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Map of the province of A Coruña with its municipalities
Map of the municipalities in the province of A Coruña

A Coruña is a province in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain, that is divided into 93 municipalities. As of the 2023 Spanish census, the province is the 12th largest by population, with 1,123,024 inhabitants,[1] and the 32nd largest by land area, spanning 7,950 square kilometres (3,070 sq mi).[2] Municipalities are the basic local political division in Spain[3] and can only belong to one province.[4] They enjoy a large degree of autonomy in their local administration, being in charge of tasks such as urban planning, water supply, lighting, roads, local police, and firefighting.[5]

The organisation of municipalities in Spain is outlined in a local government law (Spanish: Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local; transl. Law 7/1985, of 2 April, Regulating the Bases of the Local Administration) passed on 2 April 1985[6] and finalised by an 18 April 1986 royal decree.[7] The Statute of Autonomy of A Coruña also contains provisions concerning the relations between the municipalities and the autonomous government of A Coruña.[8] All citizens of Spain are required to register in the municipality in which they reside.[9] Each municipality is a corporation with independent legal personhood: its governing body is called the ayuntamiento (municipal council or corporation),[10] a term often also used to refer to the municipal offices (city and town halls). The ayuntamiento is composed of the mayor (Spanish: alcalde), the deputy mayors (tenientes de alcalde) and the plenary assembly (pleno) of councillors (concejales).[11] Municipalities are categorised by population for the purpose of determining the number of councillors: three when the population is up to 100 inhabitants, five for 101–250, seven for 251–1,000, nine for 1,001–2,000, eleven for 2,001–5,000, thirteen for 5,001–10,000, seventeen for 10,001–20,000, twenty-one for 20,001–50,000, and twenty-five for 50,001–100,000.[12]

The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by universal suffrage.[13] Elections in municipalities with more than 250 inhabitants are carried out following a proportional representation system with closed lists,[14] whilst those with a population lower than 250 use a block plurality voting system with open lists.[15] The plenary assembly must meet periodically at the seat of the ayuntamiento, with meetings occurring more or less frequently depending on the population of the municipality: monthly for those whose population is larger than 20,000, once every two months if it ranges between 5,001 and 20,000, and once every three months if it does not exceed 5,000.[16] Many ayuntamientos also have a local governing board (Spanish: junta de gobierno local), which is named by the mayor from amongst the councillors and is required for municipalities of more than 5,000 inhabitants.[11] The board, whose role is to assist the mayor between meetings of the plenary assembly, may not include more than one third of the councillors.[17] The Galician name is the sole official although older or informal texts may use the Spanish language forms or spellings.[18]

The largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2023 Spanish census is A Coruña, its capital, with 249,964 residents, while the smallest is Vilarmaior, with 1231 residents.[19] The largest municipality by area is , which spans  km², while is the smallest at  km².[2]

Municipalities

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  • Largest municipalities in the province of A Coruña by population
  • A large modernist city hall of the municipality A Coruña of about 5 stories tall centered between a few small buildings on either side.
    A Coruña is the capital and most populous municipality in the province of A Coruña
  • A very large cathedral in Santiago de Compostela from the front, occupying the whole image with some people sitting and standing in front on cobblestones.
    Santiago de Compostela is the second largest municipality in A Coruña by population
  • A landscape view of Ferrol which includes a river with several bridges and clusters of small houses on both sides.
    The third most populous municipality in A Coruña is Ferrol
  • A small town square of Narón which features a fountain in the center and buildings on three sides.
    Narón is the fourth most populous municipality in A Coruña.
  • A river in Carballo, Spain with five story apartment buildings on both sides of the river.
    Carballo, the fifth most populous municipality in A Coruña
Name Population (2002)
Abegondo 5,772
Ames 18,788
Aranga 2,379
Ares 4,976
Arteixo 23,560
Arzúa 6,776
A Baña 5,141
Bergondo 6,264
Betanzos 12,575
Boimorto 2,551
Boiro 18,064
Boqueixón 4,261
Brión 6,437
Cabana de Bergantiños 5,592
Cabanas 3,334
Camariñas 6,620
Cambre 19,504
A Capela 1,534
Carballo 28,527
Cariño 4,861
Carnota 5,510
Carral 5,290
Cedeira 7,572
Cee 7,239
Cerceda 5,492
Cerdido 1,619
Cesuras-Oza 2,555 + 3,160 (5,715)
Coirós 1,577
Corcubión 2,002
Coristanco 8,001
A Coruña 242,458
Culleredo 22,745
Curtis 4,451
Dodro 3,213
Dumbría 4,428
Fene 14,638
Ferrol 79,520
Fisterra 5,132
Frades 3,019
Irixoa 1,673
A Laracha 10,683
Laxe 3,557
Lousame 4,035
Malpica de Bergantiños 7,070
Mañón 1,898
Mazaricos 5,948
Melide 8,383
Mesía 3,304
Miño 5,044
Moeche 1,490
Monfero 2,595
Mugardos 5,859
Muros 10,272
Muxía 6,103
Narón 29,263
Neda 6,074
Negreira 6,573
Noia 14,391
Oleiros 27,453
Ordes 12,015
Oroso 5,648
Ortigueira 8,299
Outes 8,398
Paderne 2,751
Padrón 9,242
O Pino 5,016
A Pobra do Caramiñal 10,006
Ponteceso 7,019
Pontedeume 8,860
As Pontes de García Rodríguez 12,367
Porto do Son 10,085
Rianxo 11,747
Ribeira 26,343
Rois 5,123
Sada 11,686
San Sadurniño 3,337
Santa Comba 10,892
Santiago de Compostela 93,273
Santiso 2,286
Sobrado 2,434
As Somozas 1,403
Teo 15,331
Toques 1,573
Tordoia 4,945
Touro 4,765
Trazo 3,766
Val do Dubra 4,802
Valdoviño 6,837
Vedra 5,054
Vilarmaior 1,209
Vilasantar 1,211
Vimianzo 6,963
Zas 4,393

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Censo anual de población 2021-2023. Cifras de población. Principales resultados. 2021-2023. Población según comunidad autónoma y provincia y sexo" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference landarea was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ BOE 1985, p. 11.
  4. ^ BOE 1985, p. 14.
  5. ^ BOE 1985, pp. 22–23.
  6. ^ BOE 1985.
  7. ^ BOE 1986.
  8. ^ BOE 1982.
  9. ^ BOE 1985, p. 15.
  10. ^ BOE 1985, pp. 13–14.
  11. ^ a b BOE 1985, p. 19.
  12. ^ LOREG 1985, pp. 64–65.
  13. ^ LOREG 1985, p. 7.
  14. ^ LOREG 1985, p. 65.
  15. ^ LOREG 1985, p. 66.
  16. ^ BOE 1985, p. 33.
  17. ^ BOE 1985, p. 21.
  18. ^ "Lei 3/1983, do 15 de xuño, de normalización lingüística". dereito galego consolidado.
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference census2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

See also

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