Commune (subnational entity)

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For other meanings, see commune.

A commune is an administrative subdivision of various European (including Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, and the Scandinavian countries), South American (Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, among others) and African countries, notably Senegal (formerly administered by France). Within its territory it is the modern heir of the medieval commune.

Commune is sometimes translated as "municipality"' or "[[Wiktionary:township|township]]". It corresponds to individual hamlets, villages, towns, cities, or groupings of them, which are governed by a mayor and a city/municipal council.

Note that the word has absolutely no implication of Communism. But the word Communism derives from the word commune because of its striving towards a 'commune like society'.

Country subdivisions Administrative divisions - Political divisions - Census divisions - Electoral divisions
	Bailiwick \| Banner \| Block \| Borough \| Burgh \| Canton \| Circle \| Circuit \| City \| Commune \| Community \| Constituency \| County \| Council \| Croft \| Department \| District \| Division \| Duchy \| Governorate \| Hamlet \| Hundred \| Municipality \| Neighbourhood \| Parish \| Periphery \| Prefecture \| Province \| Region \| Republic \| Shire \| State \| Subdistrict \| Subprefecture \| Territory \| Town \| Township \| Village \| Voivodship \| Ward
Administrative:	county
Autonomous:	banner \| city \| community \| county \| district \| prefecture \| province \| region \| republic \| ward
Capital:	district \| region \| territory
Census:	division \| subdivision
Civil:	parish \| township
County:	borough
Federal:	capital \| dependencies \| capital district \| capital territory
Local:	administrative unit \| council \| Government Area
Metropolitan:	borough \| county \| district
National:	capital district \| capital territory \| territory
Imperial:	circle \| free city \| province
(Native) Indian:	reserve \| reservation
Regional:	municipality \| county municipality\|municipal district
Rural:	council \| district \| municipality \| sanitary district
Residential:	community
Special:	region \| administrative region \| capital district
Urban:	area (US: Urbanized Area) \| district \| sanitary district
[[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit]]	See also: List of terms for sub-national entities, List of subnational entities, Matrix of subnational entities

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Commune (subnational entity)

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