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These are all the municipalities in Spain that will implement Low Emission Zones
The restrictions haven’t been implemented yet in most areas and will instead be gradually introduced throughout the year with plenty of notice, but essentially, cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants and larger towns and islands with more than 20,000 will have to set the ZBE measure.The 150 municipalities that must apply ZBE
Approximately 150 towns throughout Spain will have to set up low emission zones. These are the cities, by autonomous community, that will introduce ZBEs this year:1. Andalucia
Andalucia is one of the regions that will likely have the most restricted areas.
2. Galicia
In Galicia, the affected cities are: A Coruña, Ferrol, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Santiago de Compostela and Vigo.
3. Castile-La Mancha
The cities that must implement low emission zones in Castilla-La Mancha are: Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Talavera de la Reina and Toledo.
4. Madrid
The city center of the capital has already implemented low emission zones but several other localities will do so throughout the year: Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aranjuez, Arganda del Rey, Boadilla del Monte, Collado Villalba, Colmenar Viejo, Coslada, Fuenlabrada , Getafe, Las Rozas de Madrid, Leganés, Majadahonda, Móstoles, Parla, Pinto , Pozuelo de Alarcón, Rivas Vaciamadrid, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Torrejón de Ardoz and Valdemoro.
5. Valencian Community
6. Canary Islands
In the Canary Islands, the towns affected by the measure are: 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.
7. Castile and Leon
Cars without an environmental label will not have free access to the following municipalities in Castilla y León: Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Ponferrada, Salamanca, Segovia, Valladolid and Zamora.
8. Asturias
The Asturian cities that will have to adapt to the new measure are: Avilés, Gijón, Oviedo and Siero.
9. Extremadura
With regard to the autonomous community of Extremadura, the affected localities are: Badajoz, Cáceres and Mérida.
10. Catalonia
Like Madrid, Barcelona has already introduced restrictions but during 2023 these will be expanded to: Badalona, Castelldefels, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Cornellà de Llobregat, Girona, Granollers, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Lleida, Manresa, Mataró, Mollet del Vallès , Reus, Roquetas de Mar, Rubí, Sabadell, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Tarragona, Terrassa, Viladecans and Vilanova i la Geltrú.
11. Basque Country
In the Basque Country, the municipalities that will have to apply the measure are: Baracaldo, Bilbao, Getxo, Irún, San Sebastián and Vitoria.
12. Balearic Islands
Calvià, Ibiza and Palma de Mallorca must establish restricted zones.
13. Region of Murcia
14. Ceuta and Melilla
Both Ceuta and Melilla must apply Low Emission Zones in their cities.
15. Aragon
In Aragon, the municipalities in which only vehicles with an environmental badge will be able to access are Huesca and Zaragoza.
16. La Rioja
In La Rioja, Logroño is the only city affected by the new regulations.
17. Navarra
The only locality where ZBE will be applied is Pamplona.
18. Cantabria
Finally, in the community of Cantabria, the municipalities in which the circulation of vehicles will be restricted are Santander and Torrelavega.
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