Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, Maltese: kunsilli lokali, meaning municipalities or borough, and the considered by the Maltese as the equivalent to a basic village or towns, where appropriate. These form the most basic type of local government and are subdivisions of the country's first-level regions.
Local councils of Malta Kunsilli lokali ta' Malta (Maltese) | |
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Category | Unitary state |
Location | Republic of Malta |
Number | 68 Local Councils |
Populations | 243 (Mdina) – 29,097 (St. Paul's Bay) |
Areas | 0.16 km2 (0.06 sq mi) (Senglea) – 26.6 km2 (10.27 sq mi) (Rabat) |
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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
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(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 | Statistical District | Area (km) | Population (2021 census) |
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Attard | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħ'Attard | Malta | Central | (West) | 6.6 | 12,268 | |
Balzan | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Balzan | Malta | Central | West | 0.6 | 4,774 | |
Birgu | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa) | Malta | South East | (South Harbour) | 0.5 | 2,261 | |
Birkirkara | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birkirkara | Malta | Central | (North Harbour) | 2.7 | 25,807 | |
Birżebbuġa | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birżebbuġa | Malta | South | (South East) | 9.2 | 11,844 | |
Cospicua (Bormla) | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Bormla (Città Cospicua) | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 0.9 | 4,654 | |
Dingli | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħad-Dingli | Malta | North | West | 5.7 | 3,865 | |
Fgura | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fgura | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 1.1 | 13,066 | |
Floriana | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Floriana | Malta | South East | South East | 0.94 | 1,985 | |
Fontana | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn) | Gozo | Gozo | (Gozo & Comino) | 0.5 | 1,042 | |
Għajnsielem | Il-Kunsill Lokali t'Għajnsielem | Gozo, Comino | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 7.2 | 3,523 | |
Għarb | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għarb | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 4.6 | 1,549 | |
Għargħur | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għargħur | Malta | North | (North) | 2 | 3,741 | |
Għasri | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għasri | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 5 | 518 | |
Għaxaq | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għaxaq | Malta | South | South East | 3.9 | 5,538 | |
Gudja | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gudja | Malta | South | South East | 2.3 | 3,229 | |
Gżira | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gżira | Malta | Central | North Harbour | 1.5 | 10,331 | |
Ħamrun | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Ħamrun | Malta | South | North Harbour | 1.1 | 10,514 | |
Iklin | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Iklin | Malta | Central | West | 1.7 | 3,399 | |
Kalkara | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Kalkara | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 1.8 | 3,105 | |
Kerċem | Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Kerċem | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 5.5 | 1,881 | |
Kirkop | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Kirkop | Malta | South | South East | 1.1 | 2,527 | |
Lija | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Lija | Malta | Central | West | 1.1 | 3,162 | |
Luqa | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Luqa | Malta | South | South Harbour | 6.7 | 7,249 | |
Marsa | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Marsa | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 2.8 | 5,468 | |
Marsaskala | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn) | Malta | South East | South East | 5.4 | 16,804 | |
Marsaxlokk | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaxlokk | Malta | South East | South East | 4.7 | 3,988 | |
Mdina | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imdina (Città Notabile) | Malta | North | West | 0.9 | 193 | |
Mellieħa | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mellieħa | Malta | North | North | 22.6 | 12,738 | |
Mġarr | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imġarr | Malta | North | North | 16.1 | 4,840 | |
Mosta | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mosta | Malta | North | North | 6.8 | 23,482 | |
Mqabba | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imqabba | Malta | South | South East | 2.6 | 3,525 | |
Msida | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imsida | Malta | Central | North Harbour | 1.7 | 13,587 | |
Mtarfa | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imtarfa | Malta | North | West | 0.7 | 2,566 | |
Munxar | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Munxar | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 2.8 | 1,707 | |
Nadur | Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Nadur | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 7.2 | 4,548 | |
Naxxar | Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Naxxar | Malta | North | North | 11.6 | 16,912 | |
Paola | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Raħal Ġdid | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 2.5 | 9,339 | |
Pembroke | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Pembroke | Malta | North | North Harbour | 2.3 | 3,545 | |
Pietà | Il-Kunsill Lokali Tal-Pietà | Malta | Central | North Harbour | 0.5 | 5,892 | |
Qala | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qala | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 5.9 | 2,300 | |
Qormi | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Qormi (Città Pinto) | Malta | South | North Harbour | 5 | 18,099 | |
