The comarques of the Valencian Community form an intermediate level of administrative subdivision between municipalities and provinces.

They are used as a basis for the provision of local services by the Generalitat Valenciana, but do not have any representative or executive bodies of their own.

Until now, the practice of these demarcations has been limited as a reference to the administrative decentralisation of the different services offered by the Generalitat, such as education, health, or agriculture.

In fact, there is no legal provision for these DTHs to ultimately have the intended “territorial impact”, that is, comarca-level political or administrative bodies.

For instance, Alcoià is made up of two subcomarques: Foia de Castalla and Valls d'Alcoi.