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Associations. By type of activity. Counties and Aran, and areas

Associations. By type of activity. Counties and areas 2014
Social care Culture Teaching & research Rights Sectors Space Health Others Total
Alt Camp 9 219 43 74 48 52 4 25 474
Alt Empordà 31 593 124 150 108 91 11 369 1,477
Alt Penedès 30 656 91 121 118 72 11 179 1,278
Alt Urgell 11 130 23 43 26 26 7 0 266
Alta Ribagorça 1 45 7 26 8 6 1 0 94
Anoia 34 597 123 112 99 111 10 144 1,230
Bages 63 815 176 193 150 93 25 210 1,725
Baix Camp 45 806 144 233 134 121 16 71 1,570
Baix Ebre 24 332 82 156 61 46 16 102 819
Baix Empordà 26 565 120 142 95 94 7 325 1,374
Baix Llobregat 216 2,183 578 611 404 234 47 600 4,873
Baix Penedès 25 399 59 120 58 94 6 22 783
Barcelonès 1,106 8,874 2,255 2,183 2,468 458 494 2,674 20,512
Berguedà 5 297 47 66 46 39 7 73 580
Cerdanya 7 70 25 35 25 24 7 36 229
Conca de Barberà 4 174 29 44 16 38 1 3 309
Garraf 49 578 85 129 119 92 12 154 1,218
Garrigues 10 172 43 32 19 15 2 0 293
Garrotxa 30 329 59 103 35 45 7 176 784
Gironès 109 875 215 331 160 89 35 677 2,491
Maresme 142 1,529 309 375 352 182 39 470 3,398
Montsià 17 261 52 93 50 34 8 98 613
Noguera 23 261 73 96 42 41 7 0 543
Osona 61 705 172 139 121 99 25 192 1,514
Pallars Jussà 6 111 20 46 25 22 3 0 233
Pallars Sobirà 1 90 12 43 32 24 1 0 203
Pla d'Urgell 13 224 47 43 17 14 3 0 361
Pla de l'Estany 17 166 32 54 20 21 5 114 429
Priorat 3 140 27 29 13 15 0 6 233
Ribera d'Ebre 4 148 27 38 16 11 1 34 279
Ripollès 11 136 42 51 22 30 4 58 354
Segarra 9 185 33 95 22 36 6 0 386
Segrià 125 1,051 241 328 180 91 39 4 2,059
Selva 51 556 113 183 83 124 14 395 1,519
Solsonès 8 105 20 33 21 25 3 0 215
Tarragonès 105 1,117 208 353 187 127 18 105 2,220
Terra Alta 0 105 23 18 9 9 1 18 183
Urgell 19 236 49 84 31 27 4 0 450
Val d'Aran 5 61 19 11 28 9 1 0 134
Vallès Occidental 273 2,723 674 695 546 259 73 707 5,950
Vallès Oriental 127 1,535 299 434 276 194 38 412 3,315
Catalonia 2,855 30,154 6,820 8,145 6,290 3,234 1,019 8,453 66,970
Metropolità 1,864 16,844 4,115 4,298 4,046 1,327 691 4,863 38,048
Comarques Gironines 275 3,220 705 1,014 523 494 83 2,114 8,428
Camp de Tarragona 166 2,456 451 733 398 353 39 210 4,806
Terres de l'Ebre 45 846 184 305 136 100 26 252 1,894
Ponent 199 2,129 486 678 311 224 61 4 4,092
Comarques Centrals 137 1,922 415 431 338 256 60 475 4,034
Alt Pirineu i Aran 31 507 106 204 144 111 20 36 1,159
Penedès 138 2,230 358 482 394 369 39 499 4,509
Source: Ministry of Justice.
Notes:
Rights: Fostering and defending public, social personal rights.
Sectors: Interests of economic, geographical and professional sectors.
Space: Land planning, ecology and housing.

Last update: March 13, 2015.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Association
Non-profit organization, voluntarily formed by three or more persons to serve an objective of general or specific interest, through the sharing of personal resources or property temporarily or indefinitely.

Methodological aspects

The Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities is responsible for registering ordinary associations. Political, religious, competitive sports and professional associations which regulate working rights are excluded because they have specific registers.

The Directorate General for Law and Legal Entities is also responsible for registering and supervising foundations.

Associations and foundations are founded by three or more persons with a common objective. The most significant differences between an association and a foundation are these:

  • The creation of a foundation requires assets.
  • An association may pursue a general or specific objective (whatever the members want, as long as it is legal). In contrast, a foundation may only pursue objectives of general interest.
  • The governing bodies of an association are the general assembly and the board of directors, while the foundation has a board of trustees.

On December, 31.

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.

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