Local councils of Malta

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Local councils of Malta
Kunsilli lokali ta' Malta (Maltese)
Malta - administrative division.svg
Category Unitary state
Location Republic of Malta
Number68 Local Councils
Populations243 (Mdina) – 29,097 (St. Paul's Bay)
Areas0.16 km2 (0.06 sq mi) (Senglea) – 26.6 km2 (10.27 sq mi) (Rabat)
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]

Contents

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
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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

Flag English nameMaltese nameIsland Region Statistical
District
Area
(km)
Population
(2021 census)
Flag of Attard.svg Attard Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħ'Attard Malta Central West 6.612,268
Flag of Balzan.svg Balzan Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal BalzanMaltaCentralWest0.64,774
Flag of Birgu.svg Birgu Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa)Malta South East South Harbour 0.52,261
Flag of Birkirkara.svg Birkirkara Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' BirkirkaraMaltaCentral North Harbour 2.725,807
Flag of Birzebbuga.svg Birżebbuġa Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' BirżebbuġaMalta South South East 9.211,844
Flag of Cospicua (Bormla).svg Cospicua (Bormla)Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Bormla (Città Cospicua)MaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour0.94,654
Flag of Dingli.svg Dingli Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħad-DingliMalta North West5.73,865
Flag of Il-Fgura.svg Fgura Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-FguraMaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour1.113,066
Flag of Floriana.svg Floriana Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-FlorianaMaltaSouth EastSouth East0.941,985
Flag of Fontana.svg Fontana Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn) Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 0.51,042
Ghajnsielem Malta flag.svg Għajnsielem Il-Kunsill Lokali t'GħajnsielemGozo, Comino GozoGozo & Comino7.23,523
Flag of Gharb.svg Għarb Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-GħarbGozoGozoGozo & Comino4.61,549
GharghulSVG.svg Għargħur Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal GħargħurMaltaNorth North 23,741
Flag of Ghasri.svg Għasri Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-GħasriGozoGozoGozo & Comino5518
Flag of Ghaxaq.svg Għaxaq Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal GħaxaqMaltaSouthSouth East3.95,538
Flag of Gudja.svg Gudja Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-GudjaMaltaSouthSouth East2.33,229
Flag of Gzira.svg Gżira Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-GżiraMaltaCentralNorth Harbour1.510,331
Flag of Hamrun.svg Ħamrun Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-ĦamrunMaltaSouthNorth Harbour1.110,514
Flag of Iklin.svg Iklin Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-IklinMaltaCentralWest1.73,399
Kalkara Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-KalkaraMaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour1.83,105
Flag of Kercem.svg Kerċem Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' KerċemGozoGozoGozo & Comino5.51,881
Flag of Kirkop.svg Kirkop Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal KirkopMaltaSouthSouth East1.12,527
Flag of Lija.svg Lija Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal LijaMaltaCentralWest1.13,162
Flag of Luqa.svg Luqa Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal LuqaMaltaSouthSouth Harbour6.77,249
Flag of Marsa.svg Marsa Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-MarsaMaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour2.85,468
Flag of Marsaskala.svg Marsaskala Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn)MaltaSouth EastSouth East5.416,804
Flag of Marsaxlokk.svg Marsaxlokk Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' MarsaxlokkMaltaSouth EastSouth East4.73,988
Flag of Mdina.svg Mdina Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imdina (Città Notabile)MaltaNorthWest0.9193
MelliehaHTML.svg Mellieħa Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-MellieħaMaltaNorthNorth22.612,738
Flag of Mgarr.svg Mġarr Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-ImġarrMaltaNorthNorth16.14,840
Flag of Mosta.svg Mosta Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-MostaMaltaNorthNorth6.823,482
Flag of Mqabba.svg Mqabba Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-ImqabbaMaltaSouthSouth East2.63,525
Flag of Msida.svg Msida Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-ImsidaMaltaCentralNorth Harbour1.713,587
Flag of Mtarfa.svg Mtarfa Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-ImtarfaMaltaNorthWest0.72,566
