The municipalities of Spain (Spanish: municipios), 8111 in total, are the basic level of Spanish local government. Each municipality forms part of a province (fifty in total), which in turn forms part or the whole of an autonomous community (seventeen in total): some autonomous communities have additional second level subdivisions, such as comarcas or mancominudades. The average population of a municipality is about 5300, but this figure masks a huge range: the most populous Spanish municipality is the city of Madrid, with a population of 3,016,788 (2002), while several rural municipalities have fewer than ten inhabitants (e.g., Villarroya (La Rioja), population 9 in 2002). The area of the municipal territory (Spanish: terme municipal) usually ranges from 2 to 40 km², although municipalities such as Tremp (Lleida) cover more than 400 km². Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state or province. ... In addition to its seventeen autonomous communities, Spain is divided into fifty provinces. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Villa de Madrid) Website http://www. ... Capital Logroño Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 16th  5 045 km²  1,0% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 17th   281 614  0,7%  55,82/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  â€”  riojano/a Statute of Autonomy June 9, 1982 Parliament  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate seats  4  1 President Pedro Sanz... Demographical evolution Tremp is the capital of the comarca of Pallars Jussà, in the province of Lleida, in Spain. ... Lleida province Lleida is a province of eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. ...

The organisation of the municipalities is governed by the Law of 1985-04-02, completed by the Royal Decree-Law of 1986-04-18. The Statutes of Autonomy of the various autonomous communities also contain provisions concerning the relations between the municipalities and the autonomous governments. In general, municipalities enjoy a large degree of autonomy in their local affairs: many of the functions of the comarcas and provinces are actually municipal powers which have been pooled together. 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ...

Each municipality is a corporation with independant legal personality: its governing body is called the ayuntamiento, a term which is often also used to refer to the municipal offices or "town hall". The ayuntamiento is composed of the mayor (Spanish: alcalde), the deputy mayors (Spanish: tenientes de alcalde) and the plenary assembly (pleno) of councillors (regidors). The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by universal suffrage on a list system every five years (next elections due in May 2007). The plenary assembly must meet at least once every three months, in public and at the seat of the ayuntamiento. Many ayuntamientos also have a governing commission (comissión de gobierno), named by the mayor from among the councillors, which is obligatory for municipalities of more than 5000 inhabitants. The governing commission, whose role is to assist the mayor between meetings of the plenary assembly, cannot include more than one-third of the councillors. A corporation is a legal person which, while being composed of natural persons, exists completely separately from them. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Universal suffrage (also general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to all adults, without distinction as to race, sex, belief, or economic or social status. ...

Translation of terms

The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra and co-official in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Valencia (under the name Valencian) and Catalonia. ... This page deals with language. ... Galician (Galician: galego, pron. ... Basque (native name: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ...

See also

• Municipality
• List of municipalities in Spain