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 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.

Local councils of Malta
Kunsilli lokali ta' Malta (Maltese)
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic 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

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

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Flag 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 Malta Northern West 0.6 4,774
  Birgu Il-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa) Malta Port South Harbour 0.5 2,261
  Birkirkara Birkirkara Malta Eastern North Harbour 2.7 25,807
  Birżebbuġa Birżebbuġa Malta Southern South East 9.2 11,844
  Cospicua (Bormla) Bormla (Città Cospicua) Malta Port South Harbour 0.9 4,654
  Dingli Ħad-Dingli Malta Western West 5.7 3,865
  Fgura Il-Fgura Malta Port South Harbour 1.1 13,066
  Floriana Il-Furjana Malta 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 Gozo Gozo & Comino 7.2 3,523
  Għarb L-Għarb Gozo Gozo Gozo & Comino 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 Malta Southern South East 2.3 3,229
  Gżira Il-Gżira Malta Eastern North Harbour 1.5 10,331
  Ħamrun Il-Ħamrun Malta Southern North Harbour 1.1 10,514
  Iklin L-Iklin Malta Eastern West 1.7 3,399
Kalkara Il-Kalkara Malta 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 Malta Eastern West 1.1 3,162
  Luqa Ħal Luqa Malta Southern South Harbour 6.7 7,249
  Marsa Il-Marsa Malta Southern South Harbour 2.8 5,468
  Marsaskala Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn) Malta Southern South East 5.4 16,804
  Marsaxlokk Marsaxlokk Malta Southern South East 4.7 3,988
  Mdina L-Imdina (Città Notabile) Malta Western West 0.9 193
  Mellieħa Il-Mellieħa Malta Northern North 22.6 12,738
  Mġarr L-Imġarr Malta Northern North 16.1 4,840
  Mosta Il-Mosta Malta Northern North 6.8 23,482
  Mqabba L-Imqabba Malta Western South East 2.6 3,525
  Msida L-Imsida Malta Eastern North Harbour 1.7 13,587
  Mtarfa L-Imtarfa Malta 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 Malta Port South Harbour 2.5 9,339
  Pembroke Pembroke Malta Eastern North Harbour 2.3 3,545
  Pietà Tal-Pietà Malta 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 Malta Western South East 4.9 3,148
  Rabat Ir-Rabat Malta Western West 26.6 11,936
  Safi Ħal Safi Malta Western South East 2.3 2,641
  St. Julian's San Ġiljan Malta Eastern North Harbour 1.6 11,653
  St. Paul's Bay San Pawl il-Baħar Malta Northern North 14.47 32,042
  San Ġwann San Ġwann Malta 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 Malta Southern North Harbour 0.9 8,834
  Senglea L-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta) Malta Port South Harbour 0.2 2,304
  Siġġiewi Is-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) Malta Western West 19.9 9,318
  Sliema Tas-Sliema Malta Eastern North Harbour 1.3 19,655
  Swieqi Is-Swieqi Malta Eastern North Harbour 3.1 13,044
  Tarxien Ħal Tarxien Malta Port South Harbour 0.9 9,464
  Valletta Il-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima) Malta 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) Malta Port South Harbour 5.3 17,148
  Żebbuġ Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) Malta Western West 8.7 13,785
  Żebbuġ Iż-Żebbuġ, Għawdex 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

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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

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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

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2010 elections (March and June results merged)

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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