List of municipalities in Albacete

Albacete is a province in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha, Spain. It is divided into 87 municipalities.[1] According to the 2011 Spanish Census, the province is the 36th largest by population with 401,580 inhabitants but is the ninth largest by land area spanning 14,916.3 square kilometres (5,759.2 sq mi).[1][2]

Map of Spain with Albacete highlighted

Municipalities of Albacete

Each municipality forms part of a province which in turn forms part or the whole of an autonomous community. The organisation of the municipalities is governed by a 2 April 1985 law, completed by the 18 April 1986 royal decree. The Statutes of Autonomy of the various autonomous communities also contain provisions concerning the relations between the municipalities and the autonomous governments. In general, municipalities enjoy a large degree of autonomy in their local affairs: many of the functions of the comarcas and provinces are municipal powers pooled together. Each municipality is a corporation with independent legal personality: its governing body is called the ayuntamiento (municipal council or corporation), a term often also used to refer to the municipal offices (city and town halls). The ayuntamiento is composed of the mayor (Spanish: alcalde), the deputy mayors (Spanish: tenientes de alcalde) and the plenary assembly (pleno) of councillors (concejales). The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by universal suffrage on a list system every four years. The plenary assembly must meet publicly at least every three months at the seat of the ayuntamiento. Many ayuntamientos also have a governing commission (comisión de gobierno), named by the mayor from among the councillors; it is required for municipalities of more than 5,000 inhabitants. The governing commission, whose role is to assist the mayor between meetings of the plenary assembly, may not include more than one third of the councillors.

The largest municipality by population in Albacete is Albacete, with 171,999 residents, and the smallest municipality is Villa de Ves with 54 residents.[1] The largest municipality by area is also the municipality of Albacete which spans 1234.00 km², while Cotillas is the smallest at 18.42 km².[2]

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Albacete by population
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  Aerial view of Albacete Fairgrounds, Albacete's capital and largest municipality by population
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  Skyline of Hellin the second largest municipality by population in Albacete
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  Town square Villarrobledo, Albacete's third largest municipality by population
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  Castle in Almansa, Albacete's fourth largest municipality by population

Provincial capital

Name	Comarcas	Population (2021)	Population (2011)[1]	Change	Land area (km²)[2]	Population density (2011)
Abengibre	La Manchuela	0	859	−100.0%	30.08	28.6/km^2
Alatoz	La Manchuela	0	587	−100.0%	63.66	9.2/km^2
Albacete	Llanos de Albacete	0	171,999	−100.0%	1,234.00	139.4/km^2
Albatana	Campos de Hellín	0	784	−100.0%	30.10	26.0/km^2
Alborea	La Manchuela	0	830	−100.0%	72.26	11.5/km^2
Alcadozo	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	732	−100.0%	98.28	7.4/km^2
Alcalá del Júcar	La Manchuela	0	1,335	−100.0%	147.22	9.1/km^2
Alcaraz	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	1,585	−100.0%	367.07	4.3/km^2
Almansa	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	25,316	−100.0%	529.57	47.8/km^2
Alpera	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	2,410	−100.0%	178.26	13.5/km^2
Ayna	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	788	−100.0%	146.08	5.4/km^2
Balazote	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	2,410	−100.0%	65.09	37.0/km^2
El Ballestero	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	459	−100.0%	138.26	3.3/km^2
Balsa de Ves	La Manchuela	0	182	−100.0%	74.41	NAN×10^INF/km^2
Barrax	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	2,010	−100.0%	189.35	NAN×10^INF/km^2
Bienservida	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	703	−100.0%	90.00	NAN.0/km^2
Bogarra	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	1,007	−100.0%	165.26	NAN.0/km^2
Bonete	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	1,226	−100.0%	124.24	NAN.0/km^2
El Bonillo	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	3,010	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Carcelén	La Manchuela	0	633	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Casas de Juan Núñez	La Manchuela	0	1,433	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Casas de Lázaro	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	453	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Casas de Ves	La Manchuela	0	711	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Casas-Ibáñez	La Manchuela	0	4,805	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Caudete	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	10,460	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Cenizate	La Manchuela	0	1,243	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	4,081	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Corral-Rubio	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	403	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Cotillas	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	157	−100.0%	18.42	0.0/km^2
Elche de la Sierra	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	3,937	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Férez	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	737	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Fuensanta	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	369	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Fuente-Álamo	Campos de Hellín	0	2,657	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Fuentealbilla	La Manchuela	0	1,981	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
La Gineta	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	2,576	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Golosalvo	La Manchuela	0	119	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Hellín	Campos de Hellín	0	31,202	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
La Herrera	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	350	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Higueruela	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	1,296	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Hoya-Gonzalo	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	745	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Jorquera	La Manchuela	0	425	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Letur	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	1,073	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Lezuza	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	1,585	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Liétor	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	1,406	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Madrigueras	La Manchuela	0	4,847	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Mahora	La Manchuela	0	1,432	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Masegoso	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	117	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Minaya	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	1,679	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Molinicos	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	1,012	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Montalvos	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	127	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Montealegre del Castillo	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	2,240	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Motilleja	La Manchuela	0	588	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Munera	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	3,753	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Navas de Jorquera	La Manchuela	0	550	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Nerpio	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	1,476	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Ontur	Campos de Hellín	0	2,239	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Ossa de Montiel	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	2,633	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Paterna del Madera	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	440	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Peñas de San Pedro	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	1,354	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Peñascosa	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	391	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Pétrola	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	820	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Povedilla	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	536	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Pozo Cañada	Monte Ibérico-Corredor de Almansa	0	2,865	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Pozohondo	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	1,788	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Pozo-Lorente	La Manchuela	0	449	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Pozuelo	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	573	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
La Recueja	La Manchuela	0	310	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Riópar	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	1,466	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Robledo	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	459	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
La Roda	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	16,325	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Salobre	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	585	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
San Pedro	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	1,297	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Socovos	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	1,952	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Tarazona de la Mancha	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	6,678	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Tobarra	Campos de Hellín	0	8,195	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Valdeganga	La Manchuela	0	1,981	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Vianos	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	405	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Villa de Ves	La Manchuela	0	54	−100.0%	57.31	0.9/km^2
Villalgordo del Júcar	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	1,230	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Villamalea	La Manchuela	0	4,110	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Villapalacios	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	685	−100.0%	0	NAN.0/km^2
Villarrobledo	Mancha Júcar-Centro	0	26,526	−100.0%	861.25	30.8/km^2
Villatoya	La Manchuela	0	131	−100.0%	18.79	7.0/km^2
Villavaliente	La Manchuela	0	271	−100.0%	35.38	7.7/km^2
Villaverde de Guadalimar	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	405	−100.0%	73.38	5.5/km^2
Viveros	Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel	0	358	−100.0%	65.14	5.5/km^2
Yeste	Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra del Segura	0	3,183	−100.0%	509.38	6.2/km^2
Albacete	—	'	'	NA		NAN.0/km^2
Castilla–La Mancha	—	'	'	NA		NAN.0/km^2
Spain	—	'	'	NA		NAN.0/km^2

See also

• Geography of Spain
• List of Spanish cities

References

1. http://www.ine.es/jaxi/Datos.htm?path=/t20/e244/avance/p02/l1/&file=1mun02.px
2. http://app.dipualba.es/navegadorprovincial/tabla.aspx?id=3