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Communes of France

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Communes of France
Map of the 36,569 communes of metropolitan France
CategoryMunicipality
LocationFrance
Found inDepartments
Number34,965 (List) (as of January 2021)
Populations0 (Several) – 2,175,601 (Paris)
GovernmentMunicipal Council

Acommune is the lowestadministrative division inFrance. It represents all parts of atown or avillage under the same name, for exampleParis,Bordeaux orRennes. As of January 1, 2008, there were 36,781 communes inFrance; 36,569 of them are inmetropolitan France and 212 of them are inoverseas France.[1][2]

This is much more than in any otherEuropean country. Every commune in Franceelects amayor. The French wordcommune was first used in the 12th century[source?], fromMedieval Latincommunia, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, fromLatincommunis, things held in common.[source?]

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  1. ↑(in French)"Code officiel géographique - Présentation". INSEE. Retrieved27 June 2008.
  2. ↑(in French)"Code des collectivités d'outre-mer (COM)". INSEE. Retrieved27 June 2008.
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