Ciudad Real is a province in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain. The province is divided into 102 municipalities. Spanish census, Ciudad Real is the 31st most populous of Spain's 50 provinces, with inhabitants, and the 3rd largest by land area, spanning . Municipalities are the most 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 by the local government law Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (), which was passed by the Cortes Generales—Spain’s national parliament—on 2 April 1985 and finalised by royal decree on 18 April 1986. Municipalities in Ciudad Real are also governed by the , which includes provisions concerning their relations with Castilla–La Mancha's autonomous government. 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 councillors (concejales), who form the plenary (pleno), the deliberative body. Municipalities are categorised by population for 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, 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 appointed by the mayor from amongst the councillors and is required for municipalities of over 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 largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2023 Spanish census is Ciudad Real, its capital, with 75,254 residents, while the smallest is Villar del Pozo, with 55 residents. The largest municipality by area is Almodóvar del Campo, which spans , while Caracuel de Calatrava is the smallest at .

Municipalities

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+ Name Population(2023 census) Population(2011 census) Population change Land area (km²) To access the information, scroll down the page and download the file entitled "Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población" by clicking the left icon in the column "Descarga". Then open the downloaded zip folder and the file titled "MUNICIPIOS", which provides the land area for every municipality in Spain under the header "Superficie". Population density(2023) Abenójar Agudo Alamillo Albaladejo Alcázar de San Juan Alcoba Alcolea de Calatrava Alcubillas Aldea del Rey Alhambra Almadén Almadenejos Almagro Almedina Almodóvar del Campo Almuradiel Anchuras Arenales de San Gregorio Arenas de San Juan Argamasilla de Alba Argamasilla de Calatrava Arroba de los Montes Ballesteros de Calatrava Bolaños de Calatrava Brazatortas Cabezarados Cabezarrubias del Puerto Calzada de Calatrava Campo de Criptana Cañada de Calatrava Caracuel de Calatrava Carrión de Calatrava Carrizosa Castellar de Santiago Chillón Ciudad Real Corral de Calatrava Cózar Daimiel Fernán Caballero Fontanarejo Fuencaliente Fuenllana Fuente el Fresno Granátula de Calatrava Guadalmez Herencia Hinojosas de Calatrava Horcajo de los Montes Llanos del Caudillo Luciana Malagón Manzanares Membrilla Mestanza Miguelturra Montiel Moral de Calatrava Navalpino Navas de Estena Pedro Muñoz Picón Piedrabuena Poblete Porzuna Pozuelo de Calatrava Puebla de Don Rodrigo Puebla del Príncipe Puerto Lápice Puertollano Retuerta del Bullaque Ruidera Saceruela San Carlos del Valle San Lorenzo de Calatrava Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos Santa Cruz de Mudela Socuéllamos Solana del Pino Terrinches Tomelloso Torralba de Calatrava Torre de Juan Abad Torrenueva Valdemanco del Esteras Valdepeñas Valenzuela de Calatrava Villahermosa Villamanrique Villamayor de Calatrava Villanueva de la Fuente Villanueva de los Infantes Villanueva de San Carlos Villar del Pozo Villarrubia de los Ojos Villarta de San Juan Viso del Marqués Province of Ciudad Real Castilla–La Mancha Spain

See also Geography of Spain List of municipalities of Spain

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