List of municipalities in León

Map of Spain with the province of León highlighted

Map of the municipalities in the province of León

León is a province in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. The province is divided into 211 municipalities. Template:As of Spanish census, León is the 30th most populous of Spain's 50 provinces, with Template:Nts inhabitants,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the 7th largest by land area, spanning Template:Convert.<ref name="landarea"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Municipalities are the most 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 by the local government law Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (Template:Translation), which was passed by the Cortes Generales—Spain’s national parliament—on 2 April 1985Template:Sfn and finalised by royal decree on 18 April 1986.Template:Sfn Municipalities in León are also governed by the Template:Ill, which includes provisions concerning their relations with Castile and León's autonomous government.Template:Sfn All citizens of Spain are required to register in the municipality in which they reside.Template:Sfn Each municipality is a corporationTemplate:Refn 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 councillors (concejales), who form the plenary (pleno), the deliberative body.Template:Sfn Municipalities are categorised by population for 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. One councillor is added for every additional 100,000 inhabitants, with a further one included if the total would otherwise be even, to avoid tied votes.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, 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 appointed by the mayor from amongst the councillors and is required for municipalities of over 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 largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2024 Spanish census is León, its capital, with Template:Nts residents, while the smallest is Escobar de Campos, with Template:Nts residents.<ref name="census2024"/> The largest municipality by area is Truchas, which spans Template:Convert, while Hospital de Órbigo is the smallest at Template:Convert.<ref name="landarea"/>

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in the province of León by population
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  León is the province's capital and largest municipality by population.
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  Ponferrada, the second largest municipality by population in León
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  San Andrés del Rabanedo is the province's third largest municipality by population.
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  Villaquilambre, León's fourth largest municipality by population
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  Astorga is the province's fifth most populous municipality.
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  La Bañeza, the sixth largest municipality by population in León

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Name	Population (2024 census)<ref name="census2024">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population (2011 census)<ref name="census2011">Template:Cite web</ref>	Population change	Land area (km²)<ref name="landarea">Template:Cite web To access the information, scroll down the page and download the file entitled "Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población" by clicking the left icon in the column "Descarga". Then open the downloaded zip folder and the file titled "MUNICIPIOS", which provides the land area for every municipality in Spain under the header "Superficie".</ref>	Population density (2024)
Acebedo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Algadefe	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Alija del Infantado	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Almanza	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Ardón	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Arganza	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Astorga	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Balboa	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Barjas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Bembibre	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Benavides	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Benuza	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Bercianos del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Bercianos del Real Camino	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Berlanga del Bierzo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Boca de Huérgano	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Boñar	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Borrenes	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Brazuelo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Burón	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Bustillo del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cabañas Raras	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cabreros del Río	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cabrillanes	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cacabelos	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Calzada del Coto	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Campazas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Campo de Villavidel	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Camponaraya	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cármenes	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Carracedelo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Carrizo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Carrocera	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Carucedo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Castilfalé	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Castrillo de Cabrera	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Castrillo de la Valduerna	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Castrocalbón	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Castrocontrigo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Castropodame	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Castrotierra de Valmadrigal	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cea	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cebanico	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cebrones del Río	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Chozas de Abajo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cimanes de la Vega	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cimanes del Tejar	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cistierna	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Congosto	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Corbillos de los Oteros	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Corullón	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Crémenes	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cuadros	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cubillas de los Oteros	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cubillas de Rueda	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Cubillos del Sil	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Destriana	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Encinedo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Escobar de Campos	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Fabero	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Folgoso de la Ribera	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Fresno de la Vega	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Fuentes de Carbajal	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Garrafe de Torío	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Gordaliza del Pino	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Gordoncillo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Gradefes	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Grajal de Campos	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Gusendos de los Oteros	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Hospital de Órbigo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Igüeña	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Izagre	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Joarilla de las Matas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Laguna Dalga	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Laguna de Negrillos	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
LeónTemplate:Dagger	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Llamas de la Ribera	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Lucillo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Luyego	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Magaz de Cepeda	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Mansilla de las Mulas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Mansilla Mayor	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Maraña	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Matadeón de los Oteros	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Matallana de Torío	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Matanza	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Molinaseca	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Murias de Paredes	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Noceda del Bierzo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Oencia	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Onzonilla	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Oseja de Sajambre	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Pajares de los Oteros	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Palacios de la Valduerna	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Palacios del Sil	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Páramo del Sil	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Peranzanes	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Pobladura de Pelayo García	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Ponferrada	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Posada de Valdeón	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Pozuelo del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Prado de la Guzpeña	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Priaranza del Bierzo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Prioro	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Puebla de Lillo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Puente de Domingo Flórez	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Quintana del Castillo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Quintana del Marco	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Quintana y Congosto	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Regueras de Arriba	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Reyero	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Riaño	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Riego de la Vega	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Riello	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Rioseco de Tapia	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Roperuelos del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Sabero	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Sahagún	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
San Adrián del Valle	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
San Andrés del Rabanedo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Sancedo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
San Cristóbal de la Polantera	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
San Emiliano	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
San Esteban de Nogales	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
San Justo de la Vega	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
San Millán de los Caballeros	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
San Pedro Bercianos	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa Colomba de Curueño	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa Colomba de Somoza	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa Cristina de Valmadrigal	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa Elena de Jamuz	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa María de la Isla	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa María del Monte de Cea	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa María de Ordás	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa María del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santa Marina del Rey	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santas Martas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santiago Millas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Santovenia de la Valdoncina	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Sariegos	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Sena de Luna	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Sobrado	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Soto de la Vega	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Soto y Amío	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Toral de los Guzmanes	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Toral de los Vados	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Toreno	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Torre del Bierzo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Trabadelo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Truchas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Turcia	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Urdiales del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valdefresno	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valdefuentes del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valdelugueros	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valdemora	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valdepiélago	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valdepolo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valderas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valderrey	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valderrueda	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valdesamario	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Val de San Lorenzo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valdevimbre	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valencia de Don Juan	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valverde de la Virgen	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valverde-Enrique	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Vallecillo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Valle de AncaresTemplate:Refn	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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Vegacervera	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Vega de Espinareda	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Vega de Infanzones	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Vega de Valcarce	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Vegaquemada	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Vegas del Condado	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villablino	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villabraz	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villadangos del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villademor de la Vega	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villafranca del Bierzo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villagatón	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villamandos	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villamanín	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villamañán	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villamartín de Don Sancho	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villamejil	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villamol	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villamontán de la Valduerna	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villamoratiel de las Matas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villanueva de las Manzanas	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villaobispo de Otero	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villaornate y Castro	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villaquejida	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villaquilambre	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villarejo de Órbigo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villares de Órbigo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villasabariego	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villaselán	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villaturiel	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villazala	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Villazanzo de Valderaduey	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Zotes del Páramo	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Province of León	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
Castile and León	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Pop density
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See also

• Geography of Spain
• List of municipalities of Spain

References

Works cited

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