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Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2003
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 6 138 37 54 13 42 4 4 298
Alt Empordà 17 358 85 98 66 59 6 102 791
Alt Penedès 23 301 67 93 31 51 2 85 653
Alt Urgell 7 74 16 25 14 18 2 1 157
Alta Ribagorça 0 2 23 13 4 3 0 0 45
Anoia 30 333 96 84 35 88 1 78 745
Bages 41 492 132 140 45 77 14 97 1,038
Baix Camp 27 451 104 148 50 77 9 11 877
Baix Ebre 15 204 51 69 25 38 4 27 433
Baix Empordà 18 347 79 103 67 72 5 93 784
Baix Llobregat 170 1,386 442 473 140 183 22 321 3,137
Baix Penedès 10 244 33 74 13 78 3 6 461
Barcelonès 961 5,706 1,886 1,760 1,370 370 494 1,575 14,122
Berguedà 5 179 42 50 20 31 3 42 372
Cerdanya 6 44 15 28 19 17 5 8 142
Conca de Barberà 3 103 23 30 8 27 1 1 196
Garraf 30 277 61 89 40 65 2 91 655
Garrigues 7 107 35 24 12 5 1 3 194
Garrotxa 20 231 48 78 18 31 6 62 494
Gironès 86 536 142 204 85 60 22 250 1,385
Maresme 100 802 220 265 99 135 7 252 1,880
Montsià 12 164 38 46 20 25 4 15 324
Noguera 13 150 50 62 19 20 1 3 318
Osona 37 395 127 94 43 69 15 107 887
Pallars Jussà 5 59 13 28 9 10 1 0 125
Pallars Sobirà 1 42 9 27 11 11 0 0 101
Pla d'Urgell 9 128 32 25 7 8 0 0 209
Pla de l'Estany 11 96 23 38 10 19 5 33 235
Priorat 3 91 24 19 4 13 0 2 156
Ribera d'Ebre 4 108 24 13 4 10 1 11 175
Ripollès 10 92 33 42 12 18 3 21 231
Segarra 4 80 22 59 11 24 1 3 204
Segrià 87 664 165 210 98 58 17 15 1,314
Selva 26 325 71 100 46 85 4 100 757
Solsonès 5 59 12 16 10 15 0 4 121
Tarragonès 68 684 141 217 75 86 9 34 1,314
Terra Alta 0 65 17 8 2 8 0 7 107
Urgell 15 149 37 56 16 13 3 1 290
Val d'Aran 4 36 13 7 12 2 0 0 74
Vallès Occidental 172 1,618 528 501 169 188 35 401 3,612
Vallès Oriental 67 796 201 323 90 148 13 190 1,828
Catalonia 2,135 18,116 5,217 5,793 2,842 2,357 725 4,056 41,241
Metropolità 1,523 10,886 3,405 3,504 1,939 1,140 575 2,915 25,887
Comarques Gironines 188 1,985 481 663 304 344 51 661 4,677
Camp de Tarragona 117 1,711 362 542 163 323 26 58 3,302
Terres de l'Ebre 31 541 130 136 51 81 9 60 1,039
Ponent 135 1,278 341 436 163 128 23 25 2,529
Comarques Centrals 118 1,458 409 384 153 280 33 328 3,163
Alt Pirineu i Aran 23 257 89 128 69 61 8 9 644
Source: Ministry of Justice.
Notes:
Rights: Fostering and defending public, social personal rights.
Sectors: Interests of economic, geographical and professional sectors.
Space: Land planning, ecology and housing.

Last update: November 30, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Association
Non-profit organization, voluntarily formed by three or more persons to serve an objective of general or specific interest, through the sharing of personal resources or property temporarily or indefinitely.

Methodological aspects

The Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities is responsible for registering ordinary associations. Political, religious, competitive sports and professional associations which regulate working rights are excluded because they have specific registers.

The Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities is also responsible for registering and supervising foundations.

Associations and foundations are founded by three or more persons with a common objective. The most significant differences between an association and a foundation are these:

  • The creation of a foundation requires assets.
  • An association may pursue a general or specific objective (whatever the members want, as long as it is legal). In contrast, a foundation may only pursue objectives of general interest.
  • The governing bodies of an association are the general assembly and the board of directors, while the foundation has a board of trustees.

On December, 31.

The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

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