Arcos da Condesa is among the districts of Caldas de Reis, within the province of Pontevedra. According to the most recent knowledge from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), in 2022 there have been 387 folks dwelling. However, the diminished variety of inhabitants has not implied, on this case, extra ease to succeed in an settlement. The division of the city was evident over the last municipal elections of 28-M when the 2 primary candidates for mayor of the minor entity obtained 119 votes every. It was likelihood, extra particularly a euro coin tossed into the air, which ended up resolving the tie and deciding that the mayor could be the socialist Fernando Savarís towards the favored José Francisco Alonso, presently in workplace.
Despite being a district, Law 5/1997, of July 22, on Galician Local Administration regulates the group of minor native entities and establishes in its article 158 that they are going to have a district mayor who will likely be instantly elected by its inhabitants and by majority system. That is to say, solely the candidate with probably the most votes will likely be elected, with out there being any chance of settlement between the formations.
In the case of Arcos da Condesa, it has had this recognition for the reason that Nineteen Forties for the aim of managing its virtually 200 hectares of public forest. In this manner, the city has its personal neighborhood council made up of a parish mayor and 4 members. However, the residents additionally needed to vote for his or her representatives within the higher Town Hall, that of Caldas de Reis.
The uniqueness of the districts, greater than 3,500 all through Spain, is shared by a complete of 9 cities in Galicia, eight of them in Pontevedra — Arcos da Condesa itself, together with Bembrive (Vigo), Camposancos (A Guarda), Chenlo (O Porriño), Morgadáns (Gondomar), Pazos de Reis (Tui) and Queimadelos and Vilasobroso, each in Mondariz–. The ninth, that of Berán, is situated in Leiro (Ourense).
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