THE

ORGANISATION
OF
SPANISH By:

TERRITORY
- Carla Pagès
- Lindsay Mejia
- Mariam Chafi
- Queralt Boixadé
Spanish distribution:
introduction

Spanish territory is organised:

- autonomous communities
- provinces
- municipalities. (are grouped in
. comarques)

Catalonia

Lleida Tarragona

Barcelona Girona Figueres, Olot, La Bisbal, Santa Coloma, Besalú, Calonge,...

Autonomous Catalunya is an autonomous community of Spain

communities
Statutes of Autonomy:
Each Autonomous Community has a Statute of Autonomy,
The Spanish Constitution recognises the
which describes its institutions, laws and responsibilities.
right to from autonomous communities. The autonomous government is responsible for developing
legislation, which can be exclusive or shared with the state.
In Spain there are 19 autonomous
communities.

According with the Article 2 of the

Autonomous government institutions:
Constitution, the provinces with common
The governing institution of an autonomous community is
historical, cultural and economic things,
made up of:
can declare themselves autonomous.
- an assembly or parliament, where the laws and
actions of the president-elect are debated and
Between 1979 and 1983, Spain changed
approved and the budgets are approved.
from centralised to a decentralised
- the president, who represents the autonomous
government. In this system, autonomous
community, and heads the government.
communities have the right to a level of
- the government, or council, which enforces the
self-government.
laws. The council is made up of the president and
the ministers (consejeros).
Provincial administration
Girona is a province of Catalunya

Spanish territory is divided into Functions of provinces :

Autonomous Communities: they
are divided into Provinces: and
they are made up of various
municipalities.
A province is a territorial division
and also a local authority, since it
offers service to their
municipalities.
- to serve as electoral districts for national electrons.
- to serve as territorial divisions for the central government,
and sometimes as internal division of an autonomous as internal
divisions of an autonomous community.
- to work with municipalities and coordinate supramunicipal
actions.

In the Diputación (provincial

council), local councillors (from
municipalities) choose the deputies,
who then elect the president.
Municipates
The province of Girona has 221 Olot is a municipality of
municipalities grouped in 8
Girona
comarques
And is the capital of la
comarca of la Garrotxa
town hall of MAP OF GIRONA
Calonge
LOCAL COUNCIL:

It is made up by the mayor (alcalde) and the councillors (regidors).

- Local citizens elect the councils by the votes, and the

town hall of
Olot
- A municipalitie is any place with a
town hall. (ex. Figueres)
- It’s the most basic administrative
body.
- There are 8131 municipalities in
Spain
- Each municipality it’s governed by
a local council (ajuntament) :
councils choose the mayor. The mayor establishes
departments, including: town planning, social welfare, law and
order, education and culture, finance, young people and
sports.
- The local council take important decisions for the
municipality.
- They offer local services like : lighting in public areas,
rubbish collection, street cleaning, drinking water, sewerage
systems, maintenance of roads and cemeteries.
- And the citizens pay taxes to finance the services.