Comarcas of Spain

Comarca
Category Comarca
Location Spain
Found in Province
Government Comarcal council
Subdivisions Municipality

In Spain traditionally and historically, some autonomous communities are also divided into comarcas (Spanish: [koˈmarkas], sing. comarca).[note 1] Some comarcas (e.g. comarques of Catalonia) have a clearly defined status, are regulated by law and even their comarcal councils have some power.

In some other cases (e.g. La Carballeda) their legal status is not very formal for they correspond to natural areas, like valleys, river basins and mountainous areas, or even to historical regions overlapping different provinces and ancient kingdoms (e.g. Ilercavonia). In such comarcas or natural regions municipalities have resorted to organizing themselves in mancomunidad (commonwealth), like the Taula del Sénia, the only legal formula that has allowed those comarcas to manage their public municipal resources meaningfully.

There is even 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.

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

List of comarcas of Spain by autonomous communities

Comarcas of Andalusia

Comarcas of Andalusia

Comarcas of the province of Almería

Comarcas of the province of Cádiz

Comarcas of Cádiz

Comarcas of the province of Córdoba

Comarcas of the province of Granada

Comarcas of Granada

Comarcas of the province of Huelva

Comarcas of the province of Jaén

Comarcas de Jaén

Comarcas of the province of Málaga

Comarcas of the province of Sevilla

Comarcas of Aragon

Comarcas of Aragon
Main article: Comarcas of Aragon

Comarcas of the province of Huesca/Uesca

Comarcas of the province of Teruel

Comarcas of the province of Zaragoza

Comarcas of Asturias

Main article: Comarcas of Asturias
Comarcas of Asturias

Comarques of the Balearic Islands

Mallorca

Menorca

Pitiüses

Comarcas of Basque Country

Comarcas of the province of Álava-Araba

Comarcas of the province of Biscay

Comarcas of Biscay

Comarcas of the province of Gipuzkoa

Comarcas of Canary Islands

Comarcas of the province of Las Palmas

Comarcas of the province of Tenerife

Comarcas of Cantabria

Comarcas of Cantabria.

Comarques of Catalonia

Comarques of Catalonia

Comarques of the province of Barcelona

Comarques of the province of Girona

Comarques of the province of Lleida

Comarques of the province of Tarragona

Comarcas of Castile–La Mancha

Comarcas of the province of Albacete

Comarcas of the province of Ciudad Real

Comarcas of the province of Cuenca

Comarcas of the province of Guadalajara

Comarcas of the province of Toledo

Comarcas of Castile and León

Comarcas of the province of Ávila

Comarcas of the province of Burgos

Comarcas of the province of León

Map of Comarcas de León.

Comarcas of the province of Palencia

Comarcas of the province of Salamanca

Comarcas of the province of 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 Valladolid

Comarcas of the province of Zamora

Comarcas of Extremadura

Comarcas of the province of Badajoz

Comarcas of the province of Cáceres

Comarcas of Galicia

Comarcas of the province of A Coruña

Comarcas of the province of Lugo

Comarcas of the province of Ourense

Comarcas of the province of Pontevedra

Comarcas of La Rioja

Comarcas of Madrid

Comarcas of Region of Murcia

Comarcas de Murcia

Comarcas of Navarre

Main article: Comarcas of Navarre
Comarcas of Navarre

Comarques of the Valencian Community

Comarcas of the Comunitat Valenciana

Comarques of the province of Alacant / Alicante

Comarques of the province of Castelló / Castellón

Comarques of the province of València / Valencia

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In other languages of Spain:

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