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Comarcas of Spain#Comarcas of Extremadura

{{Short description|Administrative divisions of some autonomous communities in Spain}}

{{Infobox subdivision type

| name = Comarca

| alt_name = Comarques (Catalan), Eskualde (Basque)

| map = File:Mapa comarcal de España (vers. 2022-09-29).svg

| category = Comarca

| territory = Kingdom of Spain

| upper_unit = Autonomous communities

| start_date =

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| legislation_end =

| end_date =

| current_number = 83 formal, 465 total

| number_date = 20 June 2022

| type =

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| government = Comarcal council

| subdivision = Municipalities

}}

File:Mapa comarcal de España (vers. 2021-12-16).svg]]

In Spain, a comarca ({{IPA|es|koˈmaɾka|lang|LL-Q1321 (spa)-Marreromarco-comarca.wav}}){{efn|In other languages of Spain:

  • Catalan {{lang|ca|comarques}} ({{IPA|ca|kuˈmaɾkəs|IPA}}), sing comarca.
  • Galician {{lang|gl|comarcas}} ({{IPA|gl|koˈmaɾkɐs|IPA}}), sing. comarca.
  • Basque {{lang|eu|eskualdeak}} ({{IPA|eu|es̺kualdeak|IPA}}, sing. eskualde.}}

is either a traditional territorial division without any formal basis, or a group of municipalities, legally defined by an autonomous community for the purpose of providing common local government services.{{sfn|Local Government Act|1985|loc=Article 42}}{{Sfn|Register of Local Entities||}}

In English, a comarca is equivalent to an area, county, district, or zone.

Legally defined comarcas

The large majority of legally defined comarcas are in Catalonia (42) and Aragon (33), and are regulated by law and are governed by a comarcal council with specified powers. There are seven comarcas formally registered in Basque Country and one, El Bierzo, in Castile and León.{{Sfn|Register of Local Entities||}} In Andalusia, Galicia, Valencia and Asturias, comarcas are defined by regional law but lack any specific function.

Informal comarcas

In other regions, comarcas are traditional or historical or in some cases, contemporary creations designed for tourism promotions. In some other cases (e.g. La Carballeda) a comarca may correspond to a natural area, like a valley, river basin and mountainous area, or even to historical regions overlapping different provinces and ancient kingdoms (e.g. Ilercavonia).{{Sfn|Cools|Verbeek|2013|loc=Explanatory Memorandum paragraph 33 on page 11}}

In such comarcas or natural regions municipalities have resorted to organizing themselves in {{Lang|es|mancomunidad}} (commonwealth), like the Taula del Sénia, the only legal formula that has allowed those comarcas to manage their public municipal resources meaningfully.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

There is also a comarca, the Cerdanya that is divided between two states, the southwestern half being counted as a comarca of Spain, while the northeastern half is part of France.

Relationship to other groups of municipalities

{{Further|Local government in Spain}}

There are also other groupings of municipalities in Spain including provinces, mancomunidades, metropolitan areas and the major islands of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.

Legally defined comarcas have their boundaries and functions defined by the relevant regional government (autonomous community) and so do not necessarily have boundaries consistent with provinces which are defined by the State.{{Sfn|Cools|Verbeek|2013|loc=Explanatory Memorandum paragraph 221 on page 38}} The remit of comarcas is very similar to that of the provinces and has been criticised for duplication.{{Sfn|Cools|Verbeek|2013|loc=Explanatory Memorandum paragraph 221 on page 38 and paragraph 2 of the Summary}}

However in Catalonia, the comarca (and not the province) has been the traditional territorial organisation.{{sfn|Albet i Mas|2019|p=27}}

List of comarcas of Spain by autonomous communities

= Comarcas of [[Andalusia]] =

File:Comarcas.jpg

{{main|Comarcas of Andalusia}}

== Comarcas of the province of [[Almería (province)|Almería]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Cádiz (province)|Cádiz]] ==

Image:Comarcas de Cádiz.png

== Comarcas of the province of [[Córdoba (Spanish province)|Córdoba]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Granada (province)|Granada]] ==

Image:Comarcas de Granada.svg

== Comarcas of the province of [[Huelva (province)|Huelva]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Jaén (Spanish province)|Jaén]] ==

Image:Comarcasjaén.PNG

== Comarcas of the province of [[Málaga (province)|Málaga]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Seville (province)|Sevilla]] ==

= Comarcas of [[Aragon]] =

File:Comarcas de Aragón.png

{{main|List of Aragonese comarcas|l1=Comarcas of Aragon}}

== Comarcas of the province of [[Huesca (province)|Huesca/Uesca]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Teruel (province)|Teruel]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Zaragoza (province)|Zaragoza]] ==

= Comarcas of [[Asturias]] =

{{main|Comarcas of Asturias}}

Image:Comarcas of Asturias.png

= Comarques of the [[Balearic Islands]] =

== Mallorca ==

== Menorca ==

== Pitiüses ==

= Eskualdeak / ''Comarcas'' of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]] =

