A commune is an alternative term for an

intentional community An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:

Administrative-territorial entities

Commune (administrative division) A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, a municipality or township **

Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola ( pt, comunas) are Administrative division, administrative units in Angola after Municipalities of Angola, municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into communes. There are a total of 618 communes of Ang ...

** Communes of Belgium **

Communes of Benin The departments of Benin are subdivided into 77 communes, which in turn are divided into arrondissements and finally into villages or city districts. Prior to 1999 provinces were broken down into 84 districts, titled either urban or rural. Bef ...

Communes of Burundi The provinces of Burundi are subdivided into 119 communes. The communes are further subdivided into collines. Burundi’s provinces and communes were created on Christmas Day in 1959 by a Belgian colonial decree. They replaced the pre-existing ...

Communes of Chile A commune ( es, comuna, ) is the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile. It may contain cities, towns, villages, hamlets as well as rural areas. In highly populated areas, such as Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción, a conurbation may b ...

Communes of France The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equi ...

** Communes of Italy, called ''comune'' **

Communes of Luxembourg Luxembourg's 102 communes ( lb, Gemengen ; French: ''communes''; german: Gemeinden) conform to LAU Level 2Statec (2003), p. 9&10 and are the country's lowest administrative divisions. Communes rank below cantons in Luxembourg's hierarchy of adm ...

** Communes of Moldova, called ''comună'' **

Communes of Romania A commune (''comună'' in Romanian language, Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a Counties of Romania, county. Urban areas, such ...

, called ''comună'' **

Communes of Switzerland Municipalities (german: Gemeinden, ' or '; french: communes; it , comuni; rm, vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confede ...

** Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam) ***

Commune (Vietnam) A commune (xã) is a type of third tier subdivision of Vietnam. It is divided into 11,162 units along with wards and townships, which have an equal status. Communes have a lower status than provincial cities, towns or districts. Facts Certain ...

*** Commune-level town (Vietnam) **

People's commune The people's commune () was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by townships. Communes, the largest collective units, were div ...

, highest of three administrative levels in rural China, 1958 to 1983

Government and military/defense

* Agricultural commune, intentional community based on agricultural labor * Commune (rebellion), a synonym for uprising or revolutionary government ** Paris Commune (1789–1795), the government of Paris from 1792 until 1795 **

Paris Commune The Paris Commune (french: Commune de Paris, ) was a revolutionary government that seized power in Paris, the capital of France, from 18 March to 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard had defended ...

(1871), a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871 ** Lyon Commune (1870–1871) ** Besançon Commune (1871) **

Strandzha Commune The Strandzha Commune or Strandzha Republic was a short-lived anarchist commune. It was proclaimed during the Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903 by Internal Macedonian Adrianople Revolutionary Organization rebels in Strandzha, in the Adrianople Vila ...

(1903) ** Morelos Commune (c. 1913–1917) *

Medieval commune Medieval communes in the European Middle Ages had sworn allegiances of mutual defense (both physical defense and of traditional freedoms) among the citizens of a town or city. These took many forms and varied widely in organization and makeup. C ...

, a form of mutual defense alliance

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* '' La Commune (Paris, 1871)'', a 2000 French film * '' Commune (film)'', a 2005 documentary about Black Bear Ranch narrated by Peter Coyote * '' The Commune'', a 2016 Danish film

Music

* ''Commune'' (album) by Goat 2014 * ''Commune'', a 2003 album by Japanese singer

Yuki Isoya Yuki, Yūki or Yuuki may refer to: Places * Yuki, Hiroshima (Jinseki), a town in Jinseki District, Hiroshima, Japan * Yuki, Hiroshima (Saeki), a town in Saeki District, Hiroshima, Japan * Yūki, Ibaraki, a city on Honshu island in Japan * Yuki, ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Comunes Collective Comunes is a nonprofit organization aiming to encourage the commons and facilitating grassroots work through free software web tools. Previously known as Ourproject.org, this collective established itself as a legal entity in 2009, forming Com ...

, a non-profit organization *

Commune FC Commune Football Club is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou and founded in 1977. They play their home games at the Stade du 4-Août. Honours *Burkinabé Premier League: 1 :: 2007. *Coupe du Faso: 0 *Burkinabé SuperCup: 1 :: 2007. ...

, a football club in Burkina Faso * ''The Commune'', anarchist newspaper published by Guy Aldred * ''The commune'', a book by

Margaret Buckley Margaret Buckley (née Goulding; ga, Maighréad Uí Bhuachalla (née Ní Ghabhláin); July 1879 – 24 July 1962) was an Irish republican and president of Sinn Féin from 1937 to 1950. She was the first female leader of Sinn Féin and was the fi ...