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

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas 2018
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 7 226 43 80 48 53 4 28 489
Alt Empordà 43 674 129 191 162 110 24 254 1,587
Alt Penedès 31 723 99 127 126 90 16 165 1,377
Alt Urgell 10 147 24 45 33 23 7 0 289
Alta Ribagorça 1 50 6 27 9 7 1 0 101
Anoia 37 639 131 119 119 124 13 139 1,321
Aran 4 60 21 12 30 10 1 0 138
Bages 61 825 164 186 167 85 24 172 1,684
Baix Camp 47 873 144 233 132 126 21 89 1,665
Baix Ebre 26 342 83 159 67 53 19 122 871
Baix Empordà 36 660 131 187 145 111 21 221 1,512
Baix Llobregat 209 2,312 603 631 454 265 61 542 5,077
Baix Penedès 27 437 58 125 67 98 9 30 851
Barcelonès 1,108 9,441 2,361 2,271 2,962 551 533 2,161 21,388
Berguedà 5 305 46 68 55 39 7 66 591
Cerdanya 7 83 26 40 36 22 10 29 253
Conca de Barberà 4 187 31 48 20 37 1 6 334
Garraf 53 677 102 140 156 107 17 140 1,392
Garrigues 10 184 44 33 19 15 3 0 308
Garrotxa 32 347 68 117 52 63 11 119 809
Gironès 146 1,029 236 405 246 126 53 507 2,748
Maresme 162 1,680 342 412 439 204 46 418 3,703
Moianès 8 121 18 17 18 25 0 27 234
Montsià 20 295 54 97 58 38 6 107 675
Noguera 23 274 72 103 47 44 9 0 572
Osona 62 778 173 147 129 98 23 164 1,574
Pallars Jussà 6 125 23 44 29 20 3 0 250
Pallars Sobirà 1 97 15 44 41 27 2 0 227
Pla d'Urgell 20 186 36 67 41 27 7 84 468
Pla de l'Estany 16 231 49 48 24 16 5 0 389
Priorat 3 141 28 27 12 15 1 4 231
Ribera d'Ebre 4 154 25 39 18 11 3 41 295
Ripollès 10 164 40 52 26 34 6 43 375
Segarra 6 200 33 101 27 35 9 0 411
Segrià 132 1,086 237 359 197 89 38 0 2,138
Selva 63 652 119 238 137 153 32 273 1,667
Solsonès 6 110 20 32 26 23 4 0 221
Tarragonès 87 1,176 209 365 191 139 23 108 2,298
Terra Alta 0 105 22 20 9 11 1 22 190
Urgell 19 237 51 91 36 30 5 0 469
Vallès Occidental 280 2,948 721 737 666 307 101 633 6,393
Vallès Oriental 143 1,651 317 454 354 210 46 372 3,547
Catalonia 2,975 32,632 7,154 8,738 7,630 3,671 1,226 7,086 71,112
Metropolità 1,902 18,032 4,344 4,505 4,875 1,537 787 4,126 40,108
Comarques Gironines 350 3,712 759 1,257 809 624 154 1,501 9,166
Camp de Tarragona 148 2,603 455 753 403 370 50 235 5,017
Terres de l'Ebre 50 896 184 315 152 113 29 292 2,031
Ponent 206 2,212 486 735 350 229 69 0 4,287
Comarques Centrals 142 2,139 421 450 395 270 58 429 4,304
Alt Pirineu i Aran 29 562 115 212 178 109 24 29 1,258
Penedès 148 2,476 390 511 468 419 55 474 4,941
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 4, 2019.

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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