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Immigrations, emigrations and net migrations rate. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Internal migrations. Immigrations. By place of origin. Counties, areas and provinces 2014
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 550 966 210
Alt Empordà 3,370 2,158 1,193
Alt Penedès 1,917 2,420 487
Alt Urgell 252 415 198
Alta Ribagorça 19 89 57
Anoia 2,196 2,405 594
Bages 2,898 2,951 752
Baix Camp 2,249 3,513 1,288
Baix Ebre 884 1,094 526
Baix Empordà 2,742 2,429 813
Baix Llobregat 11,080 16,819 5,230
Baix Penedès 1,896 3,544 817
Barcelonès 24,821 34,098 20,358
Berguedà 518 665 118
Cerdanya 310 501 150
Conca de Barberà 188 424 76
Garraf 2,219 3,888 1,042
Garrigues 132 397 100
Garrotxa 790 1,031 223
Gironès 3,599 3,861 1,159
Maresme 8,104 9,751 2,428
Montsià 709 1,009 630
Noguera 401 774 237
Osona 2,871 2,417 677
Pallars Jussà 130 475 382
Pallars Sobirà 82 173 39
Pla d'Urgell 437 617 251
Pla de l'Estany 523 661 110
Priorat 67 259 47
Ribera d'Ebre 248 407 133
Ripollès 263 432 81
Segarra 172 456 111
Segrià 2,507 2,463 2,397
Selva 1,838 4,190 1,055
Solsonès 170 404 57
Tarragonès 4,031 4,833 2,354
Terra Alta 34 176 66
Urgell 264 768 194
Val d'Aran 120 201 245
Vallès Occidental 11,399 15,564 5,337
Vallès Oriental 8,836 8,744 2,117
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 54,339
Metropolità 124,497 24,719 35,470
Comarques Gironines 20,270 7,617 4,634
Camp de Tarragona 11,702 5,378 3,975
Terres de l'Ebre 2,688 1,873 1,355
Ponent 6,379 3,009 3,290
Comarques Centrals 7,451 5,584 1,612
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,073 1,694 1,071
Penedès 10,677 9,667 2,932
Barcelona 157,713 18,891 39,141
Girona 20,513 7,975 4,772
Lleida 8,001 4,104 4,279
Tarragona 18,589 8,492 6,147
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Emmigrations. By destination. Counties, areas and provinces 2014
Within the cou/ /area/prov. From the rest of Catalonia From the rest of Spain
Alt Camp 550 1,126 256
Alt Empordà 3,370 2,182 991
Alt Penedès 1,917 2,388 506
Alt Urgell 252 454 194
Alta Ribagorça 19 88 44
Anoia 2,196 2,666 701
Bages 2,898 3,028 842
Baix Camp 2,249 3,349 1,451
Baix Ebre 884 1,233 584
Baix Empordà 2,742 2,603 817
Baix Llobregat 11,080 15,701 4,924
Baix Penedès 1,896 3,609 891
Barcelonès 24,821 37,251 16,968
Berguedà 518 756 119
Cerdanya 310 631 119
Conca de Barberà 188 501 83
Garraf 2,219 3,567 1,001
Garrigues 132 522 98
Garrotxa 790 931 273
Gironès 3,599 3,903 1,258
Maresme 8,104 8,223 2,471
Montsià 709 1,028 762
Noguera 401 852 245
Osona 2,871 2,041 626
Pallars Jussà 130 351 268
Pallars Sobirà 82 183 46
Pla d'Urgell 437 753 189
Pla de l'Estany 523 570 150
Priorat 67 251 42
Ribera d'Ebre 248 424 156
Ripollès 263 564 92
Segarra 172 499 137
Segrià 2,507 2,340 2,264
Selva 1,838 4,782 1,190
Solsonès 170 380 58
Tarragonès 4,031 4,895 2,539
Terra Alta 34 184 76
Urgell 264 817 200
Val d'Aran 120 246 242
Vallès Occidental 11,399 14,475 4,957
Vallès Oriental 8,836 8,095 2,096
Catalonia z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 50,926
Metropolità z Category not applicable z Category not applicable 31,416
Comarques Gironines 20,270 8,390 4,771
Camp de Tarragona 11,702 5,505 4,371
Terres de l'Ebre 2,688 2,056 1,578
Ponent 6,379 3,317 3,133
Comarques Centrals 7,451 5,386 1,667
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,073 1,793 913
Penedès 10,677 9,606 3,077
Barcelona 157,713 17,407 35,219
Girona 20,513 8,793 4,863
Lleida 8,001 4,395 4,004
Tarragona 18,589 8,867 6,840
