Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, , meaning municipalities or boroughs, and considered by the Maltese as the equivalent to basic villages 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) 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 Flag English name Maltese name Island Region StatisticalDistrict Area(km2) Population(2021 census) Attard Ħ'Attard Malta Northern West 6.6 12,268 Balzan Ħal Balzan 0.6 4,774 Birgu Il-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa) Port South Harbour 0.5 2,261 Birkirkara Birkirkara Eastern North Harbour 2.7 25,807 Birżebbuġa Birżebbuġa Southern South East 9.2 11,844 Cospicua (Bormla) Bormla (Città Cospicua) Port South Harbour 0.9 4,654 Dingli Ħad-Dingli Western West 5.7 3,865 Fgura Il-Fgura Port South Harbour 1.1 13,066 Floriana Il-Furjana South East 0.94 1,985 Fontana Il-Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn) Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 0.5 1,042 Għajnsielem Għajnsielem Gozo, Comino 7.2 3,523 Għarb L-Għarb Gozo 4.6 1,549 Għargħur Ħal Għargħur Malta Eastern North 2 3,741 Għasri L-Għasri Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 5 518 Għaxaq Ħal Għaxaq Malta Southern South East 3.9 5,538 Gudja Il-Gudja 2.3 3,229 Gżira Il-Gżira Eastern North Harbour 1.5 10,331 Ħamrun Il-Ħamrun Southern 1.1 10,514 Iklin L-Iklin Eastern West 1.7 3,399 Kalkara Il-Kalkara Port South Harbour 1.8 3,105 Kerċem Ta' Kerċem Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 5.5 1,881 Kirkop Ħal Kirkop Malta Western South East 1.1 2,527 Lija Ħal Lija Eastern West 3,162 Luqa Ħal Luqa Southern South Harbour 6.7 7,249 Marsa Il-Marsa 2.8 5,468 Marsaskala Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn) South East 5.4 16,804 Marsaxlokk Marsaxlokk 4.7 3,988 Mdina L-Imdina (Città Notabile) Western West 0.9 193 Mellieħa Il-Mellieħa Northern North 22.6 12,738 Mġarr L-Imġarr 16.1 4,840 Mosta Il-Mosta 6.8 23,482 Mqabba L-Imqabba Western South East 2.6 3,525 Msida L-Imsida Eastern North Harbour 1.7 13,587 Mtarfa L-Imtarfa Northern West 0.7 2,566 Munxar Il-Munxar GozoGozo Gozo & Comino 2.8 1,707 Nadur In-Nadur 7.2 4,548 Naxxar In-Naxxar Malta Northern North 11.6 16,912 Paola Raħal Ġdid Port South Harbour 2.5 9,339 Pembroke Pembroke Eastern North Harbour 2.3 3,545 Pietà Tal-Pietà 0.5 5,892 Qala Il-Qala Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 5.9 2,300 Qormi Ħal Qormi (Città Pinto) Malta Southern North Harbour 5 18,099 Qrendi Il-Qrendi Western South East 4.9 3,148 Rabat Ir-Rabat West 26.6 11,936 Safi Ħal Safi South East 2.3 2,641 St. Julian's San Ġiljan Eastern North Harbour 1.6 11,653 St. Paul's Bay San Pawl il-Baħar Northern North 14.47 32,042 San Ġwann San Ġwann North Harbour 2.6 14,244 San Lawrenz San Lawrenz Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 3.6 772 Sannat Ta' Sannat 3.8 2,186 Santa Luċija Santa Luċija Malta Southern South Harbour 0.7 2,617 Santa Venera Santa Venera North Harbour 0.9 8,834 Senglea L-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta) Port South Harbour 0.2 2,304 Siġġiewi Is-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) Western West 19.9 9,318 Sliema Tas-Sliema Eastern North Harbour 1.3 19,655 Swieqi Is-Swieqi 3.1 13,044 Tarxien Ħal Tarxien Port South Harbour 0.9 9,464 Valletta Il-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima) 0.8 5,157 Victoria (Rabat) Ir-Rabat, Għawdex (Città Vittoria) Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 2.9 7,242 Ta' Xbiex Ta' Xbiex Malta Eastern North Harbour 0.8 2,092 Xagħra Ix-Xagħra Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 7.6 5,161 Xewkija Ix-Xewkija 4.5 3,555 Xgħajra Ix-Xgħajra Malta Port South Harbour 1 2,192 Żabbar Ħaż-Żabbar (Città Hompesch) 5.3 17,148 Żebbuġ Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) Western West 8.7 13,785 Żebbuġ Iż-Żebbuġ Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 7.6 3,303 Żejtun Iż-Żejtun (Città Beland) Malta Southern South East 7.4 12,409 Żurrieq Iż-Żurrieq Western 10.5 12,295

