Barcelona City Council | 56,568 followers on LinkedIn. Treballem perquè a la nostra ciutat els projectes personals, professionals i col·lectius convisquin i es facin realitat. | Barcelona is governed by a city council formed by 41 city councillors, elected for a four-year term by universal suffrage. As one of the two biggest cities in Spain, Barcelona is subject to a special law articulated through the Carta Municipal (Municipal Law). A first version of this law was passed in 1960 and amended later, but the current version was approved in March 2006.