The boundary anomalies of the municipalities of Catalonia

Abstract

Municipalities may have anomalies or dysfunctions in their shape. The most common are the enclaves and the overlapping of borders in localities. Spanish laws allow autonomous communities to undertake the correction of these irregularities, but only the province of Bizkaia has reformed its municipal layout in order to suppress all enclaves. Catalonia has the most complete legislation to rationalize its municipal map but, despite this, the correction of dysfunctionalities has been practically non-existent.