Concejo (Álava)

Concejos of Álava
LocationÁlava, Basque Country, Spain
Found inMunicipality
Number335[1][n. 1]

The concejos (Basque: kontzejuak, Spanish: concejos) are a type of sub-municipal administrative unit in the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain.

Within the Spanish legal framework, the general name for such sub-municipal units is minor local entity (formally in Spanish: entidad de ámbito territorial inferior al municipio, lit. 'entity of sub-municipal territorial scope' also known by their acronym EATIMs [es]).[4][5]

The existence of concejos in Álava is documented since the 13th century.[6][7] Their current status dates from 1984, when a law providing for elections to the concejos was passed;[8] and from 1995, when their juridical status was clarified.[9]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The number is also reported as being 333[2] or 334,[3] depending on whether Arriaga and Eskibel are included or not. Arriaga is depopulated and has been absorbed into Vitoria-Gasteiz, but is still officially listed as a concejo. Similarly, Eskibel has 2 inhabitants as of 2021, and is sometimes omitted from the list.

References

  1. ^ "Nomenclátor: Concejos". Diputación Foral de Álava (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cabrera, Sara (14 September 2021). "Elecciones en los 333 concejos de Álava el 21 de noviembre". Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ Salazar, Agurtzane. "334 concejos de Álava eligen mañana a sus representantes". Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ Sub-Municipal Governance in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan. 2018. p. 233. ISBN 978-3-319-64724-1.
  5. ^ "Qué es una entidad local menor y qué competencias tiene". Las Provincias (in Spanish). 24 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ^ Abella y García de Eulate, Alfonso María (1985). Ordenanzas de buen gobierno de los Concejos de Alava (in Spanish). Diputación Foral de Alava, Servicio de Publicaciones. ISBN 978-8450523911.
  7. ^ Ortiz de Zárate, Ramón (26 September 2004). Compendio foral de la provincia de Álava (in Spanish). Maxtor. ISBN 978-8497611282.
  8. ^ Ruiz de Gauna, Rebeca (24 September 2021). "30.000 alaveses pueden votar en las elecciones a concejos del 21 de noviembre". Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  9. ^ Gatón, Natxo (26 November 2017). "334 pueblos alaveses han elegido hoy a sus 'alcaldes' de los concejos". Gasteiz Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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