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.
Internal migrations. Net migrations rate. Counties, areas and provinces 2014
With the rest of Catalonia With the rest of Spain Total net rate
Alt Camp -160 -46 -206
Alt Empordà -24 202 178
Alt Penedès 32 -19 13
Alt Urgell -39 4 -35
Alta Ribagorça 1 13 14
Anoia -261 -107 -368
Bages -77 -90 -167
Baix Camp 164 -163 1
Baix Ebre -139 -58 -197
Baix Empordà -174 -4 -178
Baix Llobregat 1,118 306 1,424
Baix Penedès -65 -74 -139
Barcelonès -3,153 3,390 237
Berguedà -91 -1 -92
Cerdanya -130 31 -99
Conca de Barberà -77 -7 -84
Garraf 321 41 362
Garrigues -125 2 -123
Garrotxa 100 -50 50
Gironès -42 -99 -141
Maresme 1,528 -43 1,485
Montsià -19 -132 -151
Noguera -78 -8 -86
Osona 376 51 427
Pallars Jussà 124 114 238
Pallars Sobirà -10 -7 -17
Pla d'Urgell -136 62 -74
Pla de l'Estany 91 -40 51
Priorat 8 5 13
Ribera d'Ebre -17 -23 -40
Ripollès -132 -11 -143
Segarra -43 -26 -69
Segrià 123 133 256
Selva -592 -135 -727
Solsonès 24 -1 23
Tarragonès -62 -185 -247
Terra Alta -8 -10 -18
Urgell -49 -6 -55
Val d'Aran -45 3 -42
Vallès Occidental 1,089 380 1,469
Vallès Oriental 649 21 670
Catalonia z Category not applicable 3,413 3,413
Metropolità 1,231 4,054 5,285
Comarques Gironines -773 -137 -910
Camp de Tarragona -127 -396 -523
Terres de l'Ebre -183 -223 -406
Ponent -308 157 -151
Comarques Centrals 198 -55 143
Alt Pirineu i Aran -99 158 59
Penedès 61 -145 -84
Barcelona 1,484 3,922 5,406
Girona -818 -91 -909
Lleida -291 275 -16
Tarragona -375 -693 -1,068
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Residential Variation Statistics.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: September 21, 2015.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Internal emigration
People removing their names from the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving to another municipality in Catalonia or elsewhere in Spain.
Internal immigration
People adding their names to the civil registers of one municipality due to change of residence and moving from another municipality in Catalonia or from elsewhere in Spain.
Internal migration
Change of residence between two municipalities of Catalonia, or between a municipality in Catalonia and another in Spain.
Internal migratory balance
Difference between the internal immigration recorded (registrations on the civil registers of inhabitants) and the internal emigration recorded (cancellations on the civil registers of inhabitants) for a defined period. The net migration rate is positive if immigration is greater than emigration and negative if emigration is higher than immigration.

Methodological aspects

The statistics Migratory Movements provides information on people's movement due to a change in residence from one municipality in Catalonia to another, whether in Catalonia, the rest of Spain or abroad. Idescat bases this operation on the additions and removals due to changes in residence registered in municipal registers, with variation dates from the reference year.

From the year 2022 the source is the Statistics on Migrations and Changes of Residence by INE, while from 1998 to 2021 the source was the Statistics on Residential Variations by INE. Migration balances and flows within Catalonia and with the rest of Spain are comparable with the previous series, but the flows of external migration are higher with the new source.

The main characteristics analysed are sex, age and nationality.

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.

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