Comarcas of Andalusia

Comarcas of Andalusia

In Andalusia, comarcas have no defined administrative powers; many municipalities have gathered together to form mancomunidades in order to provide basic services, but those do not always coincide with the traditional comarcas. The current (2007) Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia, unlike its 1981 predecessor, allows for the establishment and regulation of official comarcas under its Title III, Article 97, which defines the significance of comarcas and sets the basis for future legislation in this area.

In 2003, the Council of Tourism and Sports of the Regional Government of Andalusia published an order in which it defined the comarca as "a geographic space with some homogeneous natural characteristicas, which produce social relations of immediacy and closeness, and present some common natural, economic and social characteristics and some common interests".[1] This defined the official comarcas of Andalusia in the number of 62, as the following ones:

Comarca Municipalities Area
(km2) 		Population
(2009) 		Density
(inhabitants/km2) 		Main city Province
La Accitania 26 1,691 42791 25.25 Guadix Granada
Alhama 6 976 17,972[2] 0.02 Alhama de Granada Granada
El Aljarafe 30 1,136 338,532[3] 290 Mairena del Aljarafe Seville
Alpujarra Almeriense 22 818 15,657[4] 19.14 Alhama de Almería Almería
Alpujarra Granadina 25 1.143 24,558[5] 21.49 Órgiva Granada
Alto Guadalquivir 8 1,299 44,931 34.6 Montoro Córdoba
Andévalo 14 2,510 38,873[6] 15.45 Valverde del Camino Huelva
Antequera 6 1,072 65,368 53.98 Antequera Málaga
La Axarquía 31 1,025 202,325 197.39 Vélez-Málaga Málaga
Bay of Cádiz 5 607 425,462[7] 700.93 Cádiz Cádiz
Bajo Guadalquivir 8 1,561 147,183[8] 137.65 Utrera Seville
Baza 8 1,715.4 43,015[9] 25.08 Baza Granada
Campiña de Baena 5 725 39,670 54.8 Baena Córdoba
Campiña de Carmona 4 1,138 68,688[10] 60.36 Carmona Seville
Campiña de Jaén 10 1,741.76 67,904 38.9 Andújar Jaén
Campiña de Jerez 2 1,412 209,960[11] 148.51 Jerez de la Frontera Cádiz
Campiña de Morón y Marchena 7 1,481 92,643[12] 62.55 Morón de la Frontera Seville
Campiña Sur Cordobesa 11 1,101.8 106,489 96.7 Puente Genil Córdoba
Campo de Gibraltar 7 1,528.6 263,739 172.5 Algeciras Cádiz
Condado de Huelva 14 2,457 100,294 40.8 La Palma del Condado Huelva
Condado de Jaén 7 1,488.11 23,690[13] 16.1 Navas de San Juan Jaén
Córdoba 1 1,252 322,867 257.88 Córdoba Córdoba
Costa del Sol Occidental 9 802 492,965 614.66 Marbella Málaga
Costa Noroeste de Cádiz 4 360 119,870 332.97 Sanlúcar de Barrameda Cádiz
Costa Occidental de Huelva 6 694 88,989 128 Lepe Huelva
Costa Tropical 17 786.88 127,010 161.41 Motril Granada
Cuenca Minera 6 628 17,511 27.88 Nerva Huelva
Écija 5 1,238.36 60,728[14] 49.04 Écija Seville
Filabres-Tabernas 18 1,466 14,609[15] 9.97 Tabernas Almería
Guadalteba 8 762 25,931 33.89 Campillos Málaga
Huéscar 6 1,814.28 17,479[16] 9.63 Huéscar Granada
Jaén 16 1,755.56 227,029 158.14 Jaén Jaén
La Janda 7 1,537 86,485[17] 56.27 Medina-Sidonia Cádiz
Levante Almeriense 13 1,586 82,321[18] 51.90 Huércal-Overa Almería
Loja 10 1305 55,207 48.25 Loja Granada
La Loma 10 1,037.4 79,371[19] 76.5 Úbeda Jaén
Málaga-Costa del Sol 1 395 568,305 1,438.75 Málaga Málaga
Comarca Metropolitana de Almería 9 1,159 239,132[20] 206.33 Almería Almería
Comarca Metropolitana de Huelva 7 848 230,393 272 Huelva Huelva
Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla 22 1,489 1,161,706 780.19 Seville Seville
Los Montes 18 1,400 26,420 19.32 Iznalloz Granada
Nororma 7 436 29,790 68.33 Archidona Málaga
Los Pedroches 17 3,612 56,512 15.6 Pozoblanco Córdoba
Poniente Almeriense 9 971 218,426[21] 224.95 El Ejido Almería
Serranía de Ronda 21 1,256 55,838 44.45 Ronda Málaga
Sierra de Cádiz 19 1,949 113,738[22] 57.76 Villamartin Cádiz
Sierra de Cazorla 9 1,330,72 34,138[23] 25.5 Cazorla Jaén
Sierra de Huelva 29 3,046 39,541 12.98 Aracena Huelva
Sierra Mágina 14 1,389.4 42,172[24] 30.5 Jódar Jaén
Sierra de las Nieves 9 682 21,587 31.65 Yunquera Málaga
Sierra Morena 9 1,396.7 105,848[25] 75.6 Linares Jaén
Sierra Norte de Sevilla 18 3,779 58,481[26] 15.48 Constantina Seville
Sierra de Segura 13 1,931 26,549[27] 13.8 Beas de Segura Jaén
Sierra Sur de Jaén 5 784.27 44,323[28] 56.6 Alcalá la Real Jaén
Sierra Sur de Sevilla 19 1,585 88,113[29] 55.59 Osuna Seville
La Subbética 14 1,597 126,802 79.4 Lucena Córdoba
Valle del Almanzora 27 1,631 53,138[30] 32.58 Albox Almería
Valle del Guadalhorce 8 804 130,932 162.85 Coín Málaga
Valle del Guadiato 11 2,493 31,907 12.8 Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo Córdoba
Valle de Lecrín 8 460 22,497[31] 48.90 Dúrcal Granada
Valle Medio del Guadalquivir 8 1,691 69,353 41.01 Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo Córdoba
Vega de Granada 40 1.363,22 500,121[32] 366.86 Granada Granada
Vega del Guadalquivir 11 908 96,637[33] 106.43 Lora del Río Seville
Los Vélez 4 1,145 12,567[34] 10.98 Vélez Rubio Almería
Las Villas 4 556.38 22,091[35] 40 Villacarrillo Jaén
  1. ^ Junta de Andalucía (Andalusian Autonomous Government). "Orden de 14 de marzo de 2003, por la que se aprueba el mapa de comarcas de Andalucía a efectos de la planificación de la oferta turística y deportiva" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2009-01-16. un espacio geográfico con unas características naturales homogéneas, donde se producen unas relaciones sociales de inmediatez y cercanía, y que presentan unas características naturales, económicas y sociales comunes y unos mismos intereses.
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