List of municipalities in A Coruña
A Coruña is a province in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain, that is divided into 93 municipalities. Template:As of Spanish census, the province is the 12th largest by population, with Template:Nts inhabitants,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the 32nd largest by land area, spanning Template:Convert.<ref name="landarea"/> Municipalities are the basic local political division in SpainTemplate:Sfn and can only belong to one province.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn
The organisation of municipalities in Spain is outlined in a local government law (Template:Langx; Template:Translation) passed on 2 April 1985Template:Sfn and finalised by an 18 April 1986 royal decree.Template:Sfn The Statute of Autonomy of A Coruña also contains provisions concerning the relations between the municipalities and the autonomous government of A Coruña.Template:Sfn All citizens of Spain are required to register in the municipality in which they reside.Template:Sfn Each municipality is a corporation with independent legal personhood: its governing body is called the ayuntamiento (municipal council or corporation),Template:Sfn a term often also used to refer to the municipal offices (city and town halls). The ayuntamiento is composed of the mayor (Template:Langx), the deputy mayors (tenientes de alcalde) and the plenary assembly (pleno) of councillors (concejales).Template:Sfn 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 101Template:Ndash250, seven for 251Template:Ndash1,000, nine for 1,001Template:Ndash2,000, eleven for 2,001Template:Ndash5,000, thirteen for 5,001Template:Ndash10,000, seventeen for 10,001Template:Ndash20,000, twenty-one for 20,001Template:Ndash50,000, and twenty-five for 50,001Template:Ndash100,000.Template:Sfn
The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by universal suffrage.Template:Sfn Elections in municipalities with more than 250 inhabitants are carried out following a proportional representation system with closed lists,Template:Sfn whilst those with a population lower than 250 use a block plurality voting system with open lists.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn Many ayuntamientos also have a local governing board (Template:Langx), which is named by the mayor from amongst the councillors and is required for municipalities of more than 5,000 inhabitants.Template:Sfn 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.Template:Sfn The Galician name is the sole official although older or informal texts may use the Spanish language forms or spellings.<ref name="lei3">Template:Cite web</ref>
The largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2024 Spanish census is A Coruña, its capital, with 249,261 residents, while the smallest is Cerdido, with 1004 residents.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
List
- Largest municipalities in the province of A Coruña by population
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A Coruña is the capital and most populous municipality in the province of A Coruña -
Santiago de Compostela is the second largest municipality in A Coruña by population -
The third most populous municipality in A Coruña is Ferrol -
Narón is the fourth most populous municipality in A Coruña. -
Oleiros, the fifth most populous municipality in A Coruña
