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 units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into communes. There are a total of 618 communes of Angola: Bengo Province *Ambriz * Kakalo-Kahango *Í ...

** 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 s ...

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 ...

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 e ...

Communes of Italy The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

, 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 a ...

Communes of Moldova According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, two or more villages can form together a commune. Below is the list of communes of Moldova, grouped by the first-tier administrative unit to which they belong, and includi ...

, called ''comună'' **

Communes of Romania A commune (''comună'' in 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 county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, ...

, called ''comună'' ** Communes of Switzerland ** 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 ...

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Commune-level town (Vietnam) Commune-level town (thị trấn), a type of third tier subdivision of Vietnam is divided into 11,162 units along with ward and commune have equal status. By virtue of Decree No. 42/2009/ND-CP, township are officially classified into Class-2, Class ...

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 An agricultural commune is a commune based on agricultural labor. It is usually differentiated from other forms of collective agriculture by near-complete collective ownership of capital assets and collective consumption of the products of agricul ...

, 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 defende ...

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

Lyon Commune The Lyon Commune was a short-lived revolutionary movement in Lyon, France, in 1870 and 1871 - republicans and activists from several components of the far-left of the time seized power in Lyon and established an autonomous government. The comm ...

(1870–1871) ** Besançon Commune (1871) ** Strandzha Commune (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) ''La Commune (Paris, 1871)'' is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Peter Watkins about the Paris Commune. A historical re-enactment in the style of a documentary, the film received much acclaim from critics for its political themes and W ...

'', 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, 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 :: 200 ...

, a football club in Burkina Faso * ''The Commune'', anarchist newspaper published by

Guy Aldred Guy Alfred Aldred (often Guy A. Aldred; 5 November 1886 – 16 October 1963) was a British anarcho-communist and a prominent member of the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation (APCF). He founded the Bakunin Press publishing house and edited ...