Essential spanish padron vocabulary

(el) padrón/Padrón Municipal de Habitantes=The official municipal record of how many people live in a particular area.

(el) empadronamiento=Registration with your municipality/community.

(el) volante de empadronamiento=A temporary or informal certificate of your registration as a member of the community. For most of your local needs, this should be sufficient.

(el) certificado de empadronamiento=The official certificate of your registration as a member of the community. You may need it for certain legal procedures with national or foreign bodies.

(la) hoja de empadronamiento=The application form you’ll need to register with your community.

empadronado (for men)/empadronada (for women) (it’s used as an adjective)=Registered with your community.

estar empadronado (for men)/estar empadronada (for women)=To be registered with your community.

(el) ayuntamiento=City or town hall.

(la) junta/Junta Municipal de Distrito=A city’s neighborhood administrative office. For example, Madrid has 21 neighborhood admininstrative offices, which among other duties, process empadronamiento applications from neighborhood residents.