Municipal government
The political administration of the city is carried out through a democratically managed City Council whose members are elected every four years by universal suffrage. The electoral roll is made up of all residents registered in Águilas over 18 years of age and nationals of Spain and the other member countries of the European Union. According to the provisions of the Law of the General Electoral Regime,[10] which establishes the number of eligible councilors based on the population of the municipality, the municipal corporation of Águilas is made up of 21 councilors.
The d'Hondt system is the electoral method used in Spain to distribute city council members approximately proportionally to the votes obtained by the candidates.
To obtain representation on the City Council you must obtain 5% of the votes.
In the municipal elections held in Águilas in 2015, Bartolomé Hernández Giménez lost the elections. In this way, the PP obtained 9 councilors, 3 less than in the previous legislature, while the PSOE obtained 3 more councilors, going from 7 minutes to 10, and its candidate, María del Carmen Moreno, became the first mayor elected in the municipality. Izquierda Unida "Izquierda Unida (Spain)"), like Ganar Águilas IP (IU, Verdes and CLI-AS) maintained 1 councilor with respect to the previous elections. Águilas Podemos, as a group of voters of the Podemos party " Podemos (political party)") also obtained 1 councilor. Citizens who also ran did not obtain any councilor. The MASd did not show up.
Services
• - AP-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Toll Highway) in one direction towards Almería: to Pulpí, Cuevas del Almanzora and Vera "Vera (Almería)"). In Vera "Vera (Almería)") connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) to Almería and the rest of the southern peninsula along the coast.
In the other direction towards the district of Calabardina, the Lorca district of Ramonete, Mazarrón, Fuente Álamo de Murcia and Cartagena "Cartagena (Spain)"), then passing through the San Javier airport in the Region of Murcia and the Valencian Community: Torrevieja and Crevillente in the province of Alicante. It also connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) towards Elche in the province of Alicante and Alicante as well as the entire Spanish Mediterranean coast north to the French border.
• - RM-11 Autonomous Highway, to Lorca. It also connects with the A-7 E-15 (Mediterranean Highway) towards Puerto Lumbreras, in the Region of Murcia, Almería and Granada (the latter via the A-91 A-92N from Puerto Lumbreras) in one direction and towards Murcia and the Valencian Community: Alicante in the other direction. In Lorca the highway, RM-11, becomes the regional highway C-3211 towards Caravaca de la Cruz.
• - National highway N-332 RM-332 RM-333. It runs parallel to the AP-7 E-15 and in one section overlaps with the RM-11 Regional Highway. In one direction it goes towards Mazarrón and Cartagena "Cartagena (Spain)"), within the Region of Murcia. On the other, towards San Juan de los Terreros (the coastal district of Pulpí), Cuevas del Almanzora and Vera "Vera (Almería)"), in the province of Almería.
Águilas has the Águilas-El Labradorcico stop and the Águilas station, which is the terminus for the Cercanías trains of line C-2 "Line C-2 (Cercanías Murcia/Alicante)") of Cercanías de Murcia. Of the 16 daily trains on line C-2, only 3 travel the entire line. From Águilas it goes to Lorca through Pulpí (Almería), Almendricos and Puerto Lumbreras. And from Lorca to Murcia through La Hoya "La Hoya (Lorca)"), Totana, Alhama de Murcia, Librilla and Alcantarilla "Alcantarilla (Spain)").
Since July 13, 2012, an Intercity train "Intercity (Renfe)") has been running, only during the summer and some weekends. Madrid-Águilas every Friday and Águilas-Madrid every Sunday. And since the summer of 2013 a Talgo train "Talgo (Renfe)") Barcelona-Águilas, only during the summer.
It has a bus station located next to the Águilas railway station, where the following interurban line provides service:.
The following long-distance bus lines also provide service:
In addition, the municipality has several urban lines that operate under the Águilas Movilidad brand.
Águilas has a taxi service at the following stops:
The closest airport is the Region of Murcia International Airport. The following in proximity are: Almería airport and Alicante-Elche airport.
Águilas is a maritime district of the same name that belongs to the maritime province of Cartagena. The district extends from Tarais beach to Puntas de Calnegre beach "Puntas de Calnegre Beach (Lorca)") and consists of the following nautical facilities:
• - Port of Águilas. (CT-2)
Fishing use is limited to inshore fishing. The port has a boat slipway.
• - Juan Montiel sports port. [15]
• - Club Náutico de Águilas marina. [15]
In Águilas there are three seaports. Two of them of a recreational-sports nature: The Águilas Marina and the Juan Montiel Marina, recently built. In addition to the fishing-commercial port. Currently the commercial use is null, transforming into a sports-fishing port located at the foot of the San Juan de las Águilas Castle and with the Punta Negra lighthouse.
Previously, since its construction, the fishing-commercial port was dedicated to inshore fishing and commercial esparto traffic. Next to the El Hornillo pier "Playa del Hornillo (Águilas)") it was used to load mineral from the mines of Alto Almanzora in the province of Almería and Cuevas del Almanzora through the railway managed by the company The Great Southern of Spain Railway Company Limited. There was a branch that connected it to the station (what today is a part of the Paseo de la Bahía de Levante or Paseo de Parra). In the seventies, eighties and nineties of the century the commercial use was for loading cement or sand for cement. In the 1980s, a fish auction market was built on the fishing dock. In the nineties of the century, a reform of the port was carried out, building another dock for a boat dock and mooring for small fishing and sports boats. The entrances were renovated, demolishing the old workshops and warehouses, transforming them into walks and gardens; Its commercial use also ceased. In the first years of the century the fish market was demolished, and the new fish auction market was built in what was the commercial and shelter dock, transforming it into the fishing and shelter dock.