Barcelonès () is the most populated
comarca of
Catalonia
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,
Spain
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. It contains
Barcelona
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, which is the capital of Catalonia and of the comarca itself, and four adjacent inner suburbs.
Notwithstanding, the comarca does not have a
governing comarcal council; it was dissolved in 2019. Its functions had been and are superseded by the
Metropolitan Council of the
Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), which include representatives from municipalities further outside the comarca itself. All combined, Barcelonès municipalities send 39 councilors out of the Metropolitan Council's 90, making up more than 43% of the council voting power.
Municipalities
References
External links
Official web site (in Catalan)
Comarques of the Province of Barcelona
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