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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2008
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 6 162 42 69 23 42 4 14 362
Alt Empordà 22 428 91 107 75 69 6 249 1,047
Alt Penedès 24 389 77 105 73 54 5 168 895
Alt Urgell 9 97 19 37 20 24 4 0 210
Alta Ribagorça 0 28 5 25 7 6 0 0 71
Anoia 28 406 106 97 51 96 3 142 929
Bages 43 562 141 159 78 78 16 201 1,278
Baix Camp 32 548 120 195 73 86 12 45 1,111
Baix Ebre 18 250 62 112 37 41 8 35 563
Baix Empordà 21 407 88 112 70 83 5 221 1,007
Baix Llobregat 177 1,570 487 518 230 194 26 586 3,788
Baix Penedès 14 285 45 98 25 79 4 20 570
Barcelonès 901 6,322 1,884 1,799 1,512 344 376 2,617 15,755
Berguedà 5 209 42 55 30 34 3 70 448
Cerdanya 6 55 21 33 20 20 6 22 183
Conca de Barberà 3 132 25 40 11 30 1 2 244
Garraf 31 363 69 104 56 77 5 153 858
Garrigues 7 142 40 31 14 10 1 0 245
Garrotxa 22 283 52 86 22 35 7 132 639
Gironès 89 635 157 236 97 75 23 482 1,794
Maresme 100 966 251 306 186 152 16 455 2,432
Montsià 16 206 42 69 31 30 6 13 413
Noguera 16 207 63 77 31 30 4 0 428
Osona 45 479 139 114 72 77 18 183 1,127
Pallars Jussà 5 81 15 36 21 17 1 1 177
Pallars Sobirà 1 63 11 37 21 16 0 0 149
Pla d'Urgell 11 166 38 36 12 10 1 0 274
Pla de l'Estany 15 114 26 43 12 17 4 84 315
Priorat 3 108 26 25 7 13 0 5 187
Ribera d'Ebre 4 125 25 28 9 11 1 13 216
Ripollès 11 106 36 46 15 21 3 45 283
Segarra 5 116 27 77 17 31 4 0 277
Segrià 93 798 194 266 131 73 20 3 1,578
Selva 27 399 82 130 52 98 4 258 1,050
Solsonès 6 78 18 26 17 20 0 0 165
Tarragonès 79 788 173 294 89 95 11 81 1,610
Terra Alta 0 87 20 14 5 9 0 3 138
Urgell 15 177 46 67 24 17 5 0 351
Val d'Aran 4 44 14 9 17 4 1 0 93
Vallès Occidental 191 1,908 573 554 278 196 39 693 4,432
Vallès Oriental 88 975 232 369 160 164 14 394 2,396
Catalonia 2,193 21,264 5,624 6,641 3,731 2,578 667 7,390 50,088
Metropolità 1,512 12,493 3,573 3,755 2,495 1,181 481 5,066 30,556
Comarques Gironines 207 2,372 532 760 343 398 52 1,471 6,135
Camp de Tarragona 137 2,023 431 721 228 345 32 167 4,084
Terres de l'Ebre 38 668 149 223 82 91 15 64 1,330
Ponent 147 1,606 408 554 229 171 35 3 3,153
Comarques Centrals 127 1,734 446 451 248 305 40 596 3,947
Alt Pirineu i Aran 25 368 85 177 106 87 12 23 883
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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