Local councils of Malta explained

Local councils of Malta
Kunsilli lokali ta' Malta (Maltese)
Category:Unitary state
Territory:Republic of Malta
Current Number:68 Local Councils
Population Range:243 (Mdina) – 29,097 (St. Paul's Bay)
Area Range:0.06order=flipNaNorder=flip (Senglea) – 10.27order=flipNaNorder=flip (Rabat)
Government:Local council government, National government
Subdivision:Local Community Council

Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, Maltese: kunsilli lokali, meaning municipalities or borough, and the considered by the Maltese as the equivalent to a basic village or towns, where appropriate. These form the most basic type of local government and are subdivisions of the country's first-level regions.

According to the Local Councils Act (Chapter 363 of the Laws of Malta), Art. 3:[1]

(1) Every locality shall have a Council which shall have all such functions as are granted to it by this Act
...
(5) Each locality shall be referred to by the name as designated in the Second Schedule and any reference to that locality shall be by the name so designated.

List of Maltese local councils

English name Maltese name Island Area
(km)
Population
(2021 census)
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħ'Attard 6.6 12,268
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Balzan Malta Central West 0.6 4,774
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa) Malta 0.5 2,261
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birkirkara Malta Central 2.7 25,807
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birżebbuġa Malta 9.2 11,844
Cospicua (Bormla) Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Bormla (Città Cospicua) Malta South East South Harbour 0.9 4,654
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħad-Dingli Malta West 5.7 3,865
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fgura Malta South East South Harbour 1.1 13,066
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Floriana Malta South East South East 0.94 1,985
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn) 0.5 1,042
Il-Kunsill Lokali t'Għajnsielem Gozo Gozo & Comino 7.2 3,523
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għarb Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 4.6 1,549
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għargħur Malta North 2 3,741
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għasri Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 5 518
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għaxaq Malta South South East 3.9 5,538
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gudja Malta South South East 2.3 3,229
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gżira Malta Central North Harbour 1.5 10,331
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Ħamrun Malta South North Harbour 1.1 10,514
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Iklin Malta Central West 1.7 3,399
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Kalkara Malta South East South Harbour 1.8 3,105
Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Kerċem Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 5.5 1,881
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Kirkop Malta South South East 1.1 2,527
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Lija Malta Central West 1.1 3,162
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Luqa Malta South South Harbour 6.7 7,249
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Marsa Malta South East South Harbour 2.8 5,468
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn) Malta South East South East 5.4 16,804
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaxlokk Malta South East South East 4.7 3,988
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imdina (Città Notabile) Malta North West 0.9 193
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mellieħa Malta North North 22.6 12,738
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imġarr Malta North North 16.1 4,840
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mosta Malta North North 6.8 23,482
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imqabba Malta South South East 2.6 3,525
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imsida Malta Central North Harbour 1.7 13,587
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imtarfa Malta North West 0.7 2,566
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Munxar Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 2.8 1,707
Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Nadur Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 7.2 4,548
Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Naxxar Malta North North 11.6 16,912
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Raħal Ġdid Malta South East South Harbour 2.5 9,339
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Pembroke Malta North North Harbour 2.3 3,545
Il-Kunsill Lokali Tal-Pietà Malta Central North Harbour 0.5 5,892
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qala Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 5.9 2,300
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Qormi (Città Pinto) Malta South North Harbour 5 18,099
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qrendi Malta South South East 4.9 3,148
Il-Kunsill Lokali tar-Rabat Malta North West 26.6 11,936
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Safi Malta South South East 2.3 2,641
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġiljan Malta Central North Harbour 1.6 11,653
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Pawl il-Baħar Malta North North 14.47 32,042
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġwann Malta Central North Harbour 2.6 14,244
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Lawrenz Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 3.6 772
Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Sannat Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 3.8 2,186
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Luċija Malta South South Harbour 0.7 2,617
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Venera Malta Central North Harbour 0.9 8,834
Senglea (Isla) Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta) Malta South East South Harbour 0.2 2,304
Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) Malta South West 19.9 9,318
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Tas-Sliema Malta Central North Harbour 1.3 19,655
Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Swieqi Malta North North Harbour 3.1 13,044
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Tarxien Malta South East South Harbour 0.9 9,464
Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima) Malta South East South Harbour 0.8 5,157
Victoria (Rabat) Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Victoria (Città Victoria) Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 2.9 7,242
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ta' Xbiex Malta Central North Harbour 0.8 2,092
Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xagħra Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 7.6 5,161
Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xewkija Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 4.5 3,555
Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xgħajra Malta South East South Harbour 1 2,192
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żabbar (Città Hompesch) Malta South East South Harbour 5.3 17,148
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) Malta South West 8.7 13,785
Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żebbuġ, Għawdex Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 7.6 3,303
Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żejtun (Città Beland) Malta South East South East 7.4 12,409
Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żurrieq Malta South South East 10.5 12,295

Political affiliation of mayors

Party! Localities
Labour Party
Nationalist Party
Għarb First
Independent

List of Maltese and Gozitan local communities councils

Elections for these administrative committees were first ever held 27 March 2010, in the first 8 hamlets listed in this list, the rest were held in later in June.

Political affiliation of members administrative committees

2010 elections (March and June results merged)

Party!Committees Members
Partit Nazzjonalista
Partit Laburista
Association for the Common Purpose
Better Environment for Bumarrad
Independents
Total:80 seats

2014 election

PartyCommittees Members
Partit Nazzjonalista
Partit Laburista
Association for the Common Purpose
Total:75 seats

Other recognised hamlets without a local community committee

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report. justiceservices.gov.mt.