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parish, administrative, division, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, parish, administrative, division, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Parish administrative division news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message A parish is an administrative division used by several countries To distinguish it from an ecclesiastical parish the term civil parish is used in some jurisdictions as noted below The table below lists countries which use this administrative division Country or territory Local name NotesAndorra ParroquiaAntigua and Barbuda ParishAustralia Parish 1 Not all states use parishes with SA and NT using hundreds instead Barbados ParishBermuda ParishCanada New Brunswick ParishPrince Edward Island ParishQuebec Parish municipalityChina Macau Freguesia 堂區Dominica ParishEcuador ParroquiaEstonia ValdGeorgia მუნიციპალიტეტიGrenada ParishGuernsey ParishIreland Civil parish In the Republic of Ireland civil parishes continue to exist for statutory purposes only Jamaica ParishJersey ParishLatvia PagastsIsle of Man ParishMontserrat Parish Nordic countries Municipality In Nordic countries a rural administrative parish corresponds to the concept of socken a predecessor to today s municipalities of Sweden Finland Norway and Denmark Portugal FreguesiaRussia PrihodSaint Kitts and Nevis ParishSaint Vincent and the Grenadines ParishSpain Asturias Galicia ParroquiaUkraine ParafiyaUnited Kingdom England Civil parish In all parts of the British Isles except Scotland and Wales it is known as a civil parish to distinguish it from the ecclesiastical parish 2 In England a civil parish council may choose to rename itself as a town council or as a community council In Northern Ireland civil parishes continue to exist for statutory purposes only Northern Ireland Civil parishScotland formerly Civil parishScotland CommunityWales CommunityUnited States Louisiana Parish The term county is used in 48 US states while Louisiana and Alaska have functionally equivalent subdivisions called parishes and boroughs respectively 3 South Carolina formerly Parish Until the late 19th century the South Carolina Lowcountry was divided into parishes Today all of South Carolina is divided into counties 4 Venezuela ParroquiaSee also EditMubanReferences Edit Parish and historical maps Land amp Property Information Government of New South Wales 2012 Archived from the original on 5 January 2015 Retrieved 5 January 2015 In praise of civil parishes The Guardian 16 May 2011 An Overview of County Government National Association of Counties Archived from the original on April 17 2013 Retrieved April 25 2013 The Newberry Library 2009 South Carolina Individual County Chronologies South Carolina Atlas of Historical County Boundaries publications newberry org Chicago Illinois US Retrieved June 5 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Parish administrative division amp oldid 1127272806, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
