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A commune is an alternative term for an
intentional community An intentional community is a voluntary residential community designed to foster a high degree of group cohesiveness, social cohesion and teamwork. Such communities typically promote shared values or beliefs, or pursue a common vision, wh ...
. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:


Administrative-territorial entities

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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 Algeria The communes of Algeria (Arabic: بلدية (singular)), also known as municipalities, form the third level of administrative subdivisions of Algeria. As of 2002, there were 1,541 municipalities in the country. The municipalites are also known ...
** Communes of Angola ** Communes of Belgium ** Communes of Benin ** Communes of Burundi **
Communes of Chile A commune (, ) 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 be bro ...
** Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo **
Communes of France A () is a level of administrative divisions of France, administrative division in the France, French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipality, municipalities in Canada and the United States; ' in Ger ...
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Communes of Italy A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
, called ''comune'' **
Communes of Luxembourg Luxembourg's 100 communes ( ; French language, French: ''communes''; ) conform to Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, LAU Level 2Statec (2003), p. 9&10 and are the country's lowest administrative divisions. Commune (subnational ent ...
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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 Niger The Departments of Niger, Departments of Niger are subdivided into communes. As of 2005, in the seven Regions of Niger, Regions and one Capital Area, there were 36 ''départements'', divided into 265 ''communes'', 122 ''cantons'' and 81 ''groupem ...
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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 ** Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam) ***
Commune (Vietnam) A commune () is a type of third tier subdivision of Vietnam. It is divided into 11,162 units along with Ward (Vietnam), wards and Commune-level town (Vietnam), townships, which have an equal status. Communes have a lower status than Provincial c ...
*** Commune-level town (Vietnam) ** People's commune, 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) Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...
, a synonym for uprising or revolutionary government **
Paris Commune (1789–1795) The Paris Commune () during the French Revolution was the government of Paris from 1789 until 1795. Established in the '' Hôtel de Ville'' just after the storming of the Bastille, it consisted of 144 delegates elected by the 60 divisions of ...
, the government of Paris from 1792 until 1795 **
Paris Commune The Paris Commune (, ) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, the French National Guard (France), Nation ...
(1871), a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871 **
Lyon Commune The Lyon Commune (French language, French: ''Commune de Lyon'') was a short-lived revolutionary movement in Lyon, France, in 1870–1871. Republicans and activists from several components of the Far-left politics, far-left of the time seized po ...
(1870–1871) **
Besançon Commune The Besançon Commune (in French ''Commune de Besançon'') was a short-lived revolutionary movement conceived and developed in 1871, aiming at the proclamation of a local autonomous power based on the experiences of the Paris Paris () i ...
(1871) **
Strandzha Commune The Strandzha Commune (), also known as the Strandzha Republic (), was a short-lived List of anarchist communities, anarchist commune in East Thrace. It was proclaimed during the Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903 by rebels of the Internal Macedonia ...
(1903) **
Morelos Commune The Morelos Commune () was the political and economic system established in the Mexican state of Morelos between 1913 and 1917. Led by Emiliano Zapata, the people of Morelos implemented a series of wide-reaching social reforms based on the pr ...
(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 French docudrama directed by Peter Watkins. It tells the story of the Paris Commune, a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 after the defeat of Napoleon III during th ...
'', a 2000 French film * ''
Commune (film) ''Commune'' is a 2005 documentary film by Jonathan Berman. The film is about an intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California called Black Bear Ranch and features narration by Peter Coyote who himself once resided at Black Bea ...
'', 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


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Comunes Collective, a non-profit organization * Commune FC, a football club in Burkina Faso * ''The Commune'', anarchist newspaper published by Guy Aldred * ''The commune'', a book by Margaret Buckley (published in 1992 by Chrysalis Press in the UK, )


See also

* Communis (disambiguation) * Kommune (disambiguation) {{disambiguation