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Archives. Main indicators. By ownership

Archives. Main indicators. By ownership Catalonia. 2008
Surface (m²) Shelves (m) Consulting rooms Places Documents (m) Consultations
Generalitat 113,624 694,258 111 854 323,758 349,178
Local administration 59,222 220,332 169 1,282 178,402 346,813
State 764 11,328 5 30 10,582 563
Church 10,664 26,285 48 364 20,559 25,479
Others 24,315 66,044 63 577 47,837 47,097
Total 208,589 1,018,247 396 3,107 581,138 769,130
Source: Departament de Cultura i Mitjans de Comunicació.
Note: Does not include data from the Archive of the Crown of Aragon.

Last update: May 31, 2010.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Archive
Centre that houses historical content, with somebody effectively in charge of the same and that orders and regulates access and consultation of the content placed at the service of researchers, whatever its administrative dependence.

Methodological aspects

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".