List of municipalities in Cantabria explained

Cantabria is one of the sixteen autonomous communities of Spain. It is divided into 102 municipalities, in accordance with the organizations of territories put forth in Article 137 of the 1978 Constitution of Spain:Municipal boundaries are defined in Spain's Ley Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local. These include "the basic local entity of the territorial organization of the state", with "legal status and full capability for the completion of their ends" and their elements are "the territory, the population, and the organization".[1]

The administration and the governance of municipalities proceeds from a low level organ termed the local government or mayoralty, which is headed by a single person: an alcalde. Until 2011, the municipalities of Tresviso and Pesquera had been governed through a direct democratic system, but with the change in the law, both abandoned this system in order to adopt representative government forms that use a mayor-council system.[2] [3]

In general, municipalities are subdivided into various localities, one of which serves as the municipal seat and usually plays host to the town hall. Some municipalities take the name of one of their localities—be it their municipal seat or not—while others contain a name distinct from any of the localities therein. There also exist other sub-municipal government organs that enjoy some extent of autonomy in their management. These are called minor local entities, which correspond to villages, parishes, or districts, whose representation resides in a neighborhood board.[4] Each of these entities has a municipal code composed of five or six numbers; the first two correspond to the provincial code, while the next three numbers refer to the municipality within the particular province. The sixth and final number is a check digit that is used in order to identify errors.[5]

One should note that the Community of Campoo-Cabuérniga does not constitute a municipality per se, but rather is a sui generis territorial entity within Cantabria. Due to its unique size and makeup, the management of the locale is shared between the surrounding municipalities of Hermandad de Campoo de Suso, Cabuérniga, Los Tojos, and Ruente.[6]

Municipal elections

colspan="2"
19871991199519992003200720112015
PP 1Votes106 58357 901107 823123 429133 907139 555152 423116 049
Councilors416227372447424429478433
PSC-PSOEVotes95 171103 87389 77299 135102 97392 42570 88264 498
Councilors290349282267256245196190
PRCVotes28 22718 96633 22149 89866 59273 78370 63471 952
Councilors1006988217276302319325
IUVotes12 60913 78923 30211 67413 714564410 89014 445
Councilors191627141581015
CDSVotes25 59110 66111261832747----
Councilors6930020----
UPCAVotes-71 68341 6289179-----
Councilors-28517029-----
UCnVotes----8226460---
Councilors----151---
TOTALvotes298 552294 365312 772307 522336 708347 360346 383331 749
1 In 1987, the numbers reflect the votes for the People's Coalition (AP-PDP-UL).
Municipal elections are held the fourth Sunday of May every four years, coinciding with the date of the elections for the Parliament of Cantabria.[7]

The electoral system is regulated by the Organic Law of the General Electoral Regime (LOREG) and is based upon voting on party lists and assigning councilors in line with the D'Hondt method. The electoral threshold for a party to gain representation is five percent of the valid votes cast.[7]

The citizens of member countries of the European Union who maintain residency in Cantabria have the right to vote and run for office, in accordance with the laws that have been established in order to comply with EU Directive 94/80/CE.[8]

The citizens of countries that have reciprocity agreements with Spain are able to vote in Cantabrian elections in the same manner as EU citizens. Countries with such agreements include: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Ecuador, Iceland, New Zealand, Paraguay, Perú, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.[9] [10] Additionally, citizens of Spain who reside in some foreign countries, such as Norway, also are able to exercise their right to vote in Cantabrian elections, even though there is no reciprocity agreement between Norway and Spain.[11]

The number of councilors a municipality elects depends on its population:[12]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local. Art. 11 . 5 December 2018 . Noticias Jurídicas . 29 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201029162123/http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/l7-1985.html . live .
  2. Cuesta . Irma . 3 March 2011 . Los concejos son historia . El Diario Montañés . 5 December 2018 . 2 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210402230303/https://www.eldiariomontanes.es/v/20110303/cantabria/concejos-historia-20110303.html . live .
  3. Web site: San Gabriel . Diegu . 27 March 2011 . La nueva ley electoral española disuelve los últimos concejos abiertos . 4 November 2015 . Briega . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122102/http://www.nodo50.org/briega/?q=node%2F1084 . live .
  4. 8 July 1994 . Ley 6/1994, de 19 de mayo, reguladora de las Entidades Locales Menores. . . Gobierno de Cantabria . 162 . 21910–21915 . 28 August 2018 . 9 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200809190922/https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-1994-15914 . live .
  5. Web site: Relación de municipios, provincias, comunidades y ciudades autónomas y sus códigos . 29 August 2018 . Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España) . es . 2 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181102090410/http://www.ine.es/daco/daco42/codmun/codmun00i.htm . live .
  6. Web site: 12 March 2012 . Asociación y Comunidad de Campoo - Cabuérniga . 4 November 2015 . administracionlocal.cantabria.es . 27 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227200906/http://administracionlocal.cantabria.es/web/administracionlocal/detalle/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_DETALLE/1566925/1571500 . live .
  7. Web site: Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General. . 6 November 2015 . Noticias Jurídicas . 18 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080918051654/http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Admin/lo5-1985.html . live .
  8. Web site: Unión Europea . Unión Europea . 23 January 2007 . Participar en las elecciones municipales: derecho de sufragio activo y pasivo . https://web.archive.org/web/20111224124133/http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/justice_freedom_security/citizenship_of_the_union/l23026_es.htm . 24 December 2011 . 29 May 2011 . EUR-Lex.
  9. News: Pais Beiro . Mario . 3 May 2015 . Solo un 10% de los residentes extranjeros podrá ejercer el derecho a voto en las municipales . es . eldiario.es . 28 August 2018 . 21 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180221034923/http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Solo-residentes-extranjeros-derecho-municipales_0_382512904.html . live .
  10. Bárbulo . Tomás . González . Miguel . 5 February 2009 . España y Argentina acuerdan dejar votar a sus inmigrantes . El País . 5 December 2018 . 10 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190710160350/https://elpais.com/diario/2009/02/05/espana/1233788411_850215.html . live .
  11. Book: Ortega Giménez, Alfonso. El derecho al voto de los ciudadanos extracomunitarios en las próximas elecciones municipales españolas de 2011 . 2011 . Fundación Alternativas . 9788492957576 . 23 . 776273785 . 28 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200423073456/http://www.fundacionalternativas.org/public/storage/estudios_documentos_archivos/f2182a701e41516e4b39ab1055152772.pdf . 23 April 2020.
  12. 20 June 1985 . Ley Orgánica 5/1985, de 19 de junio, del Régimen Electoral General (Documento consolidado BOE) . Boletín Oficial del Estado . es . 147 . 29 August 2018 . 17 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170317232610/https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672 . live .
  13. Web site: 2006 . INE Relación de municipios y códigos por provincias . 5 December 2018 . Minas de Sierra Morena . 20 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920221626/http://minasdesierramorena.es/wp-content/uploads/codigos_municipios.pdf . live .
  14. Federación española de municipios y provincias . January 2013 . Listado de corporaciones locales españolas hermanadas con Europa . 18 August 2018 . 3 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171003124430/http://femp.femp.es/files/566-1113-archivo/LISTADO%20HERMANAMIENTOS%20CON%20EUROPA.pdf . live .

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