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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2006
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 5 147 40 61 21 41 4 11 330
Alt Empordà 15 373 88 101 67 61 6 217 928
Alt Penedès 24 325 71 96 58 49 3 166 792
Alt Urgell 8 86 16 32 16 20 3 0 181
Alta Ribagorça 0 25 5 19 5 6 0 0 60
Anoia 28 349 97 86 45 91 1 141 838
Bages 41 515 136 149 58 74 13 202 1,188
Baix Camp 30 508 110 173 68 82 10 25 1,006
Baix Ebre 16 230 56 92 34 39 6 19 492
Baix Empordà 19 368 81 105 68 76 4 199 920
Baix Llobregat 170 1,401 456 483 185 182 21 586 3,484
Baix Penedès 12 264 39 83 23 78 4 14 517
Barcelonès 865 5,572 1,797 1,667 1,270 330 354 2,637 14,492
Berguedà 5 189 42 53 26 33 3 71 422
Cerdanya 6 44 17 29 18 19 5 21 159
Conca de Barberà 3 120 23 35 10 29 1 1 222
Garraf 28 300 66 94 48 67 3 152 758
Garrigues 7 129 38 28 13 7 0 0 222
Garrotxa 21 250 49 82 19 32 6 115 574
Gironès 84 565 142 206 87 63 22 435 1,604
Maresme 100 841 233 278 130 137 8 459 2,186
Montsià 12 190 40 64 29 29 5 6 375
Noguera 14 179 55 69 23 25 3 0 368
Osona 43 409 130 103 58 72 16 182 1,013
Pallars Jussà 5 68 15 35 14 11 1 1 150
Pallars Sobirà 1 53 9 33 16 13 0 0 125
Pla d'Urgell 12 146 34 29 8 9 0 0 238
Pla de l'Estany 9 101 23 40 10 17 4 67 271
Priorat 3 99 25 22 7 13 0 2 171
Ribera d'Ebre 4 115 24 22 8 10 1 6 190
Ripollès 11 95 33 46 12 17 3 40 257
Segarra 4 94 25 67 13 30 3 0 236
Segrià 86 745 183 246 114 68 19 3 1,464
Selva 26 352 74 111 46 88 3 216 916
Solsonès 5 72 16 21 14 17 0 0 145
Tarragonès 74 735 153 260 76 90 8 59 1,455
Terra Alta 0 78 19 12 5 8 0 0 122
Urgell 15 164 43 65 19 16 5 0 327
Val d'Aran 4 40 14 8 14 4 1 0 85
Vallès Occidental 179 1,664 545 507 217 184 29 689 4,014
Vallès Oriental 76 855 215 337 120 154 11 393 2,161
Catalonia 2,070 18,855 5,277 6,049 3,092 2,391 589 7,135 45,458
Metropolità 1,442 10,958 3,383 3,462 2,028 1,103 429 5,082 27,887
Comarques Gironines 185 2,104 490 691 309 354 48 1,289 5,470
Camp de Tarragona 127 1,873 390 634 205 333 27 112 3,701
Terres de l'Ebre 32 613 139 190 76 86 12 31 1,179
Ponent 138 1,457 378 504 190 155 30 3 2,855
Comarques Centrals 122 1,534 421 412 201 287 33 596 3,606
Alt Pirineu i Aran 24 316 76 156 83 73 10 22 760
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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