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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2009
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 7 173 42 72 25 43 4 25 391
Alt Empordà 23 466 99 120 79 76 7 280 1,150
Alt Penedès 24 434 81 111 80 57 8 173 968
Alt Urgell 9 97 20 37 22 26 4 0 215
Alta Ribagorça 0 30 5 25 7 6 0 0 73
Anoia 32 454 107 101 53 98 7 145 997
Bages 47 608 149 169 91 83 20 203 1,370
Baix Camp 34 559 127 207 76 86 15 63 1,167
Baix Ebre 18 279 64 127 39 44 14 29 614
Baix Empordà 22 436 94 116 74 88 6 256 1,092
Baix Llobregat 184 1,705 505 552 279 206 37 592 4,060
Baix Penedès 15 293 46 107 26 79 5 28 599
Barcelonès 1,078 7,295 2,098 2,108 2,010 415 563 2,658 18,225
Berguedà 5 227 43 57 32 35 5 72 476
Cerdanya 8 58 23 34 21 21 6 26 197
Conca de Barberà 3 132 25 42 10 30 1 6 249
Garraf 35 399 75 108 68 83 6 154 928
Garrigues 9 150 40 30 16 13 2 0 260
Garrotxa 23 291 53 93 23 35 7 144 669
Gironès 98 693 173 259 106 77 24 542 1,972
Maresme 110 1,087 260 335 206 162 21 463 2,644
Montsià 17 220 44 78 39 30 7 10 445
Noguera 16 222 65 83 34 33 5 0 458
Osona 48 535 148 126 89 80 18 185 1,229
Pallars Jussà 5 85 17 37 22 19 1 1 187
Pallars Sobirà 1 70 11 39 27 16 0 0 164
Pla d'Urgell 12 171 39 38 15 11 1 0 287
Pla de l'Estany 16 123 27 45 13 19 5 88 336
Priorat 3 110 26 26 8 13 0 6 192
Ribera d'Ebre 4 134 25 30 9 11 1 8 222
Ripollès 11 112 37 47 15 22 3 51 298
Segarra 6 126 30 77 19 33 5 0 296
Segrià 101 858 208 279 148 77 27 5 1,703
Selva 34 439 86 142 56 103 6 296 1,162
Solsonès 6 82 19 30 17 20 2 0 176
Tarragonès 81 822 176 313 97 96 16 121 1,722
Terra Alta 0 95 20 15 6 9 0 2 147
Urgell 15 191 45 76 25 18 5 1 376
Val d'Aran 4 49 15 9 19 4 1 0 101
Vallès Occidental 217 2,120 612 598 322 213 53 703 4,838
Vallès Oriental 93 1,097 250 380 182 171 22 402 2,597
Catalonia 2,474 23,527 6,029 7,278 4,505 2,761 940 7,738 55,252
Metropolità 1,741 14,137 3,881 4,192 3,147 1,307 710 5,145 34,260
Comarques Gironines 227 2,560 569 822 366 420 58 1,657 6,679
Camp de Tarragona 143 2,089 442 767 242 347 41 249 4,320
Terres de l'Ebre 39 728 153 250 93 94 22 49 1,428
Ponent 159 1,718 427 583 257 185 45 6 3,380
Comarques Centrals 138 1,906 466 483 282 316 52 605 4,248
Alt Pirineu i Aran 27 389 91 181 118 92 12 27 937
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: March 16, 2010.

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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