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 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 The Communes of Angola () 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 * Ícolo e Be ...

** Communes of Belgium ** Communes of Benin **

Communes of Burundi The Provinces of Burundi, provinces of Burundi are subdivided into 119 commune (subnational entity), communes. The communes are further subdivided into Collines of Burundi, collines. Burundi’s provinces and communes were created on Christmas ...

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 The communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are administrative divisions of both cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement c ...

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 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 ...

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) In Vietnam, there are three kinds of third-level (commune-level) administrative subdivisions: the Rural commune (Vietnam), rural commune (), the commune-level town (), and the ward (Vietnam), ward (, ). In Vietnam a rural commune is referred to a ...

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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 ...

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

People's commune The people's commune ( zh, c=, p=rénmín gōngshè) 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 of the People's Rep ...

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

Government and military/defense

Agricultural commune An agricultural commune is a Intentional community, commune based on Farmworker, agricultural labor. It is usually differentiated from other forms of collective agriculture by near-complete collective ownership of capital assets and collective co ...

, 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

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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