PROVINCES

Each Autonomous Community is divided into one, or several, provinces.
A province is larger than a comarca and consists of many municipalities.
Each province has a provincial capital.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMARCAS

The municipalities in a comarca share a similar landscape.
There are different types: mountain comarcas, coastal comarcas and comarcas on the plains.

HOW MUNICIPALITIES ARE GROUPED

In Spain, municipalities are grouped into comarcas.
A comarca consists of several municipalities in the same region.
The municipalities in each comarca share similar characteristics: the landscape, traditions and economic activities.
The inhabitants share similar types of jobs: agriculture, stockbreeding, fishing, industry or tourism.
All the inhabitants of a comarca share basic services such as hospitals, markets and schools.

MUNICIPALITIES

We all live in a municipality.
A municipality consists of one or more cities, towns or villages governed by a local council.
Some municipalities are very big.
Others are very small.