The comarques of the Valencian Community form an intermediate level of administrative subdivision between municipalities and provinces . They are used as a basis for the provision of local services by the Generalitat Valenciana , but do not have any representative or executive bodies of their own.
4-465: Alcalatén ( Valencian: [alkalaˈten] ; Spanish: [alkalaˈten] ) is a comarca in the province of Castellon , Valencian Community , Spain . The comarca is composed of nine municipalities, listed below with their populations according to the most recent official estimates (as at 1 January 2019): 40°08′19″N 0°16′48″W / 40.13861°N 0.28000°W / 40.13861; -0.28000 This article about
8-638: A location in the Valencian Community, Spain, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Comarques of the Valencian Community In 1987, the Generalitat Valenciana published an official proposal for Homologated Territorial Demarcations, Demarcacions Territorials Homologades (DTH), of three degrees, where the first degree largely coincides with the territorial concept of comarca . Until now,
12-500: The 2006 Statute of Autonomy provides the first legislative foundation for the comarques . As of 2021, there are thirty-three comarques (including the city of Valencia ). Some comarques are made up of two or more subcomarques . Most of them correspond with local geographical features. For instance, Alcoià is made up of two subcomarques: Foia de Castalla and Valls d'Alcoi. Historical comarques refer to former comarques that are no longer extant. Some historical comarques of
16-571: The practice of these demarcations has been limited as a reference to the administrative decentralisation of the different services offered by the Generalitat, such as education, health, or agriculture. In fact, there is no legal provision for these DTHs to ultimately have the intended “territorial impact”, that is, comarca-level political or administrative bodies. Instead, the powers shared between several municipalities are being articulated through mancomunitats , or commonwealths. Article 65 of
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