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 Ponce City Hall, in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, is the seat of the government for both the city and the surrounding barrios making up the municipality.
The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality.[1] A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district.
The term is derived from Frenchmunicipalitécode: fra promoted to code: fr and Latinmunicipaliscode: lat promoted to code: la .[2] The English word municipality derives from the Latin social contractmunicipiumcode: lat promoted to code: la (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy).
Powers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to the state. Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income tax, property tax, and corporate income tax, but may also receive substantial funding from the state. In some European countries, such as Germany, municipalities have the constitutional right to supply public services through municipally-owned public utility companies.[4]
A city or town municipalities (red-colored) with other non-town municipalities in Finland (2020)
Municipality
Terms cognate with "municipality", mostly referring to territory or political structure,[clarification needed] are Spanish municipio (Spain) and municipalidad (Chile), Catalan municipi, Portuguese município.
In Brazil, municipalities are the local governments, established through state legislations. They are the smallest territorial divisions holding administrative and legislative powers in the following decrescent order: Federation/Union > State > Municipality. Colloquially, the local population uses the terms municipality and city interchangeably.[5]
Communes
In many countries, terms cognate with "commune" are used, referring to the community living in the area and the common interest. These include terms:
in Romance languages, such as French commune (France, French-speaking areas of Belgium and Switzerland, French-speaking countries of Africa, e.g. Benin), Italian comune, Romanian comună, and Spanish comuna (Chile);
in Germanic languages such as German Kommune (in political parlance), Swedish kommun, Faroese kommuna, Norwegian, Danish kommune;
the more remote cognates Gemeente in Dutch, Gemeng in Luxembourgish and Gemeinde in German (the official term);
The same terms may be used for church congregations or parishes, for example, in the German and Dutch Protestant churches.
Other terms
In Greece, the word Δήμοςcode: ell promoted to code: el (demoscode: ell promoted to code: el ) is used, also meaning 'community'; the word is known in English from the compound democracy (rule of the people).
In some countries, the Spanish term ayuntamiento, referring to a municipality's administration building, is extended via synecdoche to denote the municipality itself.[citation needed] In Moldova and Romania, both municipalities (municipiu; urban administrative units) and communes (comunăcode: ron promoted to code: ro ; rural units) exist, and a commune may be part of a municipality.[citation needed]
In many countries, comparable entities may exist with various names.
English-speaking
In Australia, the term local government area (LGA) is used in place of the generic municipality. Here, the "LGA Structure covers only incorporated areas of Australia. Incorporated areas are legally designated parts of states and territories over which incorporated local governing bodies have responsibility."[6]
In India, a municipality or Nagar Palika is an urban local body that administers a city of population 100,000 or more. However, there are exceptions to that, as previously municipalities were constituted in urban centers with population over 20,000, so all the urban bodies which were previously classified as municipality were reclassified as municipality even if their population was under 100,000. Under the Panchayati raj system, it interacts directly with the state government, though it is administratively part of the district it is located in. Generally, smaller district cities and bigger towns have a municipality. Municipalities are also a form of local self-government entrusted with some duties and responsibilities, as enshrined in the Constitutional (74th Amendment) Act,1992.
In the United Kingdom, the term was used until the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect in 1974 in England and Wales, and until 1975 in Scotland and 1976 in Northern Ireland, "both for a city or town which is organized for self-government under a municipal corporation, and also for the governing body itself. Such a corporation in Great Britain consists of a head as a mayor or provost, and of superior members, as aldermen and councillors".[11] Since local government reorganisation, the unit in England, Northern Ireland and Wales is known as a district, and in Scotland as a council area. A district may be awarded borough or city status, or can retain its district title.
In Jersey, a municipality refers to the honorary officials elected to run each of the 12 parishes into which it is subdivided. This is the highest level of regional government in this jurisdiction.
In Trinidad and Tobago, "municipality" is usually understood as a city, town, or other local government unit, formed by municipal charter from the state as a municipal corporation. A town may be awarded borough status and, later on, may be upgraded to city status. Chaguanas, San Fernando, Port of Spain, Arima and Point Fortin are the 5 current municipalities in Trinidad and Tobago.
