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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 2012
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Total
Alt Camp 45 8 36 53 7 1 100 250
Alt Empordà 740 160 207 320 51 2 804 2,284
Alt Penedès 92 25 145 124 26 1 253 666
Alt Urgell 55 67 12 31 2 0 41 208
Alta Ribagorça 4 3 0 6 0 0 6 19
Anoia 85 40 98 111 33 1 168 536
Bages 145 61 166 163 51 1 372 959
Baix Camp 409 195 210 255 73 1 471 1,614
Baix Ebre 198 61 65 73 88 0 308 793
Baix Empordà 443 261 267 266 49 5 576 1,867
Baix Llobregat 1,219 346 595 1,524 453 24 1,933 6,094
Baix Penedès 87 44 53 108 25 2 394 713
Barcelonès 8,711 2,044 1,661 12,738 7,519 93 15,703 48,469
Berguedà 37 3 12 40 3 0 41 136
Cerdanya 36 14 7 38 5 0 33 133
Conca de Barberà 21 4 16 6 3 0 34 84
Garraf 415 91 88 285 84 22 304 1,289
Garrigues 37 4 16 8 0 0 31 96
Garrotxa 61 23 76 86 94 0 70 410
Gironès 489 84 296 652 104 10 708 2,343
Maresme 470 256 490 700 224 14 1,070 3,224
Montsià 138 28 71 52 37 0 240 566
Noguera 97 20 69 30 10 0 110 336
Osona 183 36 257 138 81 1 489 1,185
Pallars Jussà 26 6 7 17 3 0 16 75
Pallars Sobirà 25 5 6 7 3 0 12 58
Pla d'Urgell 67 2 11 7 1 0 177 265
Pla de l'Estany 35 4 60 48 8 0 55 210
Priorat 12 0 3 3 1 0 18 37
Ribera d'Ebre 58 6 21 16 8 1 62 172
Ripollès 19 3 18 26 5 0 15 86
Segarra 47 44 71 21 3 0 44 230
Segrià 602 76 361 345 123 0 862 2,369
Selva 394 423 200 206 158 1 865 2,247
Solsonès 12 4 11 14 1 1 40 83
Tarragonès 462 244 365 512 283 1 963 2,830
Terra Alta 17 3 0 2 18 0 11 51
Urgell 69 19 62 38 7 0 67 262
Val d'Aran 15 0 6 27 0 0 46 94
Vallès Occidental 1,018 247 651 1,970 639 24 2,153 6,702
Vallès Oriental 351 102 446 591 104 3 983 2,580
Catalonia 17,446 5,066 7,212 21,657 10,387 209 30,648 92,625
Metropolità 11,769 2,995 3,843 17,523 8,939 158 21,842 67,069
Comarques Gironines 2,181 958 1,124 1,604 469 18 3,093 9,447
Camp de Tarragona 949 451 630 829 367 3 1,586 4,815
Terres de l'Ebre 411 98 157 143 151 1 621 1,582
Ponent 919 165 590 449 144 0 1,291 3,558
Comarques Centrals 377 104 446 355 136 3 942 2,363
Alt Pirineu i Aran 161 95 38 126 13 0 154 587
Penedès 679 200 384 628 168 26 1,119 3,204
Barcelona 12,732 3,252 4,609 18,388 9,217 184 23,472 71,854
Girona 2,200 968 1,130 1,630 474 18 3,115 9,535
Lleida 1,067 253 633 559 153 1 1,460 4,126
Tarragona 1,447 593 840 1,080 543 6 2,601 7,110
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
External migrations. Emigrations. On the continent of destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2012
Rest of EU Rest of Europe Africa America Asia Oceania Not stated Expiry Total
Alt Camp 52 7 13 27 7 0 52 119 277
Alt Empordà 307 30 42 133 3 4 1,121 575 2,215
Alt Penedès 115 22 29 114 4 2 671 356 1,313
Alt Urgell 24 124 0 24 0 0 96 64 332
Alta Ribagorça 6 4 1 3 0 0 24 13 51
Anoia 85 25 23 98 11 2 506 143 893
Bages 140 18 36 105 12 3 523 457 1,294
Baix Camp 298 47 55 182 16 2 761 794 2,155
Baix Ebre 79 21 11 29 7 0 1,066 301 1,514
Baix Empordà 240 45 42 97 17 3 1,093 380 1,917
Baix Llobregat 748 75 108 992 80 12 3,016 2,490 7,521
Baix Penedès 103 23 12 72 7 0 427 331 975
Barcelonès 1,822 393 173 3,167 469 61 20,466 17,943 44,494
Berguedà 27 5 8 23 2 0 142 69 276
Cerdanya 40 11 0 45 2 0 16 60 174
Conca de Barberà 28 7 0 18 1 0 44 69 167
Garraf 173 39 22 162 15 8 712 722 1,853
Garrigues 25 3 4 8 1 0 43 14 98
Garrotxa 40 5 15 41 15 2 27 11 156
Gironès 223 35 54 170 26 8 1,245 641 2,402
Maresme 384 87 106 431 76 10 1,334 1,239 3,667
Montsià 246 26 36 73 16 0 350 136 883
Noguera 41 5 12 41 0 0 130 94 323
Osona 186 17 15 108 7 2 620 299 1,254
Pallars Jussà 12 1 2 15 2 0 1 12 45
Pallars Sobirà 7 6 0 17 0 0 7 27 64
Pla d'Urgell 124 3 37 17 0 1 166 11 359
Pla de l'Estany 38 5 14 31 6 0 176 8 278
Priorat 13 2 0 4 0 0 19 11 49
Ribera d'Ebre 27 4 6 13 0 0 110 75 235
Ripollès 43 2 11 26 1 0 16 16 115
Segarra 68 54 11 44 1 0 84 9 271
Segrià 235 30 43 112 13 1 259 1,430 2,123
Selva 265 43 39 148 28 3 932 882 2,340
Solsonès 38 2 1 6 0 0 34 4 85
Tarragonès 200 49 49 239 101 5 930 673 2,246
Terra Alta 28 0 0 1 0 0 28 5 62
Urgell 36 8 13 15 1 2 47 88 210
Val d'Aran 16 1 8 20 0 0 70 25 140
Vallès Occidental 726 155 244 1,241 109 9 4,693 2,843 10,020
Vallès Oriental 327 63 68 480 54 9 1,559 1,370 3,930
Catalonia 7,635 1,502 1,363 8,592 1,110 149 43,616 34,809 98,776
Metropolità 4,007 773 699 6,311 788 101 31,068 25,885 69,632
Comarques Gironines 1,156 165 217 646 96 20 4,610 2,513 9,423
Camp de Tarragona 591 112 117 470 125 7 1,806 1,666 4,894
Terres de l'Ebre 380 51 53 116 23 0 1,554 517 2,694
Ponent 529 103 120 237 16 4 729 1,646 3,384
Comarques Centrals 391 42 60 242 21 5 1,319 829 2,909
Alt Pirineu i Aran 105 147 11 124 4 0 214 201 806
Penedès 476 109 86 446 37 12 2,316 1,552 5,034
Barcelona 4,734 899 832 6,921 839 118 34,244 27,924 76,511
Girona 1,190 172 217 686 97 20 4,622 2,579 9,583
Lleida 637 245 132 327 19 4 963 1,792 4,119
Tarragona 1,074 186 182 658 155 7 3,787 2,514 8,563
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.