Political affiliation of mayors + Party Localities Labour Party Nationalist Party Għarb First Floriana 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.

Bubaqra Administrative Committee in Żurrieq Fleur-de-Lys Administrative Committee in Birkirkara Kappara Administrative Committee in San Ġwann Madliena Administrative Committee in Swieqi Marsalforn Administrative Committee in Żebbuġ (Gozo) Paceville Administrative Committee in St. Julian's Santa Luċija Administrative Committee in Kerċem (Gozo) Xlendi Administrative Committee in Munxar (Gozo)

Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Administrative Committee in Naxxar Baħrija Administrative Committee in Rabat Burmarrad and Wardija Administrative Committee in St. Paul's Bay Gwardamanġa Administrative Committee in Pietà Ħal Farruġ Administrative Committee in Luqa San Pietru Administrative Committee in Żabbar Swatar Administrative Committee in Birkirkara and Msida Tal-Virtù Administrative Committee in Rabat

Political affiliation of members administrative committees

2010 elections (March and June results merged) +PartyCommittees MembersPartit NazzjonalistaPartit LaburistaAssociation for the Common PurposeBetter Environment for BumarradIndependentsTotal:80 seats

2014 election PartyCommittees MembersPartit NazzjonalistaPartit LaburistaAssociation for the Common PurposeTotal:75 seats

Other recognised hamlets without a local community committee Albert Town, Marsa Bengħisa, Birżebbuġa Bidnija in Mosta/Mġarr Bir id-Deheb in Żejtun/Għaxaq Blata l-Bajda in Ħamrun/Marsa Tal-Blata l-Għolja in Mosta Buġibba in St. Paul's Bay Bulebel iż-Żgħir in Żabbar Buskett in Dingli/Siġġiewi Ġebel San Martin in Żejtun Għadira in Mellieħa Tal-Ibraġ in Swieqi Magħtab in Naxxar Manikata in Mellieħa Pwales in St. Paul's Bay Qajjenza in Birżebbuġa Qawra in St. Paul's Bay Tar-Rabbat in Ħamrun Salina in Naxxar San Martin in St. Paul's Bay Santa Margerita in Mosta Santa Maria Estate in Mellieħa Ta' Ganza in Żejtun Ta' Ġiorni in San Ġiljan Ta' Kassja in Gozo Ta' Taħt iċ-Ċint in Żurrieq Tal-Barmil in Gozo Tal-Bebbux in Żurrieq Tal-Ħawli in Birgu Tal-Millieri in Għaxaq Tal-Plier in Żabbar Tal-Qattus (Birkirkara) in Birkirkara Tal-Qattus (Għaxaq) in Għaxaq Tas-Salib in Mellieħa Ta' Żwejt in San Ġwann Victoria Gardens in Swieqi Wied iż-Żurrieq in Qrendi Xemxija in St. Paul's Bay Ix-Xwieki in Għargħur Żebbiegħ in Mġarr Ta' Żokkrija in Mosta

See also 2005 Maltese local council elections 2006 Maltese local council elections 2007 Maltese local council elections 2008 Maltese local council elections 2009 Maltese local council elections Maltese local council elections, 2010 2012 Maltese local council elections 2015 Maltese local council elections List of cities in Malta List of mayors of Malta ISO 3166-2:MT

References

External links

Local Councils Act and amendments CityMayors.com article Local Councils' Association