thumb|alt=Map of Spain with the province of Ciudad Real highlighted|Map of Spain with the province of Ciudad Real highlighted
thumb|alt=Map of the province of Ciudad Real with its municipalities|Map of the municipalities in the province of Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real is a province in the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, Spain. The province is divided into 102 municipalities. Spanish census, Ciudad Real is the 31st most populous of Spain's 50 provinces, with inhabitants, and the 3rd largest by land area, spanning . Municipalities are the most basic local political division in Spain and can only belong to one province. They enjoy a large degree of autonomy in their local administration, being in charge of tasks such as urban planning, water supply, lighting, roads, local police, and firefighting.
The organisation of municipalities in Spain is outlined by the local government law Ley 7/1985, de 2 de abril, Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen Local (), which was passed by the Cortes Generales—Spain’s national parliament—on 2 April 1985 and finalised by royal decree on 18 April 1986. Municipalities in Ciudad Real are also governed by the , which includes provisions concerning their relations with Castilla–La Mancha's autonomous government. All citizens of Spain are required to register in the municipality in which they reside. Each municipality is a corporation with independent legal personhood: its governing body is called the ayuntamiento (municipal council or corporation), a term often also used to refer to the municipal offices (city and town halls). The ayuntamiento is composed of the mayor (), the deputy mayors (tenientes de alcalde) and the councillors (concejales), who form the plenary (pleno), the deliberative body. Municipalities are categorised by population for determining the number of councillors: three when the population is up to 100 inhabitants, five for 101250, seven for 2511,000, nine for 1,0012,000, eleven for 2,0015,000, thirteen for 5,00110,000, seventeen for 10,00120,000, twenty-one for 20,00150,000, and twenty-five for 50,001100,000.
The mayor and the deputy mayors are elected by the plenary assembly, which is itself elected by universal suffrage. Elections in municipalities with more than 250 inhabitants are carried out following a proportional representation system with closed lists, whilst those with a population lower than 250 use a block plurality voting system with open lists. The plenary assembly must meet periodically, with meetings occurring more or less frequently depending on the population of the municipality: monthly for those whose population is larger than 20,000, once every two months if it ranges between 5,001 and 20,000, and once every three months if it does not exceed 5,000. Many ayuntamientos also have a local governing board (), which is appointed by the mayor from amongst the councillors and is required for municipalities of over 5,000 inhabitants. The board, whose role is to assist the mayor between meetings of the plenary assembly, may not include more than one third of the councillors.
The largest municipality by population in the province as of the 2023 Spanish census is Ciudad Real, its capital, with 75,254 residents, while the smallest is Villar del Pozo, with 55 residents.
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!scope="row" align="center"| Abenójar
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!scope="row" align="center"| Agudo
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!scope="row" align="center"| Alamillo
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!scope="row" align="center"| Albaladejo
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!scope="row" align="center"| Alcázar de San Juan
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!scope="row" align="center"| Alcoba
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!scope="row" align="center"| Alcolea de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Alcubillas
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!scope="row" align="center"| Aldea del Rey
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!scope="row" align="center"| Alhambra
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!scope="row" align="center"| Almadén
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!scope="row" align="center"| Almadenejos
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!scope="row" align="center"| Almagro
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!scope="row" align="center"| Almedina
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!scope="row" align="center"| Almodóvar del Campo
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!scope="row" align="center"| Almuradiel
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!scope="row" align="center"| Anchuras
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!scope="row" align="center"| Arenales de San Gregorio
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!scope="row" align="center"| Arenas de San Juan
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!scope="row" align="center"| Argamasilla de Alba
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!scope="row" align="center"| Argamasilla de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Arroba de los Montes
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!scope="row" align="center"| Ballesteros de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Bolaños de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Brazatortas
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!scope="row" align="center"| Cabezarados
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!scope="row" align="center"| Cabezarrubias del Puerto
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!scope="row" align="center"| Calzada de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Campo de Criptana
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!scope="row" align="center"| Cañada de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Caracuel de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Carrión de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Carrizosa
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!scope="row" align="center"| Castellar de Santiago
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!scope="row" align="center"| Chillón
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!scope="row" align="left" style="background:#CCF;"| Ciudad Real
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!scope="row" align="center"| Corral de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Cózar
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!scope="row" align="center"| Daimiel
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!scope="row" align="center"| Fernán Caballero
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!scope="row" align="center"| Fontanarejo
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!scope="row" align="center"| Fuencaliente
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!scope="row" align="center"| Fuenllana
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!scope="row" align="center"| Fuente el Fresno
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!scope="row" align="center"| Granátula de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Guadalmez
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!scope="row" align="center"| Herencia
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!scope="row" align="center"| Hinojosas de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Horcajo de los Montes
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!scope="row" align="center"| Llanos del Caudillo
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!scope="row" align="center"| Luciana
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!scope="row" align="center"| Malagón
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!scope="row" align="center"| Manzanares
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!scope="row" align="center"| Membrilla
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!scope="row" align="center"| Mestanza
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!scope="row" align="center"| Miguelturra
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!scope="row" align="center"| Montiel
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!scope="row" align="center"| Moral de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Navalpino
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!scope="row" align="center"| Navas de Estena
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!scope="row" align="center"| Pedro Muñoz
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!scope="row" align="center"| Picón
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!scope="row" align="center"| Piedrabuena
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!scope="row" align="center"| Poblete
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!scope="row" align="center"| Porzuna
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!scope="row" align="center"| Pozuelo de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Puebla de Don Rodrigo
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!scope="row" align="center"| Puebla del Príncipe
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!scope="row" align="center"| Puerto Lápice
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!scope="row" align="center"| Puertollano
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!scope="row" align="center"| Retuerta del Bullaque
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!scope="row" align="center"| Ruidera
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!scope="row" align="center"| Saceruela
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!scope="row" align="center"| San Carlos del Valle
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!scope="row" align="center"| San Lorenzo de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos
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!scope="row" align="center"| Santa Cruz de Mudela
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!scope="row" align="center"| Socuéllamos
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!scope="row" align="center"| Solana del Pino
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!scope="row" align="center"| Terrinches
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!scope="row" align="center"| Tomelloso
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!scope="row" align="center"| Torralba de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Torre de Juan Abad
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!scope="row" align="center"| Torrenueva
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!scope="row" align="center"| Valdemanco del Esteras
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!scope="row" align="center"| Valdepeñas
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!scope="row" align="center"| Valenzuela de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villahermosa
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villamanrique
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villamayor de Calatrava
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villanueva de la Fuente
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villanueva de los Infantes
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villanueva de San Carlos
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villar del Pozo
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villarrubia de los Ojos
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!scope="row" align="center"| Villarta de San Juan
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!scope="row" align="center"| Viso del Marqués
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!scope="row" align="center"| Province of Ciudad Real
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!scope="row" align="center"| Castilla–La Mancha
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