Qrendi | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qrendi | Malta | South | South East | 4.9 | 3,148 | |
Rabat | Il-Kunsill Lokali tar-Rabat | Malta | North | West | 26.6 | 11,936 | |
Safi | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Safi | Malta | South | South East | 2.3 | 2,641 | |
St. Julian's | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġiljan | Malta | Central | North Harbour | 1.6 | 11,653 | |
St. Paul's Bay | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Pawl il-Baħar | Malta | North | North | 14.47 | 32,042 | |
San Ġwann | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġwann | Malta | Central | North Harbour | 2.6 | 14,244 | |
San Lawrenz | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Lawrenz | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 3.6 | 772 | |
Sannat | Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Sannat | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 3.8 | 2,186 | |
Santa Luċija | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Luċija | Malta | South | South Harbour | 0.7 | 2,617 | |
Santa Venera | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Venera | Malta | Central | North Harbour | 0.9 | 8,834 | |
Senglea (Isla) | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta) | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 0.2 | 2,304 | |
Siġġiewi | Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) | Malta | South | West | 19.9 | 9,318 | |
Sliema | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Tas-Sliema | Malta | Central | North Harbour | 1.3 | 19,655 | |
Swieqi | Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Swieqi | Malta | North | North Harbour | 3.1 | 13,044 | |
Tarxien | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Tarxien | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 0.9 | 9,464 | |
Valletta | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima) | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 0.8 | 5,157 | |
Victoria (Rabat) | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Victoria (Città Victoria) | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 2.9 | 7,242 | |
Ta' Xbiex | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ta' Xbiex | Malta | Central | North Harbour | 0.8 | 2,092 | |
Xagħra | Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xagħra | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 7.6 | 5,161 | |
Xewkija | Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xewkija | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 4.5 | 3,555 | |
Xgħajra | Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xgħajra | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 1 | 2,192 | |
Żabbar | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żabbar (Città Hompesch) | Malta | South East | South Harbour | 5.3 | 17,148 | |
Żebbuġ | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) | Malta | South | West | 8.7 | 13,785 | |
Żebbuġ | Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żebbuġ, Għawdex | Gozo | Gozo | Gozo & Comino | 7.6 | 3,303 | |
Żejtun | Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żejtun (Città Beland) | Malta | South East | South East | 7.4 | 12,409 | |
Żurrieq | Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żurrieq | Malta | South | South East | 10.5 | 12,295 |
Political affiliation of mayors
Party | Localities | |
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Labour Party | 48 / 68 | |
Nationalist Party | 18 / 68 | |
Għarb First | 1 / 68 | |
Independent | 2 / 68 |
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 San Ġiljan
- Santa Luċija Administrative Committee in Ta' Kerċem (Gozo)
- Xlendi Administrative Committee in Munxar (Gozo)
- Gwardmanġa Administrative Committee in Tal-Pietà, Malta
- Swatar Administrative Committee in Birkirkara and Imsida
- Baħrija Administrative Committee in Rabat, Malta
- Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Administrative Committee in In-Naxxar
- San Pietru Administrative Committee in Ħaż-Żabbar
- Burmarrad u l-Wardija Administrative Committee in San Pawl il-Baħar
- Tal-Virtù Administrative Committee in Rabat
- Ħal Farruġ Administrative Committee in Luqa
Political affiliation of members administrative committees
2010 elections (March and June results merged)
Party | Committees Members | |
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Partit Nazzjonalista | 45 / 80 | |
Partit Laburista | 28 / 80 | |
Association for the Common Purpose | 5 / 80 | |
Better Environment for Bumarrad | 1 / 80 | |
Independents | 1 / 80 | |
Total: | 80 seats |
2014 election
Party | Committees Members | |
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Partit Nazzjonalista | 49 / 75 | |
Partit Laburista | 22 / 75 | |
Association for the Common Purpose | 4 / 75 | |
Total: | 75 seats |
Other recognised hamlets without a local community committee
- in Il-Marsa, Malta
- in Birżebbuġa
- Il-Bidnija in Il-Mosta/L-Imġarr
- in Iż-Żejtun/Ħal Għaxaq
- Il-Blata l-Bajda in Il-Ħamrun/Il-Marsa, Malta
- in Il-Mosta
- Buġibba in San Pawl il-Baħar
- in Ħaż-Żabbar
- Il-Buskett in Dingli/Is-Siġġiewi
- in Iż-Żejtun
- in Il-Mellieħa
- in Is-Swieqi
- Il-Magħtab in In-Naxxar
- Il-Manikata in Il-Mellieħa
- Il-Pwales in San Pawl il-Baħar
- in Birżebbuġa
- Il-Qawra in San Pawl il-Baħar
- in Il-Ħamrun
- in In-Naxxar
- in San Pawl il-Baħar
- in Mosta
- in Il-Mellieħa
- in Iż-Żejtun
- Ta' Giorni in San Ġiljan
- in Gozo
- in Iż-Żurrieq
- in Gozo
- in Iż-Żurrieq
- in Il-Birgu
- in Ħal Għaxaq
- in Ħaż-Żabbar
- in Birkirkara
- in Ħal Għaxaq
- in Il-Mellieħa
- in San Ġwann
- in Is-Swieqi
- in Il-Qrendi
- Ix-Xemxija in San Pawl il-Baħar
- in Ħal Għargħur
- in L-Imġarr
- in Il-Mosta
See also
- 2005 Maltese local council elections
- 2006 Maltese local council elections
- 2008 Maltese local council elections
- 2009 Maltese local council elections
- Maltese local council elections, 2010
- 2015 Maltese local council elections
- List of cities in Malta
- List of mayors of Malta
- ISO 3166-2:MT
References
- "Report". justiceservices.gov.mt.
External links
- Local Councils Act and amendments
- CityMayors.com article
- Local Councils' Association
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