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	193 (Mdina) – 32,042 (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;

Last updated August 06, 2025

Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, Maltese : kunsilli lokali, meaning municipalities or boroughs, and considered by the Maltese as the equivalent to basic villages or towns, where appropriate. These form the most basic type of local government and are subdivisions of the country's first-level regions.

List of Maltese local councils

English name	Maltese name	Island	Region	Statistical District	Area (km²)	Population (2021 census)
Attard	Ħ'Attard	Malta	Northern	West	6.6	12,268
Balzan	Ħal Balzan		Northern	West	0.6	4,774
Birgu	Il-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa)		Port	South Harbour	0.5	2,261
Birkirkara	Birkirkara		Eastern	North Harbour	2.7	25,807
Birżebbuġa	Birżebbuġa		Southern	South East	9.2	11,844
Cospicua (Bormla)	Bormla (Città Cospicua)		Port	South Harbour	0.9	4,654
Dingli	Ħad-Dingli		Western	West	5.7	3,865
Fgura	Il-Fgura		Port	South Harbour	1.1	13,066
Floriana	Il-Furjana		Port	South East	0.94	1,985
Fontana	Il-Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn)	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	0.5	1,042
Għajnsielem	Għajnsielem	Gozo, Comino			7.2	3,523
Għarb	L-Għarb	Gozo			4.6	1,549
Għargħur	Ħal Għargħur	Malta	Eastern	North	2	3,741
Għasri	L-Għasri	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	5	518
Għaxaq	Ħal Għaxaq	Malta	Southern	South East	3.9	5,538
Gudja	Il-Gudja		Southern	South East	2.3	3,229
Gżira	Il-Gżira		Eastern	North Harbour	1.5	10,331
Ħamrun	Il-Ħamrun		Southern	North Harbour	1.1	10,514
Iklin	L-Iklin		Eastern	West	1.7	3,399
Kalkara	Il-Kalkara		Port	South Harbour	1.8	3,105
Kerċem	Ta' Kerċem	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	5.5	1,881
Kirkop	Ħal Kirkop	Malta	Western	South East	1.1	2,527
Lija	Ħal Lija		Eastern	West	1.1	3,162
Luqa	Ħal Luqa		Southern	South Harbour	6.7	7,249
Marsa	Il-Marsa			South Harbour	2.8	5,468
Marsaskala	Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn)			South East	5.4	16,804
Marsaxlokk	Marsaxlokk			South East	4.7	3,988
Mdina	L-Imdina (Città Notabile)		Western	West	0.9	193
Mellieħa	Il-Mellieħa		Northern	North	22.6	12,738
Mġarr	L-Imġarr				16.1	4,840
Mosta	Il-Mosta				6.8	23,482
Mqabba	L-Imqabba		Western	South East	2.6	3,525
Msida	L-Imsida		Eastern	North Harbour	1.7	13,587
Mtarfa	L-Imtarfa		Northern	West	0.7	2,566
Munxar	Il-Munxar	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	2.8	1,707
Nadur	In-Nadur	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	7.2	4,548
Naxxar	In-Naxxar	Malta	Northern	North	11.6	16,912
Paola	Raħal Ġdid		Port	South Harbour	2.5	9,339
Pembroke	Pembroke		Eastern	North Harbour	2.3	3,545
Pietà	Tal-Pietà		Eastern	North Harbour	0.5	5,892
Qala	Il-Qala	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	5.9	2,300
Qormi	Ħal Qormi (Città Pinto)	Malta	Southern	North Harbour	5	18,099
Qrendi	Il-Qrendi		Western	South East	4.9	3,148
Rabat	Ir-Rabat			West	26.6	11,936
Safi	Ħal Safi			South East	2.3	2,641
St. Julian's	San Ġiljan		Eastern	North Harbour	1.6	11,653
St. Paul's Bay	San Pawl il-Baħar		Northern	North	14.47	32,042
San Ġwann	San Ġwann		Northern	North Harbour	2.6	14,244
San Lawrenz	San Lawrenz	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	3.6	772
Sannat	Ta' Sannat	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	3.8	2,186
Santa Luċija	Santa Luċija	Malta	Southern	South Harbour	0.7	2,617
Santa Venera	Santa Venera		Southern	North Harbour	0.9	8,834
Senglea	L-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta)		Port	South Harbour	0.2	2,304
Siġġiewi	Is-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand)		Western	West	19.9	9,318
Sliema	Tas-Sliema		Eastern	North Harbour	1.3	19,655
Swieqi	Is-Swieqi		Eastern	North Harbour	3.1	13,044
Tarxien	Ħal Tarxien		Port	South Harbour	0.9	9,464
Valletta	Il-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima)		Port	South Harbour	0.8	5,157
Victoria (Rabat)	Ir-Rabat, Għawdex (Città Vittoria)	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	2.9	7,242
Ta' Xbiex	Ta' Xbiex	Malta	Eastern	North Harbour	0.8	2,092
Xagħra	Ix-Xagħra	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	7.6	5,161
Xewkija	Ix-Xewkija	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	4.5	3,555
Xgħajra	Ix-Xgħajra	Malta	Port	South Harbour	1	2,192
Żabbar	Ħaż-Żabbar (Città Hompesch)		Port	South Harbour	5.3	17,148
Żebbuġ	Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan)		Western	West	8.7	13,785
Żebbuġ	Iż-Żebbuġ	Gozo	Gozo	Gozo & Comino	7.6	3,303
Żejtun	Iż-Żejtun (Città Beland)	Malta	Southern	South East	7.4	12,409
Żurrieq	Iż-Żurrieq	Malta	Western	South East	10.5	12,295

