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

* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of Algeria ** 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 ...

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 ...

** Communes of Moldova, 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 ...

** Communes of Romania, 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), a synonym for uprising or revolutionary government ** Paris Commune (1789–1795), 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 (1870–1871) ** Besançon Commune (1871) ** Strandzha Commune (1903) ** Morelos Commune (c. 1913–1917) * Medieval commune, 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

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media