Judicial districts of Spain

One of the municipalities that make up the judicial district, usually the largest or the one that deals with the highest number of legal matters, is the seat of one or more courts of first instance and instruction.

In addition to their primary function, judicial districts are also the constituencies for the election of provincial councils.

The provinces are divided into conventus where the inhabitants of the district regularly met in the header to resolve legal issues.

The first modern division of Spain in judicial districts was held in 1834 -through an approved Decree 21 April 1834 in which provinces- subdivided following the new provincial management of Javier de Burgos.

Among the motivations employment decree games constituency in the elections to Parliament of the Kingdom, was and facilitates faster receivership.

Map of Conventus in Roman times.