Municipal addresses
Municipal Addresses contains all the information necessary to identify an address, according to a complete model of related tables
This data set contains all the information necessary to identify an address (a concept expressed in a location and access route to a place where people can live and/or socio-economic activities can be carried out), according to the complete model of related tables agreed upon in the Street Database Working Group (within the framework of the Cartographic Coordination Commission of Catalonia). It includes the following data:
- population.
- street.
- portal number.
- postal code.
- road.
- kilometer point.
- building name.
Covers urban areas and isolated buildings.
This set is obtained through a coordinated work process between the city councils, the provincial councils, the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) and the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC).
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The information shown in this data set is for informational purposes only. In this sense, the entities that manage it are not responsible for the updating, accuracy, integrity or quality of the data. Consequently, claims of liability for any errors that the information may contain or for any damage or harm caused by the use of this information will be rejected. Sources of information and those responsible for maintaining addresses by municipality.
Technical characteristics
These data follow the model agreed upon in the Street Database Working Group, within the framework of the Cartographic Coordination Commission of Catalonia, consisting of a scheme of related tables: Technical specifications for Municipal Addresses v2.2 (20.10.2025) (Catalan).
- Publication date: April 2026.
- Date of information: 2023-2026.
- Version: v2.2.
Its distribution is carried out in the Geopackage, Geodatabase (GDB), Shapefile (SHP) and GML formats, and the reference system used is the official one in Catalonia (ETRS89 UTM 31 North).
For the correct visualization of the data with the predefined style and for other considerations, we suggest that you consult the manuals included as annexes in the technical specifications of this geoinformation (Catalan).
Description
This data set is made up of the following entities, some with geometry and others without:
- Street address (when the address is associated with a street).
- Street (streets, squares, roads, paths, etc.).
- Street variants.
- Relationship of the street with the population unit.
- Relationship of the street with external codes.
- Area (place or group of buildings).
- Area scope.
- Relationship of the area with external codes.
- Street subaddress (detail of the street address: floor, door, etc.).
- Relationship of the street subaddress with external codes.
- Relationship of the street address with external codes.
- Street (streets, squares, roads, paths, etc.).
- Building address (when the address is not associated with a street: isolated or singular buildings...).
- Area (place or group of buildings).
- Scope of the area.
- Relationship of the area with external codes.
- Building sub-address (detail of the building address: floor, door, etc.).
- Relationship of the building sub-address with external codes.
- Relationship of the building address with external codes.
- Area (place or group of buildings).
Highlighted cases
Detailed identification and normalization of addresses in databases that contain related information. For example, if an organization has a list of centers with a series of addresses, using this data set it can associate each of the parts that would make up the normalized address (initial number, complement of initial number, auxiliary block, etc.) and, at the same time, specify their location.
Given the completeness of this data set, which covers all forms of identified addresses, it is possible to extract subsets to solve specific needs. An example would be Simplified Addresses, which is a set of basic tables in text format (CSV) adapted for basic (but majority) use that does not require knowledge of the full data model.
Extract subsets of address data for specific applications.