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Immigrations and emigrations. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

External migrations. Immigrations. On the continent of origin. Counties, areas and provinces 2006
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 55 259 213 157 13 0 111 808
Alt Empordà 1,536 722 867 1,451 112 7 465 5,160
Alt Penedès 124 241 503 617 53 0 311 1,849
Alt Urgell 211 278 29 171 9 0 7 705
Alta Ribagorça 2 99 31 26 3 0 0 161
Anoia 118 305 436 354 37 0 243 1,493
Bages 138 873 671 774 115 1 113 2,685
Baix Camp 640 1,326 881 1,639 155 1 760 5,402
Baix Ebre 370 1,050 586 291 252 1 72 2,622
Baix Empordà 686 846 1,025 1,015 113 2 455 4,142
Baix Llobregat 1,475 1,638 1,483 5,378 496 10 1,647 12,127
Baix Penedès 179 289 457 627 55 1 111 1,719
Barcelonès 10,370 6,500 3,817 34,405 9,071 81 13,351 77,595
Berguedà 36 258 74 150 39 0 21 578
Cerdanya 112 81 20 323 3 0 12 551
Conca de Barberà 15 133 53 40 20 0 107 368
Garraf 698 531 341 1,531 68 9 333 3,511
Garrigues 12 201 45 14 10 0 85 367
Garrotxa 74 153 275 235 291 0 89 1,117
Gironès 675 731 1,403 2,485 204 1 198 5,697
Maresme 739 603 1,875 2,711 439 6 735 7,108
Montsià 172 827 149 271 52 0 648 2,119
Noguera 51 250 90 136 4 0 517 1,048
Osona 156 432 704 495 106 1 288 2,182
Pallars Jussà 17 50 39 30 0 0 177 313
Pallars Sobirà 7 72 19 80 0 0 16 194
Pla d'Urgell 1 281 72 45 7 0 631 1,037
Pla de l'Estany 23 77 154 131 26 0 42 453
Priorat 8 46 16 18 3 0 60 151
Ribera d'Ebre 165 188 57 41 10 0 108 569
Ripollès 19 63 103 167 12 1 5 370
Segarra 17 440 180 72 9 0 116 834
Segrià 174 1,525 1,454 1,112 181 1 492 4,939
Selva 623 1,191 507 981 370 2 1,908 5,582
Solsonès 13 111 82 60 18 0 7 291
Tarragonès 467 934 727 1,135 247 2 4,865 8,377
Terra Alta 21 198 10 23 2 0 0 254
Urgell 48 421 187 105 27 0 13 801
Val d'Aran 33 137 36 115 2 0 57 380
Vallès Occidental 1,075 1,974 2,628 6,820 678 9 752 13,936
Vallès Oriental 404 780 1,697 3,003 223 1 867 6,975
Catalonia 21,759 27,114 23,996 69,234 13,535 137 30,795 186,570
Metropolità 14,885 12,267 12,344 54,465 11,028 116 17,996 123,101
Comarques Gironines 3,636 3,783 4,334 6,465 1,128 13 3,162 22,521
Camp de Tarragona 1,364 2,987 2,347 3,616 493 4 6,014 16,825
Terres de l'Ebre 728 2,263 802 626 316 1 828 5,564
Ponent 303 3,118 2,028 1,484 238 1 1,854 9,026
Comarques Centrals 461 1,979 1,967 1,833 315 2 672 7,229
Alt Pirineu i Aran 382 717 174 745 17 0 269 2,304
Barcelona 15,331 14,126 14,220 56,241 11,325 118 18,661 130,022
Girona 3,712 3,866 4,356 6,765 1,131 13 3,170 23,013
Lleida 624 3,872 2,271 1,986 270 1 2,122 11,146
Tarragona 2,092 5,250 3,149 4,242 809 5 6,842 22,389
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2006
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Expiry Total
Alt Camp 4 8 3 3 2 0 0 90 110
Alt Empordà 118 36 22 69 5 0 82 156 488
Alt Penedès 28 26 6 29 1 1 38 94 223
Alt Urgell 11 61 1 5 0 0 3 50 131
Alta Ribagorça 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 41 44
Anoia 31 25 9 19 3 0 19 105 211
Bages 28 36 11 23 3 4 253 132 490
Baix Camp 103 56 22 64 9 0 8 855 1,117
Baix Ebre 15 10 3 2 0 1 461 38 530
Baix Empordà 83 63 25 57 24 1 177 350 780
Baix Llobregat 335 113 50 420 60 2 671 565 2,216
Baix Penedès 37 24 8 29 0 0 62 101 261
Barcelonès 961 285 105 1,282 331 29 19,623 8,346 30,962
Berguedà 15 12 4 6 2 0 3 44 86
Cerdanya 7 5 0 8 1 0 1 13 35
Conca de Barberà 13 3 1 5 0 0 2 57 81
Garraf 133 70 22 116 7 2 27 82 459
Garrigues 7 4 0 1 0 0 2 92 106
Garrotxa 20 6 15 13 26 0 26 12 118
Gironès 58 31 32 74 10 0 976 204 1,385
Maresme 178 84 115 238 75 3 227 902 1,822
Montsià 28 26 9 39 8 0 198 137 445
Noguera 3 15 3 8 4 1 43 211 288
Osona 96 14 20 17 4 2 139 210 502
Pallars Jussà 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 8 18
Pallars Sobirà 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 18 25
Pla d'Urgell 6 34 21 5 0 1 3 172 242
Pla de l'Estany 21 5 20 9 7 0 39 3 104
Priorat 1 2 0 1 0 0 41 10 55
Ribera d'Ebre 17 10 4 2 0 1 1 61 96
Ripollès 4 3 1 9 3 0 2 19 41
Segarra 6 10 1 9 0 0 31 211 268
Segrià 25 71 18 31 8 0 30 267 450
Selva 89 67 35 85 10 0 284 300 870
Solsonès 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 8
Tarragonès 77 34 21 75 15 1 48 523 794
Terra Alta 7 6 0 5 0 0 3 38 59
Urgell 7 25 19 9 0 0 10 39 109
Val d'Aran 8 16 1 5 0 0 1 5 36
Vallès Occidental 425 146 114 628 77 6 1,191 885 3,472
Vallès Oriental 115 46 45 152 16 2 502 1,058 1,936
Catalonia 3,123 1,503 786 3,554 712 57 25,230 16,508 51,473
Metropolità 2,175 770 457 2,865 567 45 22,279 11,932 41,090
Comarques Gironines 393 211 150 316 85 1 1,586 1,044 3,786
Camp de Tarragona 235 127 55 177 26 1 161 1,636 2,418
Terres de l'Ebre 67 52 16 48 8 2 663 274 1,130
Ponent 54 159 62 63 12 2 119 992 1,463
Comarques Centrals 170 91 44 65 12 6 414 495 1,297
Alt Pirineu i Aran 29 93 2 20 2 0 8 135 289
Barcelona 2,345 856 501 2,930 579 51 22,692 12,422 42,376
Girona 399 216 150 324 86 1 1,588 1,047 3,811
Lleida 77 252 64 75 13 2 126 1,129 1,738
Tarragona 302 179 71 225 34 3 824 1,910 3,548
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.

