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Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populous municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of th ...

is a

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

in the

autonomous community The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

, Spain, which is divided into 371

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

. Spanish census, Burgos is the 36th largest of the 50 provinces by population, with inhabitants, and the 11th largest by land area, spanning . Municipalities are the 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 in a

local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

law (; ) passed on 2 April 1985 and finalised by an 18 April 1986 royal decree. The Statute of Autonomy of Castile and León also contains provisions concerning the relations between the municipalities and the autonomous government of Castile and León. All citizens of Spain are required to register in the municipality in which they reside. Each municipality is a corporation with independent

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hood: its governing body is called the ''

ayuntamiento ''Ayuntamiento'' ()In other languages of Spain: * (). * (). * (). is the general term for the town council, or ''cabildo'', of a municipality or, sometimes, as is often the case in Spain and Latin America, for the municipality itself. is mai ...

'' (

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

corporation A corporation or body corporate is an individual or a group of people, such as an association or company, that has been authorized by the State (polity), state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as ...

), a term often also used to refer to the municipal offices (city and town halls). The ''ayuntamiento'' is composed of the

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(), the

deputy mayor The deputy mayor (also known as vice mayor and assistant mayor) is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official that is present in many local governments. Duties and functions Many elected deputy mayors are members of the loca ...

s (''tenientes de alcalde'') and the plenary assembly (''pleno'') of

councillor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...

s (''concejales''). Municipalities are categorised by population for the purpose of 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. One councillor is added for every additional 100,000 inhabitants, with a further one added when the number of councillors based on this methodology would be even in order to prevent tied votes. The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by

universal suffrage Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the " one person, one vote" principle. For many, the term universal suffrage assumes the exclusion ...

. Elections in municipalities with more than 250 inhabitants are carried out following a

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

system with

closed list Closed list describes the variant of party-list systems where voters can effectively vote for only political parties as a whole; thus they have no influence on the party-supplied order in which party candidates are elected. If voters had some in ...

s, whilst those with a population lower than 250 use a

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system with

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s. The plenary assembly must meet periodically at the seat of the ''ayuntamiento'', 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 named 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. Some of the municipalities within the province of Burgos are in turn grouped into '' mancomunidades''. The largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2024 Spanish census is

, its capital, with residents, while the smallest is Villamedianilla, with residents. The largest municipality by area is

Villadiego Villadiego is a Spanish town and municipality in the comarca of Odra-Pisuerga, in west of the province of Burgos, Castilla y León. It is seat of the comarca of Odra-Pisuerga. It is located 39 kilometres away from Burgos. According to demographi ...

, which spans , while Cantabrana is the smallest at .

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Burgos city view facing south east.jpg, alt=Panoramic view of Burgos, underneath a cloudy sky, with its cathedral,

the province ''The Province'' is a daily newspaper published in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format in British Columbia by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, alongside the ''Vancouver Sun'' broadsheet newspaper. Together, they ...

's capital and largest municipality by population. Miranda de Ebro - panorámica urbana desde el Castillo 3.jpg, alt=View of Miranda de Ebro, with a bridge over the river after which it is named,

Miranda de Ebro Miranda de Ebro () is a Spanish municipality belonging to the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Straddling the Ebro river, near its confluence with the Bayas, the city is located on the northern watershed of the ...

, the second largest municipality by population in Burgos Aranda de Duero - Iglesia de Santa María la Real 22.JPG, alt=View of the Church of Santa María la Real in Aranda de Duero,

Aranda de Duero Aranda de Duero is a city and municipality, capital of the Ribera del Duero comarca, in the south of the province of Burgos, in Castile and León, Spain. It has a population of roughly 33,000 people and lies on the River Duero. Description T ...

is the province's third largest municipality by population. Briviesca - Plaza Mayor 1.jpg, alt=View of Briviesca’s main square,

Briviesca Briviesca is a municipality and a Spanish city located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, head of the judicial district of Briviesca, capital of the comarca of La Bureba and province of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and León. Acc ...

, Burgos' fourth largest municipality by population Medina de Pomar - Alcazar de los Condestables 2.jpg, alt=View of the alcázar de los Condestables de Castilla, a castle in Medina de Pomar,

Medina de Pomar Medina de Pomar is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain, 77 km from Bilbao, and 8 kilometres from Villarcayo. Medina de Pomar is part of the Comarca of Las Merindades. Notable people * Ram ...

, the fifth largest municipality by population in Burgos Mena.jpg, alt=View of a valley with dispersed buildings,

Valle de Mena The Mena Valley () is a municipality in the province of Burgos in Spain. It is located in the autonomous community of Castile and León, bordering the provinces of Alava, Biscay and Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community an ...

is the province's sixth largest municipality by population. Plazavillarcayo.JPG, alt=A fountain, with Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja's town hall building in sight,

Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja () is a municipality located in the Burgos (province), province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a ...

, Burgos' seventh largest municipality by population

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