A Coruña is a province in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain, that is divided into 93 municipalities. Spanish census, the province is the 12th largest by population, with inhabitants, and the 32nd largest by land area, spanning . Municipalities are the basic local political division in Spain and can only belong to one province. They enjoy a large degree of autonomy in their local administration, being in charge of tasks such as urban planning, water supply, lighting, roads, local police, and firefighting.

The organisation of municipalities in Spain is outlined in a local government law (; ) passed on 2 April 1985 and finalised by an 18 April 1986 royal decree. The Statute of Autonomy of A Coruña also contains provisions concerning the relations between the municipalities and the autonomous government of A Coruña. All citizens of Spain are required to register in the municipality in which they reside. Each municipality is a corporation with independent legal personhood: 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 (), the deputy mayors (tenientes de alcalde) and the plenary assembly (pleno) of councillors (concejales). Municipalities are categorised by population for the purpose of determining the number of councillors: three when the population is up to 100 inhabitants, five for 101250, seven for 2511,000, nine for 1,0012,000, eleven for 2,0015,000, thirteen for 5,00110,000, seventeen for 10,00120,000, twenty-one for 20,00150,000, and twenty-five for 50,001100,000.

The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by universal suffrage. Elections in municipalities with more than 250 inhabitants are carried out following a proportional representation system with closed lists, whilst those with a population lower than 250 use a block plurality voting system with open lists. The plenary assembly must meet periodically at the seat of the ayuntamiento, with meetings occurring more or less frequently depending on the population of the municipality: monthly for those whose population is larger than 20,000, once every two months if it ranges between 5,001 and 20,000, and once every three months if it does not exceed 5,000. Many ayuntamientos also have a local governing board (), which is named by the mayor from amongst the councillors and is required for municipalities of more than 5,000 inhabitants. The board, whose role is to assist the mayor between meetings of the plenary assembly, may not include more than one third of the councillors. The Galician name is the sole official although older or informal texts may use the Spanish language forms or spellings.

The largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2024 Spanish census is A Coruña, its capital, with 249,261 residents, while the smallest is Cerdido, with 1004 residents.

List

Name Population (2024) Abegondo 5,578 Ames 32,812 Aranga 1,799 Ares 6,156 Arteixo 34,038 Arzúa 5,887 A Baña 3,291 Bergondo 6,986 Betanzos 13,261 Boimorto 1.801 Boiro 19,018 Boqueixón 4,200 Brión 8,197 Cabana de Bergantiños 4,098 Cabanas 3,296 Camariñas 5,098 Cambre 24,781 A Capela 1,182 Carballo 31,595 Cariño 3,691 Carnota 3,800 Carral 6,775 Cedeira 6,548 Cee 7,740 Cerceda 5,085 Cerdido 1,004 Coirós 1,931 Corcubión 1,678 Coristanco 5,744 A Coruña 249,261 Culleredo 31,085 Curtis 4,181 Dodro 2,620 Dumbría 2,776 Fene 12,530 Ferrol 64,218 Fisterra 4,704 Frades 2,163 Irixoa 1,326 A Laracha 11,603 Laxe 2,919 Lousame 3,099 Malpica de Bergantiños 5,267 Mañón 1,223 Mazaricos 3,719 Melide 7,734 Mesía 2,383 Miño 6,946 Moeche 1,200 Monfero 1,818 Mugardos 5,195 Muros 8,184 Muxía 4,380 Narón 39,285 Neda 4,868 Negreira 6,961 Noia 14,092 Oleiros 38,333 Ordes 12,772 Oroso 7,757 Ortigueira 5,418 Outes 6,049 Oza-Cesuras 5,151 Paderne 2,387 Padrón 8,256 O Pino 4,581 A Pobra do Caramiñal 9,184 Ponteceso 5,318 Pontedeume 7,456 As Pontes de García Rodríguez 9,782 Porto do Son 9,064 Rianxo 10,748 Ribeira 27,111 Rois 4,395 Sada 17,140 San Sadurniño 2,733 Santa Comba 9,319 Santiago de Compostela 99,536 Santiso 1,453 Sobrado 1,754 As Somozas 1,068 Teo 19,045 Toques 1,070 Tordoia 3,181 Touro 3,387 Trazo 2,979 Val do Dubra 3,734 Valdoviño 6,857 Vedra 4,942 Vilarmaior 1,252 Vilasantar 1,229 Vimianzo 6,808 Zas 4,261

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See also

Geography of Spain List of municipalities of Spain