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Cultivated land. Dry land and Irrigated land. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Cultivated land. Irrigated land. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces 2020
Farms (number) Surface (hectares)
Alt Camp 969 3,799
Alt Empordà 943 14,967
Alt Penedès 395 732
Alt Urgell 270 2,037
Alta Ribagorça 21 74
Anoia 181 445
Aran 111 931
Bages 297 677
Baix Camp 2,627 10,053
Baix Ebre 2,539 18,110
Baix Empordà 585 9,696
Baix Llobregat 374 1,620
Baix Penedès 216 637
Barcelonès 19 41
Berguedà 61 88
Cerdanya 173 1,358
Conca de Barberà 261 655
Garraf 57 147
Garrigues 1,639 16,275
Garrotxa 218 1,849
Gironès 389 4,458
Maresme 467 2,023
Moianès 54 112
Montsià 1,947 19,556
Noguera 2,278 30,193
Osona 241 848
Pallars Jussà 455 2,798
Pallars Sobirà 92 383
Pla d'Urgell 1,827 23,769
Pla de l'Estany 171 1,305
Priorat 748 2,772
Ribera d'Ebre 1,498 9,425
Ripollès 31 355
Segarra 245 980
Segrià 4,524 71,066
Selva 378 3,899
Solsonès 73 278
Tarragonès 845 3,256
Terra Alta 1,123 5,782
Urgell 1,536 16,099
Vallès Occidental 148 779
Vallès Oriental 476 2,674
Catalunya 31,502 287,001
Metropolità 1,498 7,158
Comarques Gironines 2,715 36,529
Camp de Tarragona 5,450 20,535
Terres de l'Ebre 7,107 52,874
Ponent 12,049 158,382
Comarques Centrals 733 2,078
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1,122 7,581
Penedès 828 1,865
Barcelona 2,767 10,175
Girona 2,832 37,614
Lleida 13,130 165,166
Tarragona 12,773 74,046
Source: Idescat, based on the Agricultural census of INE.
Note: Cultivated land with open-air irrigation (excluding kitchen gardens for personal use and greenhouses).

Last update: November 8, 2022.

CENSAG

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Agricultural Census (CENSAG).

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Herbaceous crops
Composed of plants whose above ground part is of herbaceous consistency. Also includes areas occupied by fallow and family orchards.
Woody crops
Composed of plants whose above ground part is of woody consistency. These occupy the land for long periods of time and do not need to be replanted after each harvest. Excludes areas of forest and their plantations.
Irrigated land
As well as rainwater, this land also receives water by means of a man-made system, whether temporary or continuous.
Rainfed land
Land that receives no water other than rainwater.
Cultivated land
Land that is worked (whether using hoes, ploughs, rakes, harvesters, spreaders or extirpators) over the agricultural year for whatever purpose and the date when it was done. Crops from tilled land can be herbaceous or woody.

Methodological aspects

The Agricultural Census is a large-scale statistical operation carried out every ten years. Its objective is to collect, compile and disseminate information that allows us to understand the structure of the agricultural sector at a given point in time.

The aspects covered by the census include farm size, tenure status, irrigation methods, land use, livestock, labour, rural development and storage facilities.

In Catalonia, the 1962, 1982, 2009 and 2020 agricultural censuses were carried out by Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE), while the 1989 and 1999 censuses were carried out by Idescat, with support from the then Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Environment (now the Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda).

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 "..".