In the United States, "municipality" is usually understood as a city, town, village, or other local government unit, formed by municipal charter from the state as a municipal corporation.[12] In a state law context, some U.S. state codes define "municipality" more widely, from the state itself to any political subdivisions given jurisdiction over an area that may include multiple populated places and unpopulated places[13][14] (see also: Local government in the United States#Municipal governments).
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A municipality usually has authority of the whole county. In some cases however, authority is reduced to a subdivision of the county for highly populated regions, especially in Dublin (Baile Átha Cliath)
Solely used for subdivisions of larger comuni, especially in Rome; municipio indicates the city hall; in some case, they are joined in mountain communities (comunità montane)[15]
A municipality is the official name for a town and is divided into barangays. Municipalities with a larger population and income may become a city through a city charter.[17]
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Usually a municipality is named after its largest or historically most important town or city. Municipalities are typically much larger than the city or town after which they are named.
municipality consists of an urban area (termed a city or town) plus all of its surrounding barrios comprising the municipality. It has a popularly elected administration and a municipal mayor. The seat of the municipal government is located in such urban area and serves the entire municipal jurisdiction.[18][19]
County Councils of Sweden (Swedish: landsting) self-governing local authority, covering 21 counties, each comprising one or more of the municipalities.
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is self-governing according to the Swedish constitution and constitutes local government. Before 1971, a municipality could be called a town (stad), a köping or a rural municipality (landskommun); present municipalities which used to be towns are still commonly called towns. Sweden is also divided in 2 523 districts (Swedish: distrikt) since 1 January 2016.[20]
In Portuguese language usage, there are two words to distinguish the territory and the administrative organ. When referring to the territory, the word concelho is used, when referring to the organ of State, the word município is used. This differentiation is in use in Portugal and some of its former overseas provinces, but it's no longer in use in Brazil, where município refers to the territorial boundaries and prefeitura is its administrative organ.
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^The law provides for the possibility of overlapping of the office of President of the mountain community with that of mayor of one of the municipalities of the community: Buonomo, Giampiero (2001). . Diritto&Giustizia Edizione Online. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
^"NATIONAL SUMMARY –NUMBER OF PROVINCES, CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND BARANGAYS, BY REGION – As of 30 June 2021". Philippine Statistics Authority. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^"Republic Act 7160 – Local Government Act of 1991". Official Gazette (Philippines). 11 October 1991. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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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 Ponce City Hall in the city of Ponce Puerto Rico is the seat of the government for both the city and the surrounding barrios making up the municipality Map of all city municipalities in Slovenia The term municipality may also mean the governing body of a given municipality 1 A municipality is a general purpose administrative subdivision as opposed to a special purpose district The term is derived from French municipalite code fra promoted to code fr and Latin municipalis code lat promoted to code la 2 The English word municipality derives from the Latin social contract municipium code lat promoted to code la derived from a word meaning duty holders referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments a limited autonomy A municipality can be any political jurisdiction from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes New York The territory over which a municipality has jurisdiction may encompass only one populated place such as a city town or village several such places e g early jurisdictions in the U S state of New Jersey 1798 1899 as townships governing several villages municipalities of Mexico municipalities of Colombia only parts of such places sometimes boroughs of a city such as the 34 municipalities of Santiago Chile 3 Contents 1 Political powers 2 Terms in various countries 2 1 Municipality 2 2 Communes 2 3 Other terms 2 4 English speaking 2 5 Chinese speaking 3 Municipalities by country 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPolitical powers EditPowers of municipalities range from virtual autonomy to complete subordination to the state Municipalities may have the right to tax individuals and corporations with income tax property tax and corporate income tax but may also receive substantial funding from the state In some European countries such as Germany municipalities have the constitutional right to supply public services through municipally owned public utility companies 4 Terms in various countries Edit New York City as well as its composite five boroughs are all municipalities 1 Manhattan 2 Brooklyn 3 Queens 4 The Bronx 5 Staten Island A city or town municipalities red colored with other