Last update: September 18, 2014.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

External emigration
Change of residence when the municipality of destination is abroad and the municipality of origin is any of the municipalities of Catalonia. External immigration includes people leaving to abroad both of Spanish and foreign nationality.
External migration
Change of residence when the municipality of origin is abroad and the destination is any of the municipalities of Catalonia. External immigration includes the arrival of people coming from abroad both of Spanish and foreign nationality.
International migration
Change of residence between a municipality in Catalonia and abroad.

Methodological aspects

Residential Variation Statistics (RVS) are compiled by the INE from information regarding registrations and delistings due to changes of residence registered in the Municipal Registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

Migratory movement refers to the displacement of an individual due to a change in residence, as well as the characteristics of this migration. The information contained comprises only inter-municipal changes and, as such, changes in residence within the same municipality are excluded.

Yearly residential variation statistics do not refer to the number of people changing residence, but rather to the number of changes made, as a citizen may change residence from one municipality to another more than once a year.

Exterior immigration data is compiled exclusively from municipal registrations of people who have arrived from abroad. Exterior immigration data for the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 have not been published due to a lack of exhaustive data (these population flows tended to be incorporated directly into the Continuous Municipal Register as entries lacking previous registrations). Exterior immigration flow is published again from 2004 onwards as the total number of movements was reasonably exhaustive, even though there is an elevated number of cases where the destination country information is missing.

The external emigration series begins in 2005, the year in which the data, once analysed, is more consistent, even though there is still a large number of cases missing the destination country information.

From 2006 onwards, delistings from the Municipal Register due to expiry are included. These delistings are included as a result of the legislative change to the 7/1985 Organic Law, which regulates Local Ordinances, introduced in the 14/2003 Law on Foreign Nationals, which states that foreigners from outside the European Union must renew their registration on the Municipal Register every two years. If they do not renew, city councils must declare their registration as expired.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.