Slovensko
Catalonia
About the region
Catalonia is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. The region covers an area of 32,114 km² and has a population of 7,210,508. Official languages are Catalan, Spanish and Aranese. Barcelona comes top in terms of doing the most to improve itself as a business location. The 3,000 plus foreign companies operating in Catalonia (out of 5,550 in Spain) come from a variety of countries.
The most important consideration for European managers, with regard to Barcelona was the effort it has been making to improve as well as the quality of life enjoyed by its professionals, two rankings where the Catalan capital was rated first in Europe. Value for money of office space, public transport, the political and tax climate, the availability of office space and good access to markets, suppliers and customers are some of the other factors that were highly rated.
Brussels Steering Committee Member
Ana Coelho Rodrigues
Tel: +32 (0) 2 230 97 46
e-mail: copcaue@easynet.be
web: www.copca.cat
Address
Rue Belliard 199
1040 Brussels
