Comarcas of Spain

In Spain traditionally and historically, some autonomous communities are also divided into comarcas (Spanish: [koˈmaɾkas], sing. comarca).[lower-alpha 1][1]

Comarca
Also known as:
Eskualde (Basque Country)(Navarre)
CategoryComarca
LocationSpain
Found inProvince
GovernmentComarcal council
SubdivisionsMunicipality

Some comarcas (e.g. in Catalonia or in Aragon) 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
  • Alto Guadalquivir – Cazorla
  • La Campiña
  • El Condado
  • Área Metropolitana de Jaén
  • La Loma
  • Las Villas
  • Norte
  • Sierra Mágina
  • Sierra de Segura
  • Sierra Sur 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

Mallorca

Menorca

Pitiüses

Eskualdeak / Comarcas of the Basque Country
Main article: Comarcas of the Basque Country

Eskualdeak / Cuadrillas of the province of Álava-Araba

Eskualdeak / Comarcas of the province of Biscay
Eskualdeak of Biscay

Eskualdeak / Comarcas of the province of Gipuzkoa
Main article: List of regions in Gipuzkoa

Comarcas of the province of Las Palmas

Comarcas of the province of Tenerife

Comarcas of Cantabria
Comarcas of Cantabria.

Comarques of Catalonia[2]
Comarques of Catalonia
Main article: 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 the province of Albacete

Comarcas of the province of Ciudad Real

Comarcas of the province of Cuenca
  • Alcarria conquense.
  • La Mancha de Cuenca.
  • Manchuela conquense.
  • Serranía Alta.
  • Serranía Baja.
  • Serranía Media-Campichuelo.

Comarcas of the province of Guadalajara

Comarcas of the province of Toledo

Comarcas of the province of Ávila
  • La Moraña
  • Comarca de Ávila (Valle de Amblés y Sierra de Ávila)
  • Comarca de El Barco de Ávila - Piedrahíta (Alto Tormes y Valle del Corneja)
  • Comarca de Burgohondo - El Tiemblo - Cebreros (Valle del Alberche y Tierra de Pinares)
  • Comarca de Arenas de San Pedro

Comarcas of the province of Burgos
Comarcas of Burgos.

Comarcas of the province of León
Comarcas of León.

Comarcas of the province of Palencia

Comarcas of the province of Salamanca
Comarcas of Salamanca.

Comarcas of the province of Segovia

An official classification establishes three comarcas:

or sometimes four:

  • Tierra de Pinares (shares with the province of Valladolid).
  • Segovia.
  • Sepúlveda.
  • Tierra de Ayllón.

However, historic approaches (before the national classification into provinces) establish six comarcas:

  • Tierra de Pinares.
  • Tierra de Ayllón.
  • Tierras de Cantalejo y Santa María la Real de Nieva.
  • Páramos del Duratón.
  • Tierra de Segovia.
  • Tierra de Sepúlveda.

Comarcas of the province of Valladolid
  • Tierra de Campos
  • Montes Torozos
  • Páramos del Esgueva
  • Tierra de Pinares
  • Campo de Peñafiel
  • Campiña del Pisuerga
  • Tierras de Medina

Comarcas of the province of Zamora
Comarcas of Zamora.

Comarcas of the province of Badajoz

Comarcas of the province of Cáceres

Comarcas of Galicia
Comarcas in 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
  • Rioja Alta
  • Rioja Baja
  • Tierra de Cameros
    • Camero Nuevo (from Iregua river to West)
    • Camero Viejo (from Leza river to East)

Comarcas of Madrid

Comarcas of Region of Murcia
Main article: Comarcas of Region of Murcia
Comarcas de Murcia
  • Altiplano
  • Alto Guadalentín
  • Bajo Guadalentín
  • Campo de Cartagena / Comarca de Cartagena
  • Huerta de Murcia
  • Región del Mar Menor / Comarca of Mar Menor
  • Región del Noroeste / Comarca del Noroeste
  • Región del Río Mula / Cuenca del Río Mula
  • Región Oriental
  • Valle de Ricote
  • Vega Alta / Comarca de la Vega Alta del Segura
  • Vega Media / Comarca de la Vega Media del Segura

Eskualdeak / Comarcas of Navarre
Main article: Comarcas of Navarre
Eskualdeak/Comarcas of Navarre

Comarques of the Valencian Country
Main article: Comarques of the Valencian Community
Comarcas of the Comunitat Valenciana

Comarques of the province of Alacant

Comarques of the province of Castelló

Comarques of the province of València

See also

Notes
  1. In other languages of Spain:

References
  1. España, Biblioteca Nacional de. "11.6. Comarcas administrativas de España". www.bne.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. "Idescat. Anuari estadístic de Catalunya. Nombre de municipis i població. Comarques i Aran". www.idescat.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  3. "Ciudad Real". Diputacion Provincial de Ciudad Real. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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