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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas 2017
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 7 217 42 80 48 52 3 27 476
Alt Empordà 43 659 127 178 149 109 23 253 1,541
Alt Penedès 30 705 97 123 121 87 15 166 1,344
Alt Urgell 10 145 24 45 31 23 6 0 284
Alta Ribagorça 1 49 6 27 9 7 1 0 100
Anoia 36 628 128 114 115 119 13 138 1,291
Aran 4 60 20 12 30 9 1 1 137
Bages 60 799 160 180 160 80 21 172 1,632
Baix Camp 47 837 142 223 127 121 17 80 1,594
Baix Ebre 26 333 83 153 65 52 19 122 853
Baix Empordà 35 649 128 172 132 104 21 227 1,468
Baix Llobregat 206 2,261 599 613 439 258 58 541 4,975
Baix Penedès 26 418 57 124 66 93 7 30 821
Barcelonès 1,090 9,204 2,295 2,186 2,806 517 513 2,167 20,778
Berguedà 5 302 46 66 53 39 7 66 584
Cerdanya 7 79 25 40 32 23 10 30 246
Conca de Barberà 4 183 31 47 19 35 1 6 326
Garraf 50 648 95 138 147 104 16 140 1,338
Garrigues 10 180 43 32 18 14 3 0 300
Garrotxa 34 342 67 114 45 61 10 122 795
Gironès 146 1,019 233 380 218 120 53 513 2,682
Maresme 158 1,642 332 398 421 196 44 418 3,609
Moianès 7 113 18 17 15 24 0 26 220
Montsià 19 280 53 98 58 37 6 105 656
Noguera 24 268 71 102 45 43 9 0 562
Osona 59 744 172 142 126 92 21 167 1,523
Pallars Jussà 6 120 22 44 28 19 3 0 242
Pallars Sobirà 1 94 14 43 39 25 2 0 218
Pla d'Urgell 21 183 36 60 36 29 8 85 458
Pla de l'Estany 14 228 48 48 22 16 5 0 381
Priorat 3 138 28 27 12 15 0 3 226
Ribera d'Ebre 4 147 25 39 17 11 2 41 286
Ripollès 10 164 40 52 27 33 4 43 373
Segarra 7 194 32 100 26 34 8 0 401
Segrià 129 1,057 232 341 190 87 37 3 2,076
Selva 63 641 116 221 119 147 31 275 1,613
Solsonès 7 111 18 32 23 23 3 0 217
Tarragonès 87 1,138 203 359 184 134 21 104 2,230
Terra Alta 0 102 22 20 9 10 1 22 186
Urgell 19 232 50 89 34 29 4 0 457
Vallès Occidental 275 2,879 711 710 651 286 98 634 6,244
Vallès Oriental 142 1,600 309 442 338 201 39 373 3,444
Catalonia 2,932 31,792 7,000 8,431 7,250 3,518 1,164 7,100 69,187
Metropolità 1,871 17,586 4,246 4,349 4,655 1,458 752 4,133 39,050
Comarques Gironines 352 3,657 747 1,177 726 603 150 1,518 8,930
Camp de Tarragona 148 2,513 446 736 390 357 42 220 4,852
Terres de l'Ebre 49 862 183 310 149 110 28 290 1,981
Ponent 203 2,159 476 712 335 223 66 3 4,177
Comarques Centrals 138 2,069 414 437 377 258 52 431 4,176
Alt Pirineu i Aran 29 547 111 211 169 106 23 31 1,227
Penedès 142 2,399 377 499 449 403 51 474 4,794
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 15, 2018.

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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