{{Main|Comarcas of the Basque Country}}

== Eskualdeak / ''Cuadrillas'' of the province of [[Álava-Araba]] ==

== Eskualdeak / ''Comarcas'' of the province of [[Biscay]] ==

Image:Comarcas de Bizkaia.png

== Eskualdeak / ''Comarcas'' of the province of [[Gipuzkoa]] ==

{{main|List of regions in Gipuzkoa}}

= Comarcas of the [[Canary Islands]] =

== Comarcas of the province of [[Las Palmas (province)|Las Palmas]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province)|Tenerife]] ==

= Comarcas of [[Cantabria]] =

Image:Comarcas administrativas de Cantabria.svg

{{main|Comarcas of Cantabria}}

= Comarques of Catalonia =

File:Comarques de Catalunya.svg

{{main|Comarques of Catalonia}}

Reference:{{Cite web|title=Idescat. Anuari estadístic de Catalunya. Nombre de municipis i població. Comarques i Aran|url=https://www.idescat.cat/pub/?id=aec&n=924|access-date=2020-07-14|website=www.idescat.cat|language=ca}}

== Comarques of the province of [[Barcelona (province)|Barcelona]] ==

== Comarques of the province of [[Girona (province)|Girona]] ==

== Comarques of the province of [[Lleida (province)|Lleida]] ==

== Comarques of the province of [[Tarragona (province)|Tarragona]] ==

= Comarcas of [[Castile–La Mancha]] =

== Comarcas of the province of [[Albacete (province)|Albacete]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Ciudad Real (province)|Ciudad Real]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Province of Cuenca|Cuenca]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Guadalajara (province)|Guadalajara]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Toledo (province)|Toledo]] ==

= Comarcas of [[Castile and León]] =

== Comarcas of the province of [[Province of Ávila|Ávila]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Burgos (province)|Burgos]] ==

Image:Mapa Comarcas de Burgos.PNG

== Comarcas of the province of [[León (province)|León]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Palencia (province)|Palencia]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Salamanca (province)|Salamanca]] ==

Image:Comarcas de la provincia de Salamanca, Castilla y León, España.SVG

== Comarcas of the province of [[Segovia (province)|Segovia]] ==

An official classification establishes three comarcas:

or sometimes four:

However, historic approaches (before the national classification into provinces) establish six comarcas:

== Comarcas of the province of [[Soria (province)|Soria]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Valladolid (province)|Valladolid]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Zamora (province)|Zamora]] ==

Image:Comarcas de la Provincia de Zamora 1(España).svg

= Comarcas of Extremadura =

== Comarcas of the province of [[Badajoz (province)|Badajoz]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Province of Cáceres|Cáceres]] ==

= Comarcas of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] =

File:Comarcas de Galicia.png

{{main|Comarcas of Galicia}}

== Comarcas of the province of [[A Coruña (province)|A Coruña]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Lugo (province)|Lugo]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Ourense (province)|Ourense]] ==

== Comarcas of the province of [[Pontevedra (province)|Pontevedra]] ==

= Comarcas of [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]] =

= Comarcas of [[Community of Madrid|Madrid]] =

{{main|Comarcas of the Community of Madrid}}

= Comarcas of [[Region of Murcia]] =

{{main|Comarcas of Region of Murcia}}

Image:Comarcas de la Región de Murcia.svg

= Eskualdeak / Comarcas of [[Navarre]] =

{{main|Comarcas of Navarre}}

Image:Navarra - Mapa municipal Zonificacion 2000.svg

= Comarques of the [[Valencian Community]] =

{{main|Comarques of the Valencian Community}}

Image:Mapa comarcal de la Comunidad Valenciana.svg

== Comarques of the province of [[Alicante (province)|Alicante]] ==

== Comarques of the province of [[Castellón (province)|Castellón]] ==

== Comarques of the province of [[Valencia (province)|Valencia]] ==

See also

{{Portal|Spain}}

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite web|title= Local Government Act (Organic Law 7/1985)

|url=https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/1985/04/02/7/con |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |access-date=12 June 2022 |year=1985|language=Spanish|ref={{harvid|Local Government Act|1985}}}}

  • {{Cite web |last=Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation |title=Register of Local Entities |url=https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/REL/frontend/inicio/index |access-date=10 June 2022 |language=es|website=Local Entity Portal|ref={{harvid|Register of Local Entities|}}}}
  • {{Cite book |date=19–21 March 2013 |title=Local and regional democracy in Spain |first1=Marc |last1=Cools |first2=Leen |last2=Verbeek |author-link2=Leen Verbeek |url=https://rm.coe.int/168071969f |publisher=Council of Europe }}
  • {{Cite journal|first=Abel|last=Albet i Mas|year=2019|title=The municipal map in Spain: structure, evolution and problems|language=es|journal=Geopolitica(s). Revista de estudios sobre espacio y poder|volume=10|issue=1|pages=11–40|doi=10.5209/GEOP.63834|doi-access=free}}

External links

  • [https://archive.today/20030215184448/http://www.conocerespanya.com/comarcas/comarcas.htm Conocer España], detailed list of the Spanish comarcas with links (in Spanish).
  • [http://www.geopostcodes.com/Spain_Comarcas Spain Comarcas], list of the Spanish comarcas

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