Administrative Divisions
Cembria is divided into five provinces and a total of 28 municipalities. The new provinces were created on 1st January 2007 as part of the 2007 Municipal Reform to replace the country's traditional twelve counties. At the same time, smaller municipalities and communes were merged into larger units, cutting the number of municipalities from 76 to 28. Most of the new municipalities have a population of at least 30,000, although a few exceptions were made to this rule.
The Crown Dependencies of Novi Cembrii and Livea have autonomous status and are de facto independent states.
The Crown Dependencies of Novi Cembrii and Livea have autonomous status and are de facto independent states.
Provinces
A Cembrian province represents the administrative layer in between the national government and the local municipalities, having the responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance. The government of each province consists of three major parts: the States Provincial which is the provincial parliament elected every four years. Elected from its members are the States Deputed, a college charged with most executive tasks, presided by the King's Commissioner appointed by the Crown.
There are currently five provinces:
There are currently five provinces:
Province:
Cameron
Campinia
Elso
Lysnowith
Penwith
Cameron
Campinia
Elso
Lysnowith
Penwith
Provincial Capital:
Catherinia
Calnebridge
Huffington
Calneborne
St. Adrian
Catherinia
Calnebridge
Huffington
Calneborne
St. Adrian
Municipalities & Herreds
In most cases, the city borders are coterminous with the borders of their respective municipalities. Often, city municipalities include large non-built up areas; for example, Calnebridge municipality contains large forests, located north and southeast of the city, and over half of Suffolkherred consists of mountainous areas and multiple villages. In most cases, the municipalities are the smallest administrative subdivisions, but in municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, on initiative of the local council, sub-municipal administrative entities with elected councils may be created. Based on a subdivision made for the 1947 census, there are ca. 2,400 quarters, subdivided in ca. 11,000 neighbourhoods. Municipalities with a total population less than 30,000 are commonly given the status of 'herred'.