Local councils of Malta

Local councils of Malta
Kunsilli lokali ta' Malta (Maltese)
Local councils of Malta; Kunsilli lokali ta' Malta (Maltese)
Category	Unitary state
Location	Republic of Malta
Number	68 Local Councils
Populations	243 (Mdina) – 29,097 (St. Paul's Bay)
Areas	0.16 km2 (0.06 sq mi) (Senglea) – 26.6 km2 (10.27 sq mi) (Rabat)
Government	Local council government, National government;
Subdivisions	Local Community Council;

Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, Maltese: kunsilli lokali, meaning municipalities or borough, and the considered by the Maltese as the equivalent to a basic village or towns, where appropriate. These form the most basic form of local government and there are no intermediate levels between it and the national level. The levels of the 6 districts (5 on the main island) and of the 5 regions (4 on the main island) serve statistical purposes.^[1]

According to the Local Councils Act (Chapter 363 of the Laws of Malta), Art. 3:^[2]

(1) Every locality shall have a Council which shall have all such functions as are granted to it by this Act
...
(5) Each locality shall be referred to by the name as designated in the Second Schedule and any reference to that locality shall be by the name so designated.

List of Maltese local councils

English name	Maltese name	Island	Area (km)	Population (2019 estimate)^[3]
Attard	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħ'Attard	Malta	6.6	11,377
Balzan	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Balzan	Malta	0.6	4,689
Birgu	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa)	Malta	0.5	2,489
Birkirkara	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birkirkara	Malta	2.7	24,356
Birżebbuġa	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birżebbuġa	Malta	9.2	12,915
Cospicua (Bormla)	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Bormla (Città Cospicua)	Malta	0.9	5,170
Dingli	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħad-Dingli	Malta	5.7	3,711
Fgura	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fgura	Malta	1.1	12,449
Floriana	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Floriana	Malta	0.94	2,032
Fontana	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn)	Gozo	0.5	922
Għajnsielem	Il-Kunsill Lokali t'Għajnsielem	Gozo, Comino	7.2	2,931
Għarb	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għarb	Gozo	4.6	1,298
Għargħur	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għargħur	Malta	2	2,857
Għasri	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għasri	Gozo	5	424
Għaxaq	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għaxaq	Malta	3.9	4,860
Gudja	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gudja	Malta	2.3	3,184
Gżira	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gżira	Malta	1.5	11,669
Ħamrun	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Ħamrun	Malta	1.1	9,743
Iklin	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Iklin	Malta	1.7	3,422
Kalkara	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Kalkara	Malta	1.8	3,059
Kerċem	Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Kerċem	Gozo	5.5	1,938
Kirkop	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Kirkop	Malta	1.1	2,397
Lija	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Lija	Malta	1.1	3,202
Luqa	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Luqa	Malta	6.7	6,162
Marsa	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Marsa	Malta	2.8	5,454
Marsaskala	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn)	Malta	5.4	14,592
Marsaxlokk	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaxlokk	Malta	4.7	3,660
Mdina	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imdina (Città Notabile)	Malta	0.9	243
Mellieħa	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mellieħa	Malta	22.6	11,389
Mġarr	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imġarr	Malta	16.1	3,802
Mosta	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mosta	Malta	6.8	20,988
Mqabba	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imqabba	Malta	2.6	3,339
Msida	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imsida	Malta	1.7	13,713
Mtarfa	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imtarfa	Malta	0.7	2,615
Munxar	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Munxar	Gozo	2.8	1,454
Nadur	Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Nadur	Gozo	7.2	4,509
Naxxar	Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Naxxar	Malta	11.6	14,891
Paola	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Raħal Ġdid	Malta	2.5	8,706
Pembroke	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Pembroke	Malta	2.3	3,842
Pietà	Il-Kunsill Lokali Tal-Pietà	Malta	0.5	4,892
Qala	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qala	Gozo	5.9	2,284
Qormi	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Qormi (Città Pinto)	Malta	5	16,801
Qrendi	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qrendi	Malta	4.9	2,800
Rabat	Il-Kunsill Lokali tar-Rabat	Malta	26.6	11,470
Safi	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Safi	Malta	2.3	2,280
St. Julian's	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġiljan	Malta	1.6	13,792
St. Paul's Bay	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Pawl il-Baħar	Malta	14.47	29,097
San Ġwann	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġwann	Malta	2.6	14,720
San Lawrenz	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Lawrenz	Gozo	3.6	748
Sannat	Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Sannat	Gozo	3.8	2,117
Santa Luċija	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Luċija	Malta	0.7	2,954
Santa Venera	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Venera	Malta	0.9	7,590
Senglea (Isla)	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta)	Malta	0.2	2,720
Siġġiewi	Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand)	Malta	19.9	8,721
Sliema	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Tas-Sliema	Malta	1.3	22,591
Swieqi	Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Swieqi	Malta	3.1	14,452
Tarxien	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Tarxien	Malta	0.9	8,627
Valletta	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima)	Malta	0.8	5,827
Victoria (Rabat)	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Victoria (Città Victoria)	Gozo	2.9	6,901
Ta' Xbiex	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ta' Xbiex	Malta	0.8	2,012
Xagħra	Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xagħra	Gozo	7.6	4,886
Xewkija	Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xewkija	Gozo	4.5	3,300
Xgħajra	Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xgħajra	Malta	1	1,830
Żabbar	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żabbar (Città Hompesch)	Malta	5.3	15,431
Żebbuġ	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan)	Malta	8.7	12,239
Żebbuġ	Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żebbuġ, Għawdex	Gozo	7.6	2,956
Żejtun	Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żejtun (Città Beland)	Malta	7.4	11,386
Żurrieq	Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żurrieq	Malta	10.5	10,962

Political affiliation of mayors:


Party		Localities
	Labour Party	48 / 68
	Nationalist Party	18 / 68
	Għarb First	1 / 68
	Independent	2 / 68

List of Maltese and Gozitan local communities councils

Elections for these administrative committees were first ever held 27 March 2010, in the first 8 hamlets listed in this list, the rest were held in later in June.

