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 type of local government and are subdivisions of the country's first-level regions.

According to the Local Councils Act (Chapter 363 of the Laws of Malta), Art. 3:^[1]

(1) Every locality shall have a Council which shall have all such functions as are granted to it by this Act
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(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	Region	Statistical District	Area (km)	Population (2021 census)
Attard	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħ'Attard	Malta	Central	West	6.6	12,268
Balzan	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Balzan	Malta	Central	West	0.6	4,774
Birgu	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa)	Malta	South East	South Harbour	0.5	2,261
Birkirkara	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birkirkara	Malta	Central	North Harbour	2.7	25,807
Birżebbuġa	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birżebbuġa	Malta	South	South East	9.2	11,844
Cospicua (Bormla)	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Bormla (Città Cospicua)	Malta	South East	South Harbour	0.9	4,654
Dingli	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħad-Dingli	Malta	North	West	5.7	3,865
Fgura	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fgura	Malta	South East	South Harbour	1.1	13,066
Floriana	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Floriana	Malta	South East	South East	0.94	1,985
Fontana	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn)	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	0.5	1,042
Għajnsielem	Il-Kunsill Lokali t'Għajnsielem	Gozo, Comino	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	7.2	3,523
Għarb	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għarb	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	4.6	1,549
Għargħur	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għargħur	Malta	North	North	2	3,741
Għasri	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għasri	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	5	518
Għaxaq	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għaxaq	Malta	South	South East	3.9	5,538
Gudja	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gudja	Malta	South	South East	2.3	3,229
Gżira	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gżira	Malta	Central	North Harbour	1.5	10,331
Ħamrun	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Ħamrun	Malta	South	North Harbour	1.1	10,514
Iklin	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Iklin	Malta	Central	West	1.7	3,399
Kalkara	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Kalkara	Malta	South East	South Harbour	1.8	3,105
Kerċem	Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Kerċem	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	5.5	1,881
Kirkop	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Kirkop	Malta	South	South East	1.1	2,527
Lija	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Lija	Malta	Central	West	1.1	3,162
Luqa	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Luqa	Malta	South	South Harbour	6.7	7,249
Marsa	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Marsa	Malta	South East	South Harbour	2.8	5,468
Marsaskala	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn)	Malta	South East	South East	5.4	16,804
Marsaxlokk	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaxlokk	Malta	South East	South East	4.7	3,988
Mdina	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imdina (Città Notabile)	Malta	North	West	0.9	193
Mellieħa	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mellieħa	Malta	North	North	22.6	12,738
Mġarr	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imġarr	Malta	North	North	16.1	4,840
Mosta	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mosta	Malta	North	North	6.8	23,482
Mqabba	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imqabba	Malta	South	South East	2.6	3,525
Msida	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imsida	Malta	Central	North Harbour	1.7	13,587
Mtarfa	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imtarfa	Malta	North	West	0.7	2,566
Munxar	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Munxar	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	2.8	1,707
Nadur	Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Nadur	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	7.2	4,548
Naxxar	Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Naxxar	Malta	North	North	11.6	16,912
Paola	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Raħal Ġdid	Malta	South East	South Harbour	2.5	9,339
Pembroke	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Pembroke	Malta	North	North Harbour	2.3	3,545
Pietà	Il-Kunsill Lokali Tal-Pietà	Malta	Central	North Harbour	0.5	5,892
Qala	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qala	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	5.9	2,300
Qormi	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Qormi (Città Pinto)	Malta	South	North Harbour	5	18,099
Qrendi	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qrendi	Malta	South	South East	4.9	3,148
Rabat	Il-Kunsill Lokali tar-Rabat	Malta	North	West	26.6	11,936
Safi	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Safi	Malta	South	South East	2.3	2,641
St. Julian's	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġiljan	Malta	Central	North Harbour	1.6	11,653
St. Paul's Bay	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Pawl il-Baħar	Malta	North	North	14.47	32,042
San Ġwann	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġwann	Malta	Central	North Harbour	2.6	14,244
San Lawrenz	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Lawrenz	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	3.6	772
Sannat	Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Sannat	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	3.8	2,186
Santa Luċija	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Luċija	Malta	South	South Harbour	0.7	2,617
Santa Venera	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Venera	Malta	Central	North Harbour	0.9	8,834
Senglea (Isla)	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta)	Malta	South East	South Harbour	0.2	2,304
Siġġiewi	Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand)	Malta	South	West	19.9	9,318
Sliema	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Tas-Sliema	Malta	Central	North Harbour	1.3	19,655
Swieqi	Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Swieqi	Malta	North	North Harbour	3.1	13,044
Tarxien	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Tarxien	Malta	South East	South Harbour	0.9	9,464
Valletta	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima)	Malta	South East	South Harbour	0.8	5,157
Victoria (Rabat)	Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Victoria (Città Victoria)	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	2.9	7,242
Ta' Xbiex	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ta' Xbiex	Malta	Central	North Harbour	0.8	2,092
Xagħra	Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xagħra	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	7.6	5,161
Xewkija	Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xewkija	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	4.5	3,555
Xgħajra	Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xgħajra	Malta	South East	South Harbour	1	2,192
Żabbar	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żabbar (Città Hompesch)	Malta	South East	South Harbour	5.3	17,148
Żebbuġ	Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan)	Malta	South	West	8.7	13,785
Żebbuġ	Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żebbuġ, Għawdex	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	7.6	3,303
Żejtun	Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żejtun (Città Beland)	Malta	South East	South East	7.4	12,409
Żurrieq	Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żurrieq	Malta	South	South East	10.5	12,295

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

Party		Committees Members
	Partit Nazzjonalista	49 / 75
	Partit Laburista	22 / 75
	Association for the Common Purpose	4 / 75
Total:		75 seats

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". justiceservices.gov.mt.

External links

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

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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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