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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2012
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 10 203 43 75 34 51 4 28 448
Alt Empordà 32 582 121 148 97 89 9 298 1,376
Alt Penedès 26 575 90 123 99 64 9 178 1,164
Alt Urgell 11 119 20 42 25 27 6 0 250
Alta Ribagorça 1 39 6 25 7 7 1 1 87
Anoia 36 552 116 108 75 103 8 145 1,143
Bages 56 729 162 189 113 87 24 209 1,569
Baix Camp 40 716 144 224 103 110 18 88 1,443
Baix Ebre 24 330 83 155 61 47 15 50 765
Baix Empordà 27 550 113 138 87 93 7 258 1,273
Baix Llobregat 197 2,008 544 599 349 224 43 601 4,565
Baix Penedès 19 352 54 115 37 86 6 38 707
Barcelonès 1,176 8,603 2,277 2,321 2,329 462 628 2,732 20,528
Berguedà 6 277 45 63 39 36 7 73 546
Cerdanya 8 64 25 35 24 23 7 33 219
Conca de Barberà 4 159 28 44 12 36 1 5 289
Garraf 48 513 80 122 96 87 11 156 1,113
Garrigues 10 163 41 31 17 14 3 0 279
Garrotxa 27 317 58 103 30 43 7 145 730
Gironès 115 850 204 334 143 89 29 561 2,325
Maresme 133 1,368 289 367 271 173 31 470 3,102
Montsià 18 262 53 94 52 34 8 28 549
Noguera 19 248 71 89 42 38 5 0 512
Osona 56 649 164 138 105 93 22 187 1,414
Pallars Jussà 6 99 17 40 24 20 3 0 209
Pallars Sobirà 2 81 12 41 31 19 0 1 187
Pla d'Urgell 13 202 45 40 17 12 3 0 332
Pla de l'Estany 18 160 33 54 17 22 6 90 400
Priorat 3 130 26 29 11 14 0 4 217
Ribera d'Ebre 4 148 27 38 16 11 1 16 261
Ripollès 11 129 41 49 22 28 4 46 330
Segarra 7 166 32 82 20 33 6 0 346
Segrià 117 973 241 311 176 88 37 6 1,949
Selva 51 532 112 180 74 120 15 309 1,393
Solsonès 6 95 20 31 20 22 3 0 197
Tarragonès 94 986 199 347 133 116 18 147 2,040
Terra Alta 0 106 23 18 9 9 1 6 172
Urgell 18 224 45 81 28 24 4 1 425
Val d'Aran 5 58 18 11 23 7 1 1 124
Vallès Occidental 251 2,528 663 678 421 246 70 706 5,563
Vallès Oriental 111 1,390 282 428 235 180 36 404 3,066
Catalonia 2,816 28,235 6,667 8,140 5,524 3,087 1,117 8,021 63,607
Metropolità 1,868 15,897 4,055 4,393 3,605 1,285 808 4,913 36,824
Comarques Gironines 281 3,120 682 1,006 470 484 77 1,707 7,827
Camp de Tarragona 151 2,194 440 719 293 327 41 272 4,437
Terres de l'Ebre 46 846 186 305 138 101 25 100 1,747
Ponent 184 1,976 475 634 300 209 58 7 3,843
Comarques Centrals 124 1,750 391 421 277 238 56 469 3,726
Alt Pirineu i Aran 33 460 98 194 134 103 18 36 1,076
Penedès 129 1,992 340 468 307 340 34 517 4,127
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 27, 2013.

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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