The communecode: fra promoted to code: fr (French pronunciation:[kɔmyn](listen)) is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communescode: fra promoted to code: fr are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, Gemeindencode: deu promoted to code: de in Germany, comunicode: ita promoted to code: it in Italy, or municipioscode: spa promoted to code: es in Spain. The UK's equivalent are boroughs and/or civil parishes. Communescode: fra promoted to code: fr are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The communescode: fra promoted to code: fr are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France.
Communescode: fra promoted to code: fr vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. Communescode: fra promoted to code: fr typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All communescode: fra promoted to code: fr have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are communescode: fra promoted to code: fr ("lieu dit" or "bourg"), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondissements of its largest cities, the communescode: fra promoted to code: fr are the lowest level of administrative division in France and are governed by elected officials including a mayor (mairecode: fra promoted to code: fr ) and a municipal council (conseil municipalcode: fra promoted to code: fr ). They have extensive autonomous powers to implement national policy.
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listen)) is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, Gemeinden in Germany, comuni in Italy, or municipios in Spain. The UK's equivalent are boroughs and/or civil parishes. Communes are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The communes are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France.
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