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Provinces of Spain

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Provinces of Spain
CategoryProvince
LocationSpain
Found inAutonomous community
Created byRoyal Decree (30/11/1833)
Created
  • 1833
Number50
Populations95,258–6,458,684
Areas1,980–21,766 km²
Government
Subdivisions

A province in Spain[note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities.[1][2][3] The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into 84 prefectures.[4] There are many other groupings of municipalities that comprise the local government of Spain.

The boundaries of provinces can only be altered by the Spanish Parliament,[1] giving rise to the common view that the 17 autonomous communities are subdivided into 50 provinces. In reality the system is not hierarchical but defined according to jurisdiction (Spanish: competencias).[5]

The body charged with government and administration of a province is the Provincial council, but their existence is controversial. As the province is defined as a "local entity" in the Constitution, the Provincial council belongs to the sphere of local government.

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Provincial organization

The layout of Spain's provinces closely follows the pattern of the territorial division of the country carried out in 1833. The only major change of provincial borders since that time has been the division of the Province of Canary Islands into the provinces of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Historically, the provinces served mainly as transmission belts for policies enacted in Madrid, as Spain was a highly centralised state for most of its modern history. The provinces were the "building-blocks" from which the autonomous communities were created following processed defined in the 1978 Constitution. Consequently, no province is divided between more than one of these communities.

The importance of the provinces has declined since the adoption of the system of autonomous communities in the period of the Spanish transition to democracy. They nevertheless remain electoral districts for national elections.

Provinces are also used as geographical references: for instance in postal addresses and telephone codes. National media will also frequently use the province to disambiguate small towns or communities whose names occur frequently throughout Spain. A small town would normally be identified as being in, say, Valladolid province rather than the autonomous community of Castile and León. In addition, organisations outside Spain use provinces for statistical analysis and policy making and in comparison with other countries including NUTS, OECD,  FIPS, CIA World Factbook, ISO 3166-2 and the UN's Second Administrative Level Boundaries data set project (SALB).

Most of the provinces—with the exceptions of Álava, Asturias, Biscay, Cantabria, Gipuzkoa, the Balearic Islands, La Rioja, and Navarre—are named after their principal town. Only two capitals of autonomous communities—Mérida in Extremadura and Santiago de Compostela in Galicia—are not also the capitals of provinces.

Seven of the autonomous communities comprise no more than one province each: Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, and Navarre. These are sometimes referred to as "uniprovincial" communities. Ceuta, Melilla, and the plazas de soberanía are not part of any province.

A map of Spain's provinces. Names are shown in Spanish. Ceuta and Melilla are not part of any province.

The table below lists the provinces of Spain. For each, the capital city is given, together with an indication of the autonomous community to which it belongs and a link to a list of municipalities in the province. The names of the provinces and their capitals are ordered alphabetically according to the form in which they appear in the main Wikipedia articles describing them. Unless otherwise indicated, their Spanish-language names are the same; locally valid names in Spain's other co-official languages (Basque, Catalan, which is officially called Valencian in the Valencian Community, Galician) are also indicated where they differ.