Political affiliation of mayors


Party		Localities
	Labour Party	40 / 68
	Nationalist Party	23 / 68
	Għarb First	1 / 68
	Floriana 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 St. Julian's
Santa Luċija Administrative Committee in Kerċem (Gozo)
Xlendi Administrative Committee in Munxar (Gozo)

Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq Administrative Committee in Naxxar
Baħrija Administrative Committee in Rabat
Burmarrad and Wardija Administrative Committee in St. Paul's Bay
Gwardamanġa Administrative Committee in Pietà
Ħal Farruġ Administrative Committee in Luqa
San Pietru Administrative Committee in Żabbar
Swatar Administrative Committee in Birkirkara and Msida
Tal-Virtù Administrative Committee in Rabat

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, Marsa
Bengħisa, Birżebbuġa
Bidnija in Mosta/Mġarr
Bir id-Deheb in Żejtun/Għaxaq
Blata l-Bajda in Ħamrun/Marsa
Tal-Blata l-Għolja in Mosta
Buġibba in St. Paul's Bay
Bulebel iż-Żgħir in Żabbar
Buskett in Dingli/Siġġiewi
Ġebel San Martin in Żejtun
Għadira in Mellieħa
Tal-Ibraġ in Swieqi
Magħtab in Naxxar
Manikata in Mellieħa
Pwales in St. Paul's Bay
Qajjenza in Birżebbuġa
Qawra in St. Paul's Bay
Tar-Rabbat in Ħamrun
Salina in Naxxar
San Martin in St. Paul's Bay
Santa Margerita in Mosta
Santa Maria Estate in Mellieħa
Ta' Ganza in Żejtun
Ta' Ġiorni in San Ġiljan
Ta' Kassja in Gozo
Ta' Taħt iċ-Ċint in Żurrieq
Tal-Barmil in Gozo
Tal-Bebbux in Żurrieq
Tal-Ħawli in Birgu
Tal-Millieri in Għaxaq
Tal-Plier in Żabbar
Tal-Qattus (Birkirkara) in Birkirkara
Tal-Qattus (Għaxaq) in Għaxaq
Tas-Salib in Mellieħa
Ta' Żwejt in San Ġwann
Victoria Gardens in Swieqi
Wied iż-Żurrieq in Qrendi
Xemxija in St. Paul's Bay
Ix-Xwieki in Għargħur
Żebbiegħ in Mġarr
Ta' Żokkrija in Mosta

References

↑ "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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