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Centres of Worship. Counties and Aran, and areas

Centres of Worship. Counties and Aran 2017
Catholic centres of worship Evangelicalism Islam Jehovah's Witnesses Buddhism Hinduism Ortodox churches Seventh Day Adventist churches Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints churches Baha'i Faith Sikhism Taoism Judaism Others Total
Alt Camp 77 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84
Alt Empordà 197 13 13 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 232
Alt Penedès 102 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 120
Alt Urgell 241 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 245
Alta Ribagorça 76 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77
Anoia 159 7 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 178
Aran 70 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72
Bages 304 16 8 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 338
Baix Camp 117 21 3 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 153
Baix Ebre 67 4 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79
Baix Empordà 143 11 11 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 174
Baix Llobregat 129 62 21 16 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 236
Baix Penedès 58 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69
Barcelonès 809 225 40 23 29 15 13 10 3 2 4 5 4 18 1,200
Berguedà 192 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 199
Cerdanya 99 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102
Conca de Barberà 95 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99
Garraf 28 11 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 48
Garrigues 54 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
Garrotxa 158 6 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 174
Gironès 172 29 12 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 226
Maresme 188 22 17 8 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 245
Moianès 110 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115
Montsià 33 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
Noguera 282 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 293
Osona 529 28 8 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 575
Pallars Jussà 259 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 265
Pallars Sobirà 201 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
Pla d'Urgell 32 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
Pla de l'Estany 84 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88
Priorat 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 52
Ribera d'Ebre 42 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
Ripollès 159 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 165
Segarra 163 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 171
Segrià 175 21 11 3 3 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 222
Selva 163 8 14 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 195
Solsonès 151 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155
Tarragonès 120 32 9 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 174
Terra Alta 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43
Urgell 94 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103
Vallès Occidental 254 85 17 13 1 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 2 383
Vallès Oriental 223 32 21 7 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 291
Catalonia 6,701 684 270 119 70 29 55 24 15 10 10 6 4 38 8,035
Source: Ministry of Justice.
Note: Los datos de los centros de culto católicos, son del 2013, ya que los del 2017 están en proceso de actualitzación.

Last update: May 3, 2019.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Centre of Worship
Public or privately owned building or establishment that is open to the public and legally recognised, declared or certified by the respective religious church, confession or community in accordance with the Organic law on religious freedom, and mainly and permanently destined for the collective exercise of worship activities.

Methodological aspects

In the field of the fundamental right to religious freedom, and in order to guarantee the real and effective guarantee of churches, confessions and religious communities to establish centres of worship, Decree 94/2010, of July 20, guarantees the exercise of this right and establishes municipal urban planning projects to provide sites qualified as community equipment systems, which include those of a religious nature. The opening of places of worship is a right that administrations must oversee.

Centres of worship that are open to the public must meet the required material and technical conditions to guarantee the safety of their users and the hygiene of their facilities, and to avoid disturbances to third parties. These conditions must be adequate and proportionate, in order not to impede or hinder the activities performed in these centres.

Places of worship located in hospitals, care centres, education centres, cemeteries, mortuaries and penitentiary centres are not considered to be centres of worship, and neither are those located in public or privately owned spaces that are used for other main activities.

Churches, confessions and religious communities conducting their activity in Catalonia and that wish to obtain a municipal license must be registered in the State Register of Religious Entities.

The data of 2013 are from January 1st, 2013.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".