Flag of Munxar.svg Munxar Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-MunxarGozoGozoGozo & Comino2.81,707
Flag of Nadur.svg Nadur Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-NadurGozoGozoGozo & Comino7.24,548
Flag of Naxxar.svg Naxxar Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-NaxxarMaltaNorthNorth11.616,912
Paola Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Raħal ĠdidMaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour2.59,339
Flag of Pembroke.svg Pembroke Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' PembrokeMaltaNorthNorth Harbour2.33,545
Flag of Pieta.svg Pietà Il-Kunsill Lokali Tal-PietàMaltaCentralNorth Harbour0.55,892
Flag of Qala.svg Qala Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-QalaGozoGozoGozo & Comino5.92,300
Flag of Qormi.svg Qormi Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Qormi (Città Pinto)MaltaSouthNorth Harbour518,099
Flag of Qrendi.svg Qrendi Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-QrendiMaltaSouthSouth East4.93,148
Rabat Malta flag.svg Rabat Il-Kunsill Lokali tar-RabatMaltaNorthWest26.611,936
Flag of Safi.svg Safi Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal SafiMaltaSouthSouth East2.32,641
Flag of San Giljan.svg St. Julian's Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San ĠiljanMaltaCentralNorth Harbour1.611,653
Flag of Saint Paul's Bay.svg St. Paul's Bay Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Pawl il-BaħarMaltaNorthNorth14.4732,042
MLT San Gwann flag.svg San Ġwann Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San ĠwannMaltaCentralNorth Harbour2.614,244
Flag of San Lawrenz.svg San Lawrenz Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San LawrenzGozoGozoGozo & Comino3.6772
Flag of Sannat.svg Sannat Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' SannatGozoGozoGozo & Comino3.82,186
Flag of Santa Lucija.svg Santa Luċija Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa LuċijaMaltaSouthSouth Harbour0.72,617
Flag of Santa Venera.svg Santa Venera Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa VeneraMaltaCentralNorth Harbour0.98,834
Flag of Isla.svg Senglea (Isla)Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta)MaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour0.22,304
Flag of Siggiewi.svg Siġġiewi Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand)MaltaSouthWest19.99,318
Flag of Sliema.svg Sliema Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Tas-SliemaMaltaCentralNorth Harbour1.319,655
Flag of Swieqi.svg Swieqi Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-SwieqiMaltaNorthNorth Harbour3.113,044
Flag of Tarxien.svg Tarxien Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal TarxienMaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour0.99,464
Flag of Valletta, Malta.svg Valletta Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima)MaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour0.85,157
Flag of Victoria, Gozo.svg Victoria (Rabat)Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Victoria (Città Victoria)GozoGozoGozo & Comino2.97,242
Flag of Ta' Xbiex.svg Ta' Xbiex Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ta' XbiexMaltaCentralNorth Harbour0.82,092
Flag of Xaghra.svg Xagħra Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-XagħraGozoGozoGozo & Comino7.65,161
Flag of Xewkija, Malta.svg Xewkija Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-XewkijaGozoGozoGozo & Comino4.53,555
Flag of Xghajra.svg Xgħajra Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-XgħajraMaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour12,192
Flag of Zabbar.svg Żabbar Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żabbar (Città Hompesch)MaltaSouth EastSouth Harbour5.317,148
Flag of Zebbug, Malta.svg Żebbuġ Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan)MaltaSouthWest8.713,785
Flag of Zebbug, Gozo.svg Żebbuġ Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żebbuġ, GħawdexGozoGozoGozo & Comino7.63,303
Zejtun flag.svg Żejtun Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żejtun (Città Beland)MaltaSouth EastSouth East7.412,409
Flag of Zurrieq.svg Żurrieq Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-ŻurrieqMaltaSouthSouth East10.512,295

Political affiliation of mayors

PartyLocalities
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.

Political affiliation of members administrative committees

2010 elections (March and June results merged)

PartyCommittees 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

PartyCommittees 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

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References

  1. "Report" (PDF). daneshnamehicsa.ir.
  2. "Report". justiceservices.gov.mt.