Editing Municipality (section)

=== Commune ===
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 ''{{Wikt-lang|fr|commune}}'' ([[Communes of France|France]], French-speaking areas of Belgium and Switzerland, French-speaking countries of Africa, e.g. [[Communes of Benin|Benin]]), Italian ''{{Wikt-lang|it|comune}}'' ([[Comune|Italy]]), Portuguese ''{{Wikt-lang|pt|comuna}}'' ([[Communes of Angola|Angola]]), Romanian ''{{Wikt-lang|ro|comună}}'' ([[Communes of Romania|Romania]]), and Spanish ''{{Wikt-lang|es|comuna}}'' ([[Communes of Chile|Chile]]);
* in Germanic languages such as German ''{{Wikt-lang|de|Kommune}}'' (in political parlance), Swedish ''{{Wikt-lang|sv|kommun}}'' ([[Municipalities of Sweden|Sweden]]), Faroese ''{{Wikt-lang|fo|kommuna}}'' ([[Municipalities of the Faroe Islands|Faroe Islands]]), Norwegian, Danish ''{{lang|da|{{lang|no|[[wikt:kommune|kommune]]}}}}'' ([[Municipalities of Norway|Norway]], [[Municipalities of Denmark|Denmark]]);
* the more remote cognates ''{{Wikt-lang|nl|gemeente}}'' in Dutch ([[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Netherlands]], Dutch-speaking areas of Belgium), ''{{Wikt-lang|lb|Gemeng}}'' in Luxembourgish ([[Communes of Luxembourg|Luxembourg]]) and ''{{Wikt-lang|de|Gemeinde}}'' in German (the official term; [[Municipalities of Germany|Germany]]);
* Finnish ''{{lang|fi|[[wikt:kunta|kunta]]}}'' ([[Municipalities of Finland|Finland]]).
* Ukrainian ''{{lang|uk|[[hromada]]}}''. 
* and Polish ''{{lang|pl|[[gmina]]}}''. 
The same terms "Gemeente" (Dutch) or "Gemeinde" (German) may be used for church congregations or parishes, for example, in the German and Dutch Protestant churches.