Bubaqra Administrative Committee in Żurrieq
Fleur-de-Lys Administrative Committee in Birkirkara
Kappara Administrative Committee in San Ġwann
Madliena Administrative Committee in Swieqi
Marsalforn Administrative Committee in Żebbuġ (Gozo)
Paceville Administrative Committee in San Ġiljan
Santa Luċija Administrative Committee in Ta' Kerċem (Gozo)
Xlendi Administrative Committee in Munxar (Gozo)

Gwardmanġa Administrative Committee in Tal-Pietà, Malta
Swatar Administrative Committee in Birkirkara and Imsida
Baħrija Administrative Committee in Rabat, Malta
Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Administrative Committee in In-Naxxar
San Pietru Administrative Committee in Ħaż-Żabbar
Burmarrad u l-Wardija Administrative Committee in San Pawl il-Baħar
Tal-Virtù Administrative Committee in Rabat
Ħal Farruġ Administrative Committee in Luqa

Political affiliation of members administrative committees

2010 elections (March and June results merged)


Party		Committees Members
	Partit Nazzjonalista	45 / 80
	Partit Laburista	28 / 80
	Association for the Common Purpose	5 / 80
	Better Environment for Bumarrad	1 / 80
	Independents	1 / 80
Total:		80 seats

2014 election

Other recognised hamlets without a local community committee

Albert Town in Il-Marsa, Malta
Bengħisa in Birżebbuġa
Il-Bidnija in Il-Mosta/L-Imġarr
Bir id-Deheb in Iż-Żejtun/Ħal Għaxaq
Il-Blata l-Bajda in Il-Ħamrun/Il-Marsa, Malta
Tal-Blata l-Għolja in Il-Mosta
Buġibba in San Pawl il-Baħar
Bulebel iż-Żgħir in Ħaż-Żabbar
Il-Buskett in Dingli/Is-Siġġiewi
Ġebel San Martin in Iż-Żejtun
L-Għadira in Il-Mellieħa
Tal-Ibraġ in Is-Swieqi
Il-Magħtab in In-Naxxar
Il-Manikata in Il-Mellieħa
Il-Pwales in San Pawl il-Baħar
Il-Qajjenza in Birżebbuġa
Il-Qawra in San Pawl il-Baħar
Tar-Rabbat in Il-Ħamrun
Salina in In-Naxxar
San Martin in San Pawl il-Baħar
Santa Margerita in Mosta
Santa Maria Estate in Il-Mellieħa
Ta' Ganza in Iż-Żejtun
Ta' Giorni in San Ġiljan
Ta' Kassja in Gozo
Ta' Taħt iċ-Ċint in Iż-Żurrieq
Tal-Barmil in Gozo
Tal-Bebbux in Iż-Żurrieq
Tal-Ħawli in Il-Birgu
Tal-Millieri in Ħal Għaxaq
Tal-Plier in Ħaż-Żabbar
Tal-Qattus (Birkirkara) in Birkirkara
Tal-Qattus (Għaxaq) in Ħal Għaxaq
Tas-Salib in Il-Mellieħa
Ta' Żwejt in San Ġwann
Victoria Gardens in Is-Swieqi
Wied iż-Żurrieq in Il-Qrendi
Ix-Xemxija in San Pawl il-Baħar
Ix-Xwieki in Ħal Għargħur
Iż-Żebbiegħ in L-Imġarr
Ta' Żokkrija in Il-Mosta

References

^ "Report" (PDF). daneshnamehicsa.ir.
^ "Report". justiceservices.gov.mt.
^ "The Malta Government Gazette" (PDF). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

External links

[1] "Report" (PDF). daneshnamehicsa.ir.

[2] "Report". justiceservices.gov.mt.

[3] "The Malta Government Gazette" (PDF). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

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v t e Local councils and administrative committees of Malta and Gozo
Malta Local councils	Attard Balzan Birgu Birkirkara Birżebbuġa Cospicua Dingli Fgura Floriana Għargħur Għaxaq Gudja Gżira Ħamrun Iklin Kalkara Kirkop Lija Luqa Marsa Marsaskala Marsaxlokk Mdina Mellieħa Mġarr Mosta Mqabba Msida Mtarfa Naxxar Paola Pembroke Pietà Qormi Qrendi Rabat Safi San Ġwann Santa Luċija Santa Venera Senglea Siġġiewi Sliema St. Julian's St. Paul's Bay Swieqi Ta' Xbiex Tarxien Valletta Xgħajra Żabbar Żebbuġ Żejtun Żurrieq
Malta Hamlets	Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Baħrija Bubaqra Burmarrad and Wardija Fleur-de-Lys Gwardamanġa Ħal Farruġ Kappara Madliena Paceville San Pietru Swatar Tal-Virtù
Gozo Local councils	Fontana Għajnsielem Għarb Għasri Kerċem Munxar Nadur Qala Rabat (Victoria) San Lawrenz Sannat Xagħra Xewkija Żebbuġ
Gozo Hamlets	Marsalforn Santa Luċija Xlendi

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