La población mínima de los nuevos municipios: estado de la cuestión tras la Ley de Racionalización y Sostenibilidad de la Administración Local

After the Act 27/2013 of 27 December on the Streamlining and Sustainability of Local Government is required, for the constitution of a new municipality, it has a minimum population of 5,000 inhabitants. Such provisions have always been controversial in Spain, as evidenced by the legislative evolution after 1812 Constitution: have been set multiple figures on this and have been even opted, during long periods, for not requiring a particular demographic minimum, as has been the case in recent decades. The recovery of a minimum population for any new municipality —which has already been endorsed by the Constitutional Court in its Judgment no. 41/2016 of 3 March— also represents a clash between the new basic law of the State and the existing regional regulations that has already led to the firsts conflicts both in Catalonia and Andalusia.