Editing Maine (section)

===Organized municipalities===
{{main|List of municipalities in Maine}}
An organized municipality has a form of elected local government which administers and provides local services, keeps records, collects licensing fees, and can pass locally binding [[municipal ordinance|ordinances]], among other responsibilities of self-government. The governmental format of most organized towns and [[Plantation (Maine)|plantations]] is the town meeting, while the format of most cities is the council-manager form. {{as of|2022}} the organized municipalities of Maine consist of 23 [[List of cities in Maine|cities]], 430 [[List of towns in Maine|towns]], and 30 [[List of plantations in Maine|plantations]]. Collectively these 483 organized municipalities cover less than half of the state's territory. Maine also has three{{contradictory inline|List of places in Maine|date=July 2021}} Reservations: [[Penobscot Indian Island Reservation|Indian Island]], Indian Township Reservation, and Pleasant Point Indian Reservation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/local/|title=Maine.gov: Local|website=maine.gov|access-date=September 11, 2015|archive-date=July 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721045647/http://www.maine.gov/local/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The largest municipality in Maine, by population, is the city of Portland (pop. 68,408).
* The smallest city by population is Eastport (pop. 1,288).
* The largest town by population is Brunswick (pop. 21,756).
* The smallest town by population is [[Frye Island, Maine|Frye Island]], a resort town which reported zero year-round population in the 2000 Census; one plantation, [[Glenwood Plantation, Maine|Glenwood Plantation]], also reported a permanent population of zero.
* In the 2000 census, the smallest town aside from Frye Island was [[Centerville, Maine|Centerville]] with a population of 26, but since that census, Centerville voted to disincorporate and therefore is no longer a town. The next smallest town with a population listed in that census is [[Beddington, Maine|Beddington]] (pop. 60 at the 2020 census).
* The largest municipality by land area is the town of [[Allagash, Maine|Allagash]], at {{convert|128|sqmi|km2|0}}.
* The smallest municipality by land area is [[Monhegan, Maine|Monhegan Island]], at {{convert|0.86|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}}. The smallest municipality by area that is not an island is [[Randolph, Maine|Randolph]], at {{convert|2.23|sqmi|km2|0}}.