Comarques of the Valencian Community

Homologous territorial demarcations according to the Generalitat Valenciana.

The comarques of the Valencian Community form an intermediate level of administrative subdivision between the municipality and the province. 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. As of 2007, there are thirty-four comarques (including the city of Valencia), with a median population of 87,788 and a median area of 665.11 km².

The current organization was approved in 1987 by the Generalitat, when three categories of homologous territorial demarcation were established. Article 65 of the 2006 Statute of Autonomy provides the first legislative foundation for the comarques, although, as of April 2007, the enabling legislation has not been passed by the Corts Valencianes.

List of comarques

(2006 figures^[1])

Comarca	Population	Area (km²)	Density (inh/km²)
Alacantí	451,027	673.57	670
Alcalatén	16,390	648.68	25
Alcoià	110,017	539.66	204
Alt Maestrat	7,912	663.16	11
Alt Vinalopó	52,332	644.76	81
Alto Mijares	4,191	667.06	6
Alto Palancia	24,085	965.15	25
Baix Maestrat	77,673	1,221.32	63
Baix Vinalopó	274,368	488.78	561
Camp de Morvedre	83,778	271.20	309
Camp de Túria	130,895	823.37	159
Canal de Navarrés	17,201	709.29	24
Comtat	27,473	377.77	72
Costera	70,692	546.74	129
Horta Nord	206,034	140.51	1,466
Horta Oest	328,678	178.74	1,838
Horta Sud	160,021	166.19	963
Hoya de Buñol	38,245	817.37	46
Marina Alta	182,073	758.02	240
Marina Baixa	171,877	605.15	297
Ports	5,961	908.09	7
Plana Alta	243,442	957.29	245
Plana Baixa	180,886	605.15	299
Requena-Utiel	39,053	1,721.03	22
Ribera Alta	213,553	951.56	224
Ribera Baixa	79,221	276.81	299
Rincón de Ademuz	2,477	370.22	7
Los Serranos	17,497	1,405.28	13
Safor	170,644	429.80	397
Valencia	805,304	134.63	5,982
Vall d'Albaida	89,798	722.22	124
Valle de Cofrentes	10,501	1,141.15	9
Vega Baja del Segura	347,409	957.28	363
Vinalopó Mitjà	166,989	797.99	209
Total	4,807,687	23,258.51	206

Historical comarques

Some historical comarques of the Valencian Community are now part of other comarques in the new territorial demarcation, such as Tinença de Benifassà and Ports de Morella.

References

1. Populations and areas are taken from the INE (INE).