Castile-La Mancha - Regional Divisions

Regional Divisions

Castile–La Mancha is divided into 5 provinces named after their capital cities. The following category includes:

Albacete
Ciudad Real
Cuenca
Guadalajara
Toledo

According to the official data of the INE, Castile–La Mancha consists of 919 municipalities, which amount to 11.3 percent of all the municipalities in Spain. 496 of these have less than 500 inhabitants, 231 have between 501 and 2,000 inhabitants, 157 between 2,000 and 10,000 inhabitants, and only 35 have more than 10,000 inhabitants. The municipalities in the north are small and numerous, while in the south they are larger and fewer. This reflects different histories of how these sub-regions were repopulated during the Reconquista.

The 25 most populous municipalities of Castile–La Mancha according to the INE (2008) are:

Most populous municipalities of Castile–La Mancha
Rank	Municipality	Province	Population
1	Albacete	Albacete	166,909
2	Talavera de la Reina	Toledo	87,763
3	Guadalajara	Guadalajara	81,221
4	Toledo	Toledo	80,810
5	Ciudad Real	Ciudad Real	72,208
6	Cuenca	Cuenca	54,600
7	Puertollano	Ciudad Real	51,305
8	Tomelloso	Ciudad Real	37,532
9	Hellín	Albacete	31,054
10	Azuqueca de Henares	Guadalajara	30,794
11	Alcázar de San Juan	Ciudad Real	30,408
12	Valdepeñas	Ciudad Real	30,255
13	Villarrobledo	Albacete	26,311
14	Almansa	Albacete	25,591
15	Illescas	Toledo	19,167
16	Manzanares	Ciudad Real	19,027
17	Daimiel	Ciudad Real	18,389
18	La Solana	Ciudad Real	16,392
19	La Roda	Albacete	16,034
20	Tarancón	Cuenca	14,962
21	Campo de Criptana	Ciudad Real	14,870
22	Seseña	Toledo	13,843
23	Miguelturra	Ciudad Real	13,582
24	Socuéllamos	Ciudad Real	13,357
25	Torrijos	Toledo	12,674