Local councils of Malta

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.

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

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

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

See also

• 2005 Maltese local council elections
• 2006 Maltese local council elections
• 2007 Maltese local council elections
• 2008 Maltese local council elections
• 2009 Maltese local council elections
• Maltese local council elections, 2010
• 2012 Maltese local council elections
• 2015 Maltese local council elections
• List of cities in Malta
• List of mayors of Malta
• ISO 3166-2:MT

References

1. "Report". justiceservices.gov.mt.

External links

• Local Councils Act and amendments
• CityMayors.com article
• Local Councils' Association