Provinces

Province name Capital Autonomous community Lists of municipalities
A Coruña
A Coruña
(Galician); La Coruña (Spanish)
A Coruña (Galician); La Coruña (Spanish)
Galicia
Galicia
Municipalities
Álava
Álava
(Spanish); Araba (Basque)
Vitoria (Spanish); Gasteiz (Basque)
Basque Country
Basque Country
Municipalities
Albacete
Albacete
Albacete
Castilla-La Mancha
Castilla-La Mancha
Municipalities
Province of Alicante
Alicante
(Spanish); Alacant (Valencian)
Alicante; Alacant (Valencian)
Valencian Community
Valencian Community
Municipalities
Almería
Almería
Almería
Andalusia
Andalusia
Municipalities
Asturias
Asturias
Oviedo
Asturias
Asturias
Municipalities
Ávila
Ávila
Ávila
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Badajoz
Badajoz
Badajoz
Extremadura
Extremadura
Municipalities
Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
(English); Illes Balears (Catalan); Islas Baleares (Spanish)
Palma
Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
Municipalities
Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona
Catalonia
Catalonia
Municipalities
Biscay
Biscay
(English); Vizcaya (Spanish); Bizkaia (Basque)
Bilbao
Basque Country
Basque Country
Municipalities
Burgos
Burgos
Burgos
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Cáceres
Cáceres
Cáceres
Extremadura
Extremadura
Municipalities
Cádiz
Cádiz
Cádiz
Andalusia
Andalusia
Municipalities
Cantabria
Cantabria
Santander
Cantabria
Cantabria
Municipalities
Province of Castellón
Castellón
(Spanish); Castelló (Valencian)
Castellón de la Plana; Castelló de la Plana (Valencian)
Valencian Community
Valencian Community
Municipalities
Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real
Castilla-La Mancha
Castilla-La Mancha
Municipalities
Córdoba
Córdoba
Córdoba
Andalusia
Andalusia
Municipalities
Cuenca
Cuenca
Cuenca
Castilla-La Mancha
Castilla-La Mancha
Municipalities
≥Guipúzcoa
Guipúzcoa
(Spanish); Gipuzkoa (Basque)
San Sebastián (Spanish); Donostia (Basque)
Basque Country
Basque Country
Municipalities
Girona
Girona
(Catalan); Gerona (Spanish)
Girona (Catalan); Gerona (Spanish)
Catalonia
Catalonia
Municipalities
Granada
Granada
Granada
Andalusia
Andalusia
Municipalities
Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Castilla-La Mancha
Castilla-La Mancha
Municipalities
Huelva
Huelva
Huelva
Andalusia
Andalusia
Municipalities
Huesca
Huesca
Huesca (Spanish language)
Aragon
Aragon
Municipalities
Jaén
Jaén
Jaén
Andalusia
Andalusia
Municipalities
La Rioja
La Rioja
Logroño
La Rioja
La Rioja
Municipalities
Las Palmas
Las Palmas
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Canary Islands
Municipalities
León
León
León
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Lleida
Lleida (Catalan); Lérida (Spanish)
Lleida (Catalan); Lérida (Spanish)
Catalonia
Catalonia
Municipalities
Lugo
Lugo
Lugo
Galicia
Galicia
Municipalities
Community of Madrid
Madrid
Madrid
Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid
Municipalities
Málaga
Málaga
Málaga
Andalusia
Andalusia
Municipalities
Region of Murcia
Murcia
Murcia
Region of Murcia
Region of Murcia
Municipalities
Navarre
Navarre
; Navarra (Spanish); Nafarroa (Basque)
Pamplona; Iruña (Basque)
Navarre
Navarre
Municipalities
Ourense
Ourense
(Galician); Orense (Spanish)
Ourense (Galician); Orense (Spanish)
Galicia
Galicia
Municipalities
Palencia
Palencia
Palencia
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Pontevedra
Pontevedra
Pontevedra
Galicia
Galicia
Municipalities
Salamanca
Salamanca
Salamanca
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Canary Islands
Canary Islands
Municipalities
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Seville
Seville
; Sevilla (Spanish)
Seville; Sevilla (Spanish)
Andalusia
Andalusia
Municipalities
Soria
Soria
Soria
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Tarragona
Tarragona
Tarragona
Catalonia
Catalonia
Municipalities
Teruel
Teruel
Teruel
Aragon
Aragon
Municipalities
Toledo
Toledo
Toledo
Castilla-La Mancha
Castilla-La Mancha
Municipalities
Province of Valencia
Valencia
; València (Valencian)
Valencia; València (Valencian)
Valencia Community
Valencian Community
Municipalities
Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Province of Zamora
Zamora
Zamora
Castilla y León
Castile and León
Municipalities
Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Aragon
Aragon
Municipalities

Notes

  1. ^

References

  1. ^ a b Spanish Constitution 1978, Article 141(1).
  2. ^ Zafra Víctor 2004, p. 102.
  3. ^ Local Government Act 1985, Article 31.
  4. ^ Canel 1994, pp. 51.
  5. ^ MPA, paragraph 1.

Bibliography

  • "The Spanish Constitution" (PDF). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. 1978. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  • "Local Government Act (Organic Law 7/1985)" (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. 1985. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  • Zafra Víctor, Manuel (2004). "Reflexiones sobre el gobierno local" [Reflections on local government] (PDF). Anuario del Gobierno Local (in Spanish). Barcelona: Institut de Dret Públic (1). ISBN 84-609-5895-7. ISSN 2013-4924. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  • "Local Government in Spain" (PDF). Ministry of Public Administration. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

See also


External links

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