337 7 127 66 990
Priorat 75 10 70 0 1 32 1 189
Ribera d'Ebre 290 26 234 3 1 62 31 647
Ripollès 55 10 220 6 3 110 16 420
Segarra 368 227 260 217 1 141 28 1,242
Segrià 1,616 245 1,685 925 12 1,194 290 5,967
Selva 1,053 382 1,052 456 12 931 511 4,397
Solsonès 74 20 209 4 0 50 8 365
Tarragonès 1,246 379 2,876 373 14 2,069 388 7,345
Terra Alta 147 1 6 0 1 28 18 201
Urgell 330 69 515 132 1 185 29 1,261
Val d'Aran 82 9 46 2 0 112 2 253
Vallès Occidental 1,384 532 5,629 1,008 63 6,712 988 16,316
Vallès Oriental 641 241 2,529 938 22 2,465 376 7,212
Catalonia 23,361 7,557 52,100 10,268 587 55,969 18,738 168,580
Metropolità 7,964 3,688 21,594 4,481 432 39,136 14,447 91,742
Comarques Gironines 3,971 1,182 8,623 2,931 59 5,330 1,651 23,747
Camp de Tarragona 2,860 733 6,557 495 22 3,780 699 15,146
Terres de l'Ebre 2,092 336 1,720 43 5 847 430 5,473
Ponent 3,359 629 3,460 1,456 15 1,856 425 11,200
Comarques Centrals 1,114 300 5,232 653 19 1,703 639 9,660
Alt Pirineu i Aran 532 344 229 35 0 738 34 1,912
Penedès 1,469 345 4,685 174 35 2,579 413 9,700
Barcelona 10,110 4,238 29,761 5,286 477 42,715 15,384 107,971
Girona 4,047 1,222 8,636 2,940 59 5,548 1,663 24,115
Lleida 3,891 953 3,888 1,486 15 2,428 456 13,117
Tarragona 5,313 1,144 9,815 556 36 5,278 1,235 23,377
Source: Ministry of Education.

Last update: March 19, 2013.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

The data on infant, primary and secondary education is taken from an exploitation of the data provided by the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Education or teaching centres at all education levels. The public sector includes data for the centres that depend on the Ministry of Education and other public administrations, while the private sector deals with privately owned centres.

In 1990 the Law for general ordering of the education system (LOGSE) was passed, which modifies the previous education system (LGE) of 1970. In the 1991/92 academic year the teaching approved by the new law was gradually introduced and the 2000/01 academic year was the first in which none of the teaching relating to the previous education system was still in existence.

However, the two education models coexisted over the long period of experimentation and implantation of the new education law.

The data on centres and teaching staff is given, on the one hand, for infant and primary education as a whole, and on the other, for secondary education, although it is often the case that centres and teachers overlap in terms of the different levels given.

The data on special education presented here corresponds to specific special education centres and specific special education groups located in ordinary centres. Integrated pupils are excluded.

The centres that provide specialist education in music, applied arts and design, dance, languages, dramatic art and the restoration and conservation of cultural assets are also in the process of adaptation to new curricular designs regulated by the implantation of the LOGSE.

The figures referring to adult education refer to students in public centres and classes that depend on the Ministry of Education.

Data are provisional.