All the cities in Spain that will have low emission zones: restrictions to enter

The possibility of accessing the city center with any vehicle has an expiration date. The new one Climate Change Law has established a new era of low emission zone.

A little over a decade ago, the idea of ​​restricting circulation for ecological reasons in Spain was seen as something remote.

While some northern European countries began to carry out initiatives with the aim of caring for the environment, such as London or Hamburg, where less polluting models (Toyota electric hybrids) benefited, in our country we ended up copying a model that was extended every once again for Europe: Central Madrid and the Low Emission Zone of Barcelona.

At the same time that these measures have been implemented, the environmental pressure on the automotive sector has been constantly increasing with data consolidating these initiatives. In fact, in most Spanish cities, the vast majority of cities did not meet the World Health Organization (WHO) scale.

However, until now, the phenomenon of low emission zones had not proliferated in Spain.

Which cities will have low emission zones?

Since the May 22, 2021 entry into force of the Climate Change and Ecological Transition Lawthe situation in Spain has changed remarkably.

In accordance with the regulations, from 2023 a large number of Spanish cities must have a low emission zone. He article 14 of the Law points to the following populations:

• Municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants
• island territories
• Towns with more than 20 inhabitants that exceed certain emission limits:

The first group of cities includes approximately 149 Spanish municipalities that bring together 25 million people. This implies that the average will fully affect the national car fleet.

The affected municipalities are the following:

• Andalusia: Alcalá de Guadaira, Algeciras, Almería, Benalmádena, Cádiz, Chiclana de la Frontera, Córdoba, Dos Hermanas, El Ejido, El Puerto de Santa María, Estepona, Fuengirola, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, La Línea de la Concepción, Linares, Málaga, Marbella, Mijas, Motril, Roquetas de Mar, San Fernando, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Seville, Torremolinos, Utrera, Vélez and Málaga
• Aragon: Huesca and Zaragoza
• Asturias: Avilés, Gijón, Oviedo and Siero
• Balearic Islands: Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza and Calvià
• Cantabria: Santander and Torrelavega
• Castilla y León: Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Ponferrada, Salamanca, Segovia, Valladolid and Zamora
• Canary Islands: Arona, Arrecife, Granadilla de Abona, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Telde and Santa Lucía de Tirajana
• Castilla-La Mancha: Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Talavera de la Reina and Toledo
• Catalonia: Badalona Barcelona, ​​Castelldefels, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Cornellà de Llobregat, Girona, Granollers, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Lleida, Manresa, Mataró, Mollet del Vallès, Reus, Rubí, Sabadell, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Tarragona, Terrassa, Viladecans, Vilanova and Geltrú
• Valencian Community: Alicante, Alcoi Benidorm, Castellón de la Plana, Elche, Gandía, Orihuela, Paterna, Sagunto, San Vicente del Raspeig, Torrent, Torrevieja, Villareal and Valencia
• Extremadura: Badajoz, Cáceres and Mérida
• Galicia: A Coruña, Ferrol, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo
• La Rioja: Logrono
• Madrid: Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aranjuez, Arganda del Rey, Boadilla del Monte, Collado Villalba, Colmenar Viejo, Coslada, Fuenlabrada, Getafe, Leganés, Madrid, Majadahonda, Móstoles, Parla, Pinto, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Rivas Vaciamadrid , Las Rozas de Madrid, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Torrejón de Ardoz and Valdemoro
• Murcia: Murcia, Cartagena, Lorca and Molina de Segura
• Navarre: Pamplona
• Basque Country: Baracaldo, Bilbao, Getxo, Irún, San Sebastián and Vitoria
• Ceuta and melilla