List of cities and towns in Colorado
The community forms Colorados are different federal statutes set five, after which manage the 271 incorporated municipalities in the U.S. state of Colorado.
The law makes Colorado's relatively small distinctions between a city and a town. In general citys have more inhabitants than Towns, the Town of Parker and the Town of Castle Rock more than 35,000 inhabitants each, and the City of Black Hawk less than 120 inhabitants. The Town of Garden City, the Town of Lake City, the Town of Orchard City, and the Town of Sugar City, in spite of the name component City at the end of their name Statutory Towns.
Village and Township are not legally relevant organizations in the state of Colorado, even if Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, Log Lane Village, Mountain Village and Snowmass Village to the description Village in their name. However, several municipalities use Village serves as the district name.
Consolidated City and County
Only Denver and Broomfield have local governments are united in the County and City to a corporation:
- Denver and Denver County are under the rules of Article XX, Section 4 of the Constitution of the State and the title 30, article 11, section 101 of the Statutes of Colorado. Denver has an elected mayor and city council with a 13 members, of whom eleven are generally elected by the districts and two members. Denver is one of the few cities in the United States, which has both a police and a sheriff.
- Broomfield and Broomfield County are made under the rules of Article XX, Sections 10-13 of the Constitution of Colorado. Broomfield has an appointed City Manager and County ( City Manager ), an elected mayor and city council one whose eleven members are made of five Wards by the mayor and two members each.
Home Rule Municipality
Colorado has 59 citys and 28 Towns, which are order to set a Home Rule Municipality.
- Colorado's Home Rule municipalitys are self-governing under Article XX of the Constitution of Colorado, Title 31, Article 1, Section 202 of the Statutes of Colorado and the Home Rule Charter of the respective municipality. This home rule charter shall determine the form of government. In Colorado can decide for themselves if they adopt the form of a City or Town a Home Rule Municipality.
Statutory City
Colorado has 14 places that are constituted as a Statutory City's:
- Statutory citys in Colorado under Title 31, Article 1, Section 203 and Article 4, section 100 or section 200 of the Constitution of Colorado have an elected mayor and a city council, which is composed of the mayor and two members of each constituency. One such place may request that he 200 a Statutory City with an appointed City Manager and City Council with a two members per constituency and another chosen by the totality Member is governed within the meaning of the section. Here, the mayor can be elected by all the Member or the City Council may appoint a mayor.
Statutory Town
Colorado has 167 Statutory Towns:
- Statutory Towns are subject to the provisions of Title 31, Article 1, Section 203 and Article 4, Section 300 of the Constitution of Colorado. Statutory Towns have an elected mayor and a Board of Trustees, which is composed of the mayor and four or six other members elected by the population members.
Territorial Charter Municipality
Georgetown is the only surviving settlement in Colorado, which is statuiert still under the provisions of the Charter of the Colorado Territory:
- The Town of Georgetown is subject to the provisions of Article XIV, Section 13 of the Charter and Constitution of the Colorado Territory. The Mayor is designated as Police Judge and the city council is formed by a board of selectmen.