Comarcas of Spain
In Spain traditionally and historically, some autonomous communities are also divided into comarcas (Spanish: [koˈmarkas], sing. comarca).[note 1] Some comarcas (e.g. comarques of Catalonia) 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 the province of Almería
Comarcas of the province of Cádiz
Comarcas of the province of Córdoba
Comarcas of the province of Granada
- Granadin Alpujarra
- Comarca de Alhama
- Comarca de Baza
- Comarca de Guadix
- Comarca de Huéscar
- Comarca de Loja
- Granadin Coast
- Los Montes
- Lecrin Valley
- Vega de Granada
Comarcas of the province of Huelva
Comarcas of the province of Jaén
Comarcas of the province of Málaga
Comarcas of the province of Sevilla
Comarcas of the province of Huesca/Uesca
Comarcas of the province of Teruel
Comarcas of the province of Zaragoza
Mallorca
Menorca
Pitiüses
Comarcas of the province of Álava-Araba
Comarcas of the province of Biscay
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
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Comarques of Catalonia
Comarcas of the province of Barcelona
Comarcas of the province of Girona
Comarcas of the province of Lleida
Comarcas 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
Comarcas of the province of Burgos
Comarcas of the province of León
Comarcas of the province of Palencia
Comarcas of the province 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 Soria
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 Extremadura
Comarcas of the province of Badajoz
Comarcas of the province of Cáceres
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
- Rioja Alta
- Rioja Baja
- Tierra de Cameros
- Camero Nuevo (from Iregua river to West)
- Camero Viejo (from Leza river to East)
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- Main article: Comarcas of Murcia
- Altiplano
- Alto Guadalentín
- Bajo Guadalentín
- Campo de Cartagena / Comarca de Cartagena
- Huerta de Murcia
- Región del 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
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- Main article: Comarcas of Navarre
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- Main article: Comarques of the Valencian Community
Comarques of the province of Alicante
Comarques of the province of Castellón
Comarques of the province of Valencia
See also
Notes
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