Idescat adds the territorial divisions of the Rural Agents and of the Emergency Services-Fire Brigade of the Generalitat de Catalunya

Idescat is adding to the Database of Territorial and Entity Codes (BDCTE) the territorial division of the rural agents (Regional Areas of the Rural Agents and Basic Areas of the Rural Agents) and the Territorial Division of Emergency Services-Fire Brigade of the Generalitat de Catalunya, as defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety. This twofold addition ensures the use of official codings in territorial and statistical information and aligns it with the Generalitat de Catalunya’s Reference Data database.

This addition was made at the request of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Public Safety, since the BDCTE already includes the territorial division of the Police of the Generalitat de Catalunya-Mossos d’Esquadra, a body of that Ministry whose coding system has recently been revised.

This information makes it possible to consult the current territorial boundaries of these areas. It also guarantees the historical traceability of the territorial divisions of the Rural Agents since 7 December 2007 and of the emergency regions of the Fire Brigade of the Generalitat de Catalunya since 22 June 2015.