non town municipalities in Finland 2020 Municipality Edit Terms cognate with municipality mostly referring to territory or political structure clarification needed are Spanish municipio Spain and municipalidad Chile Catalan municipi Portuguese municipio In Brazil municipalities are the local governments established through state legislations They are the smallest territorial divisions holding administrative and legislative powers in the following decrescent order Federation Union gt State gt Municipality Colloquially the local population uses the terms municipality and city interchangeably 5 Communes Edit In many countries terms cognate with commune are used referring to the community living in the area and the common interest These include terms in Romance languages such as French commune France French speaking areas of Belgium and Switzerland French speaking countries of Africa e g Benin Italian comune Romanian comună and Spanish comuna Chile in Germanic languages such as German Kommune in political parlance Swedish kommun Faroese kommuna Norwegian Danish kommune the more remote cognates Gemeente in Dutch Gemeng in Luxembourgish and Gemeinde in German the official term Finnish kunta Ukrainian hromada and Polish gmina The same terms may be used for church congregations or parishes for example in the German and Dutch Protestant churches Other terms Edit In Greece the word Dhmos code ell promoted to code el demos code ell promoted to code el is used also meaning community the word is known in English from the compound democracy rule of the people In some countries the Spanish term ayuntamiento referring to a municipality s administration building is extended via synecdoche to denote the municipality itself citation needed In Moldova and Romania both municipalities municipiu urban administrative units and communes comună code ron promoted to code ro rural units exist and a commune may be part of a municipality citation needed In many countries comparable entities may exist with various names English speaking Edit In Australia the term local government area LGA is used in place of the generic municipality Here the LGA Structure covers only incorporated areas of Australia Incorporated areas are legally designated parts of states and territories over which incorporated local governing bodies have responsibility 6 In Canada municipalities are local governments established through provincial and territorial legislation usually within general municipal statutes 7 8 Types of municipalities within Canada include cities district municipalities municipal districts municipalities parishes rural municipalities towns townships villages and villes among others 8 The province of Ontario has different tiers of municipalities including lower upper and single tiers 9 Types of upper tier municipalities in Ontario include counties and regional municipalities 9 Nova Scotia also has regional municipalities which include cities counties districts or towns as municipal units 10 In India a municipality or Nagar Palika is an urban local body that administers a city of population 100 000 or more However there are exceptions to that as previously municipalities were constituted in urban centers with population over 20 000 so all the urban bodies which were previously classified as municipality were reclassified as municipality even if their population was under 100 000 Under the Panchayati raj system it interacts directly with the state government though it is administratively part of the district it is located in Generally smaller district cities and bigger towns have a municipality Municipalities are also a form of local self government entrusted with some duties and responsibilities as enshrined in the Constitutional 74th Amendment Act 1992 In the United Kingdom the term was used until the Local Government Act 1972 came into effect in 1974 in England and Wales and until 1975 in Scotland and 1976 in Northern Ireland both for a city or town which is organized for self government under a municipal corporation and also for the governing body itself Such a corporation in Great Britain consists of a head as a mayor or provost and of superior members as aldermen and councillors 11 Since local government reorganisation the unit in England Northern Ireland and Wales is known as a district and in Scotland as a council area A district may be awarded borough or city status or can retain its district title In Jersey a municipality refers to the honorary officials elected to run each of the 12 parishes into which it is subdivided This is the highest level of regional government in this jurisdiction In Trinidad and Tobago municipality is usually understood as a city town or other local government unit formed by municipal charter from the state as a municipal corporation A town may be awarded borough status and later on may be upgraded to city status Chaguanas San Fernando Port of Spain Arima and Point Fortin are the 5 current municipalities in Trinidad and Tobago In the United States municipality is usually understood as a city town village or other local government unit formed by municipal charter from the state as a municipal corporation 12 In a state law context some U S state codes define municipality more widely from the state itself to any political subdivisions given jurisdiction over an area that may include multiple populated places and unpopulated places 13 14 see also Local government in the United States Municipal governments Chinese speaking Edit In the People s Republic of China a direct administered municipality 直辖市 in pinyin zhixiashi is a municipality with equal status to a province Beijing Municipality Chongqing