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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas 2016
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 10 216 42 79 48 52 3 25 475
Alt Empordà 42 655 127 171 142 108 24 262 1,531
Alt Penedès 30 684 94 125 120 86 13 167 1,319
Alt Urgell 9 140 24 45 32 24 6 0 280
Alta Ribagorça 1 47 7 26 9 8 1 0 99
Anoia 37 612 129 115 111 119 14 140 1,277
Aran 4 65 20 12 29 9 1 0 140
Bages 61 779 163 181 157 77 23 173 1,614
Baix Camp 49 827 144 223 131 120 16 81 1,591
Baix Ebre 26 325 83 153 64 51 20 123 845
Baix Empordà 29 638 127 166 126 103 19 233 1,441
Baix Llobregat 213 2,236 593 623 435 251 58 547 4,956
Baix Penedès 27 410 56 119 63 93 7 28 803
Barcelonès 1,188 9,454 2,396 2,373 3,077 541 650 2,253 21,932
Berguedà 6 299 45 66 50 37 8 67 578
Cerdanya 8 77 25 37 33 24 8 31 243
Conca de Barberà 4 174 28 47 17 37 1 5 313
Garraf 54 623 91 134 139 100 14 142 1,297
Garrigues 10 177 43 31 19 14 4 1 299
Garrotxa 32 337 62 112 44 59 10 128 784
Gironès 145 1,000 233 366 210 118 49 522 2,643
Maresme 156 1,614 321 392 410 192 45 429 3,559
Moianès 7 104 19 17 16 26 0 28 217
Montsià 20 267 52 96 58 35 6 110 644
Noguera 24 267 70 99 41 43 8 3 555
Osona 60 728 169 142 125 92 21 171 1,508
Pallars Jussà 7 116 21 44 27 20 3 0 238
Pallars Sobirà 1 92 12 44 35 24 1 0 209
Pla d'Urgell 20 177 35 60 34 29 9 89 453
Pla de l'Estany 14 229 46 46 21 14 3 2 375
Priorat 3 137 27 27 12 15 0 4 225
Ribera d'Ebre 4 144 25 38 17 11 2 41 282
Ripollès 9 158 40 51 25 33 3 44 363
Segarra 8 193 33 96 24 34 8 0 396
Segrià 131 1,065 239 328 198 89 38 3 2,091
Selva 60 624 116 212 110 146 28 282 1,578
Solsonès 7 108 18 32 23 23 3 0 214
Tarragonès 91 1,134 202 346 184 131 19 112 2,219
Terra Alta 0 103 22 18 9 10 1 22 185
Urgell 17 230 50 86 32 28 3 1 447
Vallès Occidental 274 2,851 712 713 645 289 97 650 6,231
Vallès Oriental 135 1,576 312 437 333 190 40 375 3,398
Catalonia 3,033 31,692 7,073 8,528 7,435 3,505 1,287 7,294 69,847
Metropolità 1,966 17,731 4,334 4,538 4,900 1,463 890 4,254 40,076
Comarques Gironines 337 3,589 740 1,138 691 596 142 1,560 8,793
Camp de Tarragona 157 2,488 443 722 392 355 39 227 4,823
Terres de l'Ebre 50 839 182 305 148 107 29 296 1,956
Ponent 204 2,161 481 686 335 222 64 10 4,163
Comarques Centrals 141 2,018 414 438 371 255 55 439 4,131
Alt Pirineu i Aran 30 537 109 208 165 109 20 31 1,209
Penedès 148 2,329 370 493 433 398 48 477 4,696
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 9, 2017.

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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