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Marriages and Crude marriage rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Marriages and Crude marriage rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2018
Value Variation (%) Rate per 1,000 inhabitants
Alt Camp 126 -18.7 2.9
Alt Empordà 532 -2.0 3.8
Alt Penedès 468 5.9 4.3
Alt Urgell 62 -6.1 3.1
Alta Ribagorça 5 -44.4 1.3
Anoia 482 -9.2 4.0
Aran 30 -14.3 3.0
Bages 665 -8.3 3.8
Baix Camp 669 -5.0 3.5
Baix Ebre 268 -7.6 3.5
Baix Empordà 494 -12.3 3.7
Baix Llobregat 3,206 -4.3 3.9
Baix Penedès 335 -19.3 3.2
Barcelonès 7,663 -10.1 3.4
Berguedà 134 3.1 3.4
Cerdanya 75 33.9 4.2
Conca de Barberà 59 -10.6 2.9
Garraf 616 -0.2 4.1
Garrigues 46 -24.6 2.4
Garrotxa 175 -6.9 3.1
Gironès 720 -0.1 3.8
Maresme 1,826 2.2 4.1
Moianès 50 -28.6 3.7
Montsià 223 -16.2 3.3
Noguera 113 9.7 2.9
Osona 553 -13.5 3.5
Pallars Jussà 42 -22.2 3.2
Pallars Sobirà 21 -25.0 3.0
Pla d'Urgell 104 -5.5 2.8
Pla de l'Estany 112 -15.2 3.5
Priorat 26 -16.1 2.8
Ribera d'Ebre 61 -15.3 2.8
Ripollès 92 -15.6 3.7
Segarra 53 -23.2 2.3
Segrià 695 -3.6 3.4
Selva 650 11.1 3.8
Solsonès 53 17.8 4.0
Tarragonès 911 1.2 3.6
Terra Alta 27 -3.6 2.4
Urgell 113 0.9 3.1
Vallès Occidental 3,484 -0.6 3.8
Vallès Oriental 1,699 -4.4 4.2
Catalonia 27,738 -5.4 3.7
Metropolità 17,900 -5.7 3.7
Comarques Gironines 2,775 -2.3 3.7
Camp de Tarragona 1,791 -3.5 3.5
Terres de l'Ebre 579 -11.7 3.3
Ponent 1,124 -4.4 3.1
Comarques Centrals 1,455 -8.4 3.6
Alt Pirineu i Aran 235 -5.2 3.3
Penedès 1,879 -5.9 4.0
Barcelona 20,850 -5.6 3.7
Girona 2,832 -1.8 3.7
Lleida 1,351 -5.3 3.1
Tarragona 2,705 -7.6 3.4
Source: Idescat. Marriages Statistics.
Notes:
On July 3, 2005 Law 13/2005, of July 1 came into force, which allows marriages between people of the same sex.
From 2012 onwards, as well as marriages of the population resident in Catalonia carried out within Catalonia, this also includes marriages of residents in Catalonia carried out in other autonomous communities.
From March 2014 onwards, eight municipalities in L'Anoia will change designation and will belong to El Penedès region of the Central Counties.
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.

Last update: January 9, 2020. Revised series on March 13, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Marriage
Legal union of two people of the opposite sex, determined by civil, religious or other means determinated by the national laws of a country. On July 3, 2005 Law 13/2005, of July 1 came into force, which allows marriages between people of the same sex.
Crude marriage rate
Ratio between the number of weddings in a certain year and the population halfway through the period. Expressed in so many per thousand.

Methodological aspects

The Marriages Statistics provide information on the number and characteristics of the marriages of residents of Catalonia entered into during a given year.

The Marriages Statistics provides annual information on marriages and spouses who take up residence in Catalonia, according to demographic, social and territorial characteristics.

The statistics are compiled based on the data from the registration of marriages in the Civil Register. The data include all marriages that establish their residence in Catalonia, both those registered in the civil registers of Catalonia and those registered in the civil registers of other autonomous communities. In 2011 and previous years, the data refer only to registrations in Catalonia of marriages that established their habitual residence in Catalonia.

Idescat compiles this statistical operation in collaboration with the INE.

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