Editing Granada (section)

== Politics and administration ==
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=== Metropolitan area of Granada ===
Granada's metropolitan area consists of about fifty municipalities and the capital. Although it is not formally constituted as a political and administrative body, there are several public services that are combined. The arrival of many inhabitants of the capital and other towns in the province, influences a large [[population growth]]. Despite the fact that the capital loses inhabitants, who move to neighboring towns. The main causes of the exodus towards the towns of the metropolitan area are, mainly, the difficulty of accessing a home in the capital because of the high prices it has and labor reasons, because in the towns of the periphery the majority are being located of industrial estates.

=== Capital of Granada Province ===
The city of Granada is the capital of the province of the same name, thus all administrative entities of provincial scope dependent on the regional government and the state are located there. There is a provincial delegation from each of the governmental departments to the [[Regional Government of Andalusia|Junta de Andalucía]], coordinated by a government delegate under the Ministry of the Interior. [[Government of Spain|The national government of Spain]] has a [[Government Delegation (Spain)|sub-delegation]] in Granada, subordinate to the government delegate in the autonomous community.

=== Judicial administration ===
The headquarters of the Superior Court of Justice of Andalusia, [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] is in Granada, located in Plaza Nueva, in the building of the historic [[High Court of Justice of Andalusia|Royal Chancery]], as well as the Superior Prosecutor's Office of Andalusia, located in the building of the Bank of Spain. It has a Provincial Court, located in Corteza del Carmen Street, and is also head of the Judicial Party No. 3 of the province, whose demarcation includes the city and 49 towns, some of them very populated, in the metropolitan area region.

Most of the courts are located in two administrative buildings, in Plaza Nueva and Avenida del Sur. The set of judicial bodies is as follows:

* Superior Court of Justice: President. Civil-Criminal Chamber. Contentious-Administrative Room. Social room.
* Provincial Court: President. Criminal: 2; Civil: 3.
* Courts

=== Municipal organization ===
{{Main|Ayuntamiento de Granada}}
[[File:Marifrán Carazo Villalonga 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Marifrán Carazo]], mayor of Granada since 2023]]
Its political administration is carried out through a City Council, of democratic management, whose components are chosen every four years by universal suffrage. The electoral roll is composed of all residents registered in Granada over 18 years of age, of [[Spain|Spanish]] nationality and of the other member countries of the European Union. According to the provisions of the General Electoral Regime Law, which establishes the number of eligible councilors according to the population of the municipality, the Municipal Corporation of Granada is made up of 27 councilors.

In the municipal elections held in 2019 the constitution of the City Council was eleven councilors belonging to the [[People's Party (Spain)|Popular Party]], eight to the Socialist Party, four belonging to Citizens Party, three to Vamos, Granada and one to the United Left-Socialist Alternative-For the People. [[Luis Salvador (politician)|Luis Salvador]], leader of [[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Citizens]], became mayor with support from the PP and Vox.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rama |first1=Leo |title=Luis Salvador, de Ciudadanos, nuevo alcalde de Granada en minoría absoluta |trans-title=Luis Salvador, of Citizens, new mayor of Granada with absolute minority |url=https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/granada/sevi-luis-salvador-ciudadanos-nuevo-alcalde-granada-minoria-absoluta-201906151232_noticia.html?ref=https:%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |access-date=6 March 2021 |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |date=15 June 2019 |language=Spanish }}</ref> Salvador resigned in 2021, having lost the support of the PP.<ref name=pais>{{cite news |last1=Arroyo |first1=Javier |title=El alcalde de Granada, Luis Salvador, dimite y anuncia su apoyo a la lista del PSOE, que es la más votada |trans-title=The mayor of Granada, Luis Salvador, resigns and announces his support for the PSOE list, the most voted for |url=https://elpais.com/espana/2021-07-01/el-alcalde-de-granada-luis-salvador-dimite-y-anuncia-su-apoyo-a-la-lista-del-psoe-que-es-la-mas-votada.html |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=El País |date=1 July 2021 |language=Spanish |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727141939/https://elpais.com/espana/2021-07-01/el-alcalde-de-granada-luis-salvador-dimite-y-anuncia-su-apoyo-a-la-lista-del-psoe-que-es-la-mas-votada.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was succeeded by the Socialist [[Francisco Cuenca]] who had previously served as mayor from 2016-2019.<ref name="EP">{{cite news |last=Albarracín |first=Jesús |date=5 May 2016 |title=Francisco Cuenca, de maestro a nuevo alcalde de Granada |url=https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2016/05/05/actualidad/1462435322_218017.html |work=El Pais |location=Granada, Spain |language=Spanish |archive-date=23 April 2018 |access-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423013349/https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2016/05/05/actualidad/1462435322_218017.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2023 Spanish local elections]] Cuenca was ousted by [[Marifrán Carazo]] of the PP. Carazo increased the PP's number of seats from 7 to 14, gaining her a slim majority and making her the first female mayor of the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mendoza |first1=Guillermo |title=El Partido Popular recupera con mayoría absoluta el bastón de mando en Granada |trans-title=People's Party recovers the mayoral staff of Granada with an absolute majority |url=https://www.ondacero.es/emisoras/andalucia/granada/noticias/partido-popular-recupera-mayoria-absoluta-baston-mando-granada_202305286473c511573e26000131fc31.html |access-date=5 June 2023 |publisher=[[Onda Cero]] |date=28 May 2023 |language=Spanish }}</ref>

=== Municipal districts and neighborhoods ===
The municipality of Granada consists of eight [[district]]s whose population is distributed in the attached chart according to the 2009 census of the City of Granada. These districts formed a set of 36 [[Neighbourhood|neighborhoods]]. All boundaries of districts and neighborhoods were modified in February 2013.

=== Municipal service areas ===
The municipal government team has organized the distribution of management responsibilities, structuring itself in the following service areas: ''Weddings and Palaces, Equal opportunities, Economy, Education, Communication office, Unified license management, Youth, Environment, Municipal Office of Consumer Information, Citizen Participation, Group of Civil Protection Volunteers, Local Police''.