Municipality Shanghai Municipality and Tianjin Municipality see also Direct administered municipalities of China In the Republic of China Taiwan a special municipality 直轄市 in pinyin zhixiashi is a municipality with equal status to a province Kaohsiung New Taipei Taichung Tainan Taipei and Taoyuan see also Special municipality Taiwan Municipalities by country EditThis section has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This section may be in need of reorganization to comply with Wikipedia s layout guidelines Please help by editing the article to make improvements to the overall structure January 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message This section is in a table format that may be better presented using prose You can help by converting this section to prose Editing help is available August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Country Term Example Subdivision of Quantity Notes Further readingBrazil municipio Blumenau Cuiaba Maceio Porto Alegre a state estado which is part of a region regiao 5 570 A municipality usually is divided in the urban part the city cidade and the rural part List of municipalities of BrazilIreland bardas contae or comhairle Baile Atha Cliath a province cuige or a county contae 31 A municipality usually has authority of the whole county In some cases however authority is reduced to a subdivision of the county for highly populated regions especially in Dublin Baile Atha Cliath Local governments in the Republic of IrelandItaly comune a province provincia which is part of a region regione 7 982 Solely used for subdivisions of larger comuni especially in Rome municipio indicates the city hall in some case they are joined in mountain communities comunita montane 15 List of municipalities of ItalyPhilippines bayan munisipyo or munisipalidad Janiuay a province lalawigan or probinsya except for Pateros 1 488 16 A municipality is the official name for a town and is divided into barangays Municipalities with a larger population and income may become a city through a city charter 17 Municipalities of the PhilippinesPortugal municipio Lisbon Sintra Vila Nova de Gaia 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions Azores and Madeira 308 Usually a municipality is named after its largest or historically most important town or city Municipalities are typically much larger than the city or town after which they are named List of municipalities of PortugalPuerto Rico municipio Arecibo none 78 municipality consists of an urban area termed a city or town plus all of its surrounding barrios comprising the municipality It has a popularly elected administration and a municipal mayor The seat of the municipal government is located in such urban area and serves the entire municipal jurisdiction 18 19 Municipalities of Puerto RicoSweden kommun Stockholm Municipality Gothenburg Municipality Malmo Municipality Ale Municipality County Councils of Sweden Swedish landsting self governing local authority covering 21 counties each comprising one or more of the municipalities 290 is self governing according to the Swedish constitution and constitutes local government Before 1971 a municipality could be called a town stad a koping or a rural municipality landskommun present municipalities which used to be towns are still commonly called towns Sweden is also divided in 2 523 districts Swedish distrikt since 1 January 2016 20 Municipalities of SwedenIn Portuguese language usage there are two words to distinguish the territory and the administrative organ When referring to the territory the word concelho is used when referring to the organ of State the word municipio is used This differentiation is in use in Portugal and some of its former overseas provinces but it s no longer in use in Brazil where municipio refers to the territorial boundaries and prefeitura is its administrative organ See also EditCouncil of European Municipalities and Regions Council manager government Creature of statute Lists of municipalities Mayor council government Municipal corporation Municipal government Cities portalReferences Edit Municipality Merriam Webster municipality definition Yourdictionary com Santiago de Chile Comunas Mapas de Chile Castor y Polux Ltda Archived from the original on 20 September 2019 Retrieved 24 August 2011 Andersen Uwe Gemeinden Kommunale Selbstverwaltung bpb bpb de in German Retrieved 16 June 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link CONSTITUICAO DA REPUBLICA FEDERATIVA DO BRASIL DE 1988 www planalto gov br 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Nevada Code Justia Kansas Statues Lesterama Archived from the original on 24 October 2014 The law provides for the possibility of overlapping of the office of President of the mountain community with that of mayor of one of the municipalities of the community Buonomo Giampiero 2001 Compatibile il sindaco dirigente della locale Comunita montana Diritto amp Giustizia Edizione Online Archived from the original on 24 March 2016 Retrieved 18 March 2016 NATIONAL SUMMARY NUMBER OF PROVINCES CITIES MUNICIPALITIES AND BARANGAYS BY REGION As of 30 June 2021 Philippine Statistics Authority 30 June 2021 Retrieved 26 January 2022 Republic Act 7160 Local Government Act of 1991 Official Gazette Philippines 11 October 1991 Retrieved 2 October 2020 Ayuda Divulgacion de Resultados de la Comision Estatal de Elecciones Municipio Archived 21 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Comision Estatal de Elecciones Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico San Juan Puerto Rico 2004 Retrieved 6 December 2011 Autonomous 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