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The '''''[[Comarcas of Spain|comarques]]'' of the [[Valencian Community]]''' form an intermediate level of administrative subdivision between [[Municipalities of Spain|municipalities]] and [[Provinces of Spain|provinces]]. They are used as a basis for the provision of local services by the [[Generalitat Valenciana]], but do not have any representative or executive bodies of their own.

In 1987, the Generalitat Valenciana published an official proposal for Homologated Territorial Demarcations, ''Demarcacions Territorials Homologades'' (DTH), of three degrees, where the first degree largely coincides with the territorial concept of ''comarca''. Until now, the practice of these demarcations has been limited as a reference to the administrative decentralisation of the different services offered by the Generalitat, such as education, health, or agriculture. In fact, there is no legal provision for these DTHs to ultimately have the intended “territorial impact”, that is, comarca-level political or administrative bodies. Instead, the powers shared between several municipalities are being articulated through ''mancomunitats'', or commonwealths.

Article&nbsp;65 of the 2006 [[Statute of Autonomy]] provides the first legislative foundation for the ''comarques''.

As of 2021, there are thirty-three ''comarques'' (including the [[Valencia|city of Valencia]]).

== List of ''comarques'' ==
[[File:Coneixement del valencià (domini promig)-Cens del 2001.png|thumb|right|Knowledge of [[Valencian language|Valencian]] by comarques (2001). Note that east of the red line Valencian-speaking comarques are concentrated while on the western side Spanish-speaking ones.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Comarca !! Population (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://argos.gva.es/va/municipis-per-comarques|title=Municipis per comarques - Argos - Generalitat Valenciana|website=Argos}}</ref> !! Area (km²) !! Density<br/>(i./km²) !! Capital !! Linguistic domain
|- 
| [[Alacantí]] || 509,049 || 673.59 || 755.72 || [[Alicante|Alicante / Alacant]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Alcalatén]] || 14,050 || 391.4 || 35.89 || [[L'Alcora]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
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| [[Alcoià]] || 112,028	|| 539.66 || 207.58 || [[Alcoi]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Alt Maestrat]] || 6,392 || 846.05 || 7.55 || [[Albocàsser]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Alto Mijares]] || 4,232 || 667.06 || 6.34 || [[Cirat]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|- 
| [[Alto Palancia]]|| 25,269 || 965.15 || 26.18 || [[Segorbe]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|- 
| [[Alto Vinalopó|Alto Vinalopó / Alt Vinalopó]]|| 52,905 || 644.76 || 82.05 || [[Villena]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (mainly) / [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Baix Maestrat]] || 86,349 || 1,221.32 || 70.70 || [[Vinaròs]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Baix Vinalopó]] || 306,300 || 488.78 || 626.66 || [[Elche|Elche / Elx]]  || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Camp de Morvedre]] || 97,826 || 271.1 || 360.84 || [[Sagunt]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Camp de Túria]] || 177,195 || 823.37 || 215.20 || [[Llíria]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]] (mainly) / [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|- 
| [[Canal de Navarrés]] || 15,754 || 709.29 || 22.21 || [[Enguera]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|- 
| [[Comtat]] || 28,119 || 376.4 || 74.70 || [[Cocentaina]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[La Costera|Costera]] || 72,297 || 528.1 || 136.9 || [[Xàtiva]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Horta Nord]] || 311,632 || 184.44 || 1,689.61 || [[Puçol]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Horta Sud]] || 482,569 || 309.73 || 1,558.03 || [[Torrent, Valencia|Torrent]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Hoya de Buñol]]|| 46,039 || 817.37 || 52.08 || [[Buñol]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|- 
| [[Marina Alta]] || 191,265 || 759.3 || 251.89 || [[Dénia]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Marina Baixa]] || 198,888 || 605.3 || 328.57 || [[La Vila Joiosa]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Ports (comarca)|Ports]] || 6,674 || 998.54 || 6.68 || [[Morella, Castellón|Morella]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]] {{small|([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for [[Olocau del Rey]])}}
|- 
| [[Plana Alta]] || 264,381 || 942.2 || 280.59 || [[Castellón de la Plana|Castelló de la Plana]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Plana Baixa]] || 196,605 || 605.2 || 324.85 || [[Borriana, Castelló|Borriana]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Requena-Utiel]] || 37,926 || 1,721.03 || 22.03 || [[Requena, Valencia|Requena]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|- 
| [[Ribera Alta (comarca)|Ribera Alta]] || 228,406 || 1,011.5 || 225.80 || [[Alzira, Valencia|Alzira]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Ribera Baixa]] || 82,663 || 276.81 || 298.62 || [[Sueca, Valencia|Sueca]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Rincón de Ademuz]]|| 2,221	|| 370.22 || 5.99 || [[Ademuz]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|- 
| [[Los Serranos|Serranos]] || 17,115 || 1,405.28 || 12.17 || [[Chelva]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|-
| [[Safor]] || 179,185 || 429.80 || 416.90 || [[Gandia]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Valencia|València]] || 807,693 || 134.63 || 5,999.35 || [[Valencia|València]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Vall d'Albaida]] || 88,114 || 722.22 || 122 || [[Ontinyent]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]]
|- 
| [[Valle de Ayora|Valle de Ayora-Cofrentes]] || 9,656 || 1,141.15 || 8.46 || [[Cofrentes]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|- 
| [[Vega Baja del Segura|Vega Baja / Baix Segura]] || 379,975 || 957.28 || 396.93 || [[Orihuela]] || [[Spanish language|Spanish]] {{small|([[Valencian language|Valencian]] for [[Guardamar del Segura]])}}
|- 
| [[Vinalopó Mitjà|Vinalopó Mitjà / Vinalopó Medio]]|| 171,828 || 798.6 || 215.16 || [[Elda]] || [[Valencian language|Valencian]] (mainly) / [[Spanish language|Spanish]] {{small|(for [[Aspe]] and [[Monforte del Cid]])}}
|- 
! Total !! 5,210,600 !! 23,254.49 !! 224.06 !! !!
|}

== ''Subcomarques'' ==
Some ''comarques'' are made up of two or more ''subcomarques''. Most of them correspond with local geographical features. For instance, Alcoià is made up of two subcomarques: Foia de Castalla and Valls d'Alcoi.

== Historical ''comarques'' ==
Historical ''comarques'' refer to former ''comarques'' that are no longer extant.

Some historical ''comarques'' of the Valencian Community are now part of other comarques in the new territorial demarcation, such as [[Tinença de Benifassà]] and [[Ports de Morella]].

Before 2021, [[Horta Oest]] was a formerly a comarca, when it was mostly annexed by [[Horta Sud]] with the municipality of [[Paterna]] joining [[Horta Nord]].

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* ''Proposta de demarcacions territorials homologades'', Direcció General d'Administració Local, València, D.L. 1988. Conselleria d'Administració Pública. ISBN 84-7579-587-0

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