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Provinces of Spain
Category
Province
Location
Spain
Found in
Autonomous community
Created by
Royal Decree (30/11/1833)
Created
1833
Number
50
Populations
95,258–6,458,684
Areas
1,980–21,766 km²
Government
Provincial council
Subdivisions
Municipality
A province in Spain[note 1] is a territorial division defined as a collection of municipalities.[1][2][3] The current provinces of Spain correspond by and large to the provinces created under the purview of the 1833 territorial re-organization of Spain, with a similar predecessor from 1822 (during the Trienio Liberal) and an earlier precedent in the 1810 Napoleonic division of Spain into 84 prefectures.[4] There are many other groupings of municipalities that comprise the local government of Spain.
The boundaries of provinces can only be altered by the Spanish Parliament,[1] giving rise to the common view that the 17 autonomous communities are subdivided into 50 provinces. In reality the system is not hierarchical but defined according to jurisdiction (Spanish: competencias).[5]
The body charged with government and administration of a province is the Provincial council, but their existence is controversial. As the province is defined as a "local entity" in the Constitution, the Provincial council belongs to the sphere of local government.
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^ abSpanish Constitution 1978, Article 141(1).
^Zafra Víctor 2004, p. 102.
^Local Government Act 1985, Article 31.
^Canel 1994, pp. 51. sfn error: no target: CITEREFCanel1994 (help)
^MPA, paragraph 1.
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