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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2011
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 7 187 42 73 29 49 4 45 436
Alt Empordà 29 552 110 138 90 85 9 285 1,298
Alt Penedès 25 538 87 120 92 63 8 178 1,111
Alt Urgell 11 113 20 39 25 26 6 0 240
Alta Ribagorça 1 37 5 25 7 6 1 0 82
Anoia 35 520 113 106 67 103 9 146 1,099
Bages 51 693 158 186 106 85 22 209 1,510
Baix Camp 34 639 132 222 83 98 16 149 1,373
Baix Ebre 24 323 80 150 59 47 15 32 730
Baix Empordà 24 522 105 133 81 92 7 244 1,208
Baix Llobregat 192 1,920 531 588 323 222 41 598 4,415
Baix Penedès 17 317 48 112 29 80 6 56 665
Barcelonès 1,141 8,232 2,210 2,279 2,186 445 607 2,726 19,826
Berguedà 6 265 43 62 36 36 7 73 528
Cerdanya 8 62 24 34 23 22 7 27 207
Conca de Barberà 4 144 26 43 12 36 1 12 278
Garraf 41 482 80 119 81 86 10 156 1,055
Garrigues 10 159 40 31 17 14 3 0 274
Garrotxa 26 311 55 100 28 41 7 141 709
Gironès 110 817 186 312 131 87 27 528 2,198
Maresme 120 1,288 273 362 247 168 27 471 2,956
Montsià 18 261 50 94 51 34 8 12 528
Noguera 17 240 71 87 39 36 5 0 495
Osona 54 617 157 136 99 90 22 187 1,362
Pallars Jussà 6 96 17 39 24 19 1 0 202
Pallars Sobirà 2 77 12 40 31 18 0 0 180
Pla d'Urgell 13 197 42 40 17 12 2 0 323
Pla de l'Estany 16 147 31 51 16 22 6 88 377
Priorat 3 120 26 29 10 13 0 10 211
Ribera d'Ebre 4 147 25 35 16 11 1 8 247
Ripollès 11 121 39 49 20 26 4 48 318
Segarra 7 157 31 79 19 33 5 0 331
Segrià 112 934 234 304 168 83 32 5 1,872
Selva 48 509 99 169 68 114 14 288 1,309
Solsonès 6 92 20 31 20 21 3 0 193
Tarragonès 84 892 191 330 112 105 16 202 1,932
Terra Alta 0 105 22 16 8 9 1 3 164
Urgell 16 214 45 80 28 22 4 1 410
Val d'Aran 0 5 57 16 9 21 4 1 113
Vallès Occidental 234 2,396 647 658 381 235 67 708 5,326
Vallès Oriental 105 1,298 270 416 219 176 35 402 2,921
Catalonia 2,672 26,746 6,454 7,933 5,107 2,991 1,070 8,039 61,012
Metropolità 1,792 15,134 3,931 4,303 3,356 1,246 777 4,905 35,444
Comarques Gironines 264 2,979 625 952 434 467 74 1,622 7,417
Camp de Tarragona 132 1,982 417 697 246 301 37 418 4,230
Terres de l'Ebre 46 836 177 295 134 101 25 55 1,669
Ponent 175 1,901 463 621 288 200 51 6 3,705
Comarques Centrals 117 1,667 378 415 261 232 54 469 3,593
Alt Pirineu i Aran 28 390 135 193 119 112 19 28 1,024
Penedès 118 1,857 328 457 269 332 33 536 3,930
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: April 24, 2012.

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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