Low Emission Zones in Spain: List of 149 Municipalities to Adapt their Roads by January 2023

In which municipalities will the low emission zones (ZBE) be implemented as of next January 1, 2023? Here are the affected municipalities in Spain.

The Law 7/2021, of May 20, on climate change and energy transitionin force from the day of its publication in the Official State Gazette, has established a series of guidelines that determine that as of January 1, 2023, populations with more than 50,000 inhabitants will have low emission zones, that is, sections in which conventional internal combustion cars will not be able to circulate. This means that the Town Halls and other delegations must make an effort now to be able to implement the new regulations.

Now, to this day, which are the municipalities affected by this measure? In Spain, will be a total of 149 population centers those who will have to develop a specialized urban plan in this area. This is a mission for which a kind of moratorium has been granted in order to give the Authorities more time. The planning, however, will enter into force on January 1 of next year.

Let us see, therefore, which are the municipalities affected by this new regulation according to the Autonomous Community in which they are. It is a measure that will reduce pollution in certain spaces, while at the same time increasing the commitment to the use of more sustainable alternatives, such as a greater incentive for public transport. Here are the geographical points in which this proposal will take place.

Low emission zones, these are the 149 affected municipalities

The municipalities affected by the low emission zones have a total of 149 spaces, which still have a few months to be able to carry out the necessary conditioning works. It is a rule that has been known since May 2021, so the municipalities have been able to have the necessary time to make the necessary traffic adjustments. Even so, it is a controversial measure that will cause a greater density of traffic in related areas. This, therefore, would cause higher emissions in areas adjacent to these specific zones.

Low emission zones have become one of the public instruments to suffocate a little more the commercialization of cars with conventional mechanics. Through regulations, the use of vehicles with combustion engines is being limited, a practice that has spread in Europe and other continents. Here, in Spain, the municipalities affected by this measure:

• 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: Calvià, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca.
• 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, Santa Lucía de Tirajana and Telde.
• Cantabria: Santander and Torrelavega.
• Castile and Leon: Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Ponferrada, Salamanca, Segovia, Valladolid and Zamora.
• 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 and Vilanova i la Geltrú.
• Valencian Community: Alicante, Alcoi, Benidorm, Castellón de la Plana, Elche, Gandía, Orihuela, Paterna, Sagunto, San Vicente del Raspeig, Torrent, Torrevieja, Valencia and Villareal.
• Estremadura: Badajoz, Caceres and Merida.
• Galicia: A Coruña, Ferrol, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo.
• The 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.
• Navarra: Pamplona.
• Basque Country: Baracaldo, Bilbao, Getxo, Irún, San Sebastián and Vitoria.
• Ceuta: Ceuta.
